Dietary Treatment of Epilepsy (eBook)

Elizabeth Neal has both clinical and research experience in the dietary treatment of epilepsy, with a PhD in ketogenic diets. She is based at the Institute of Child Health in London, and Matthew's Friends charity and clinics.

Contributors vii

Foreword ix

A personal note x

Section 1 Introduction and Overview 1

1 Introduction to the ketogenic diet and other dietary
treatments 3

Elizabeth Neal

2 Epilepsy and epileptic seizures 11

J. Helen Cross

3 Treatment options in the paediatric epilepsy clinic 19

Ruth E. Williams

4 Efficacy of ketogenic dietary therapy: what is the evidence?
24

Eric H. Kossoff

5 The biochemical basis of dietary therapies for neurological
disorders 34

Adam L. Hartman and Jong M. Rho

Section 2 Clinical Implementation 45

6 Preparing for dietary treatment 47

Georgiana Fitzsimmons

7 The challenge of therapeutic diets in children with
pre-existing feeding problems 58

Bridget Lambert and Mary-Anne Leung

8 The classical ketogenic diet 66

Gwyneth Magrath and Elizabeth Neal

9 The medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet 78

Elizabeth Neal

10 The modified Atkins diet 89

Gwyneth Magrath, Mary-Anne Leung and Tara Randall

11 The Low Glycaemic Index Treatment 100

Heidi H. Pfeifer

12 Managing dietary treatment: further dietetic issues 109

Jan Chapple

13 Managing dietary treatment: a parent's perspective
116

Emma Williams

14 Enteral feeding 124

Jan Chapple

15 Dietary initiation 131

Jan Chapple

16 Ketone monitoring and management of illness 135

Hannah Chaffe

17 Fine tuning 142

Gwyneth Magrath

18 Monitoring and side effects 149

Elizabeth Neal

19 Dietary treatments and bone health 159

Christina Bergqvist

20 Carnitine 166

Elizabeth Neal

21 Switching or discontinuing dietary treatment 172

Bridget Lambert

Section 3 Broader Applications 179

22 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in infants 181

Nicole Dos Santos

23 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in adults 189

Susan Wood

24 Ketogenic dietary therapy in India 198

Janak Nathan

25 Ketogenic dietary therapy in East Asia 206

Hoon-Chul Kang and Heung Dong Kim

26 Ketogenic dietary therapy in Africa 215

Tuscha Du Toit

27 Ketogenic dietary therapy in neurometabolic disease 220

Joerg Klepper

28 Beyond epilepsy: ketogenic diet use in other disease states
225

Adam L. Hartman and Jong M. Rho

Afterword 232

Appendix 234

Index 235