Long-Term High-Fat Diet Aggravates Absence Seizures and Neurobehavioral Disorders Without Inducing Metabolic Disorders in WAG/Rij Rats: Involvement of Systemic and Central Inflammationdoi:10.1007/s12035-024-04593-8The consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD) represents a risk factor for diseases such ...
Seventeen patients with intractable seizures have been treated with the medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) diet. All had frequent (often daily) seizures despite multiple medications. Age range was 12 months to 13 years. Types of seizures included myoclonic, akinetic, focal motor, atypical absence, ge...
Researchersfoundthat fasting — avoiding consumption of all foods for a brief period of time (such as with intermittent fasting), including those that provide carbohydrates — helped reduce the amount of seizures patients suffered, in addition to having other positive effects on body fat, blood suga...
5,6,7and has been clinically used since the early 1920s to control seizures in patients with epilepsy, especially those who do not respond adequately to antiepileptic medication.7,8,9The history of dietary interventions used as “cures” for epilepsy possibly dates back to 500 before...
Here, we studied its potential impact on the occurrence of SWDs in genetic absence epilepsy rat from Strasbourg. Rats were fed the KD for 3 weeks during which they were regularly subjected to the electroencephalographic recording of SWDs. The KD did not influence the number and duration of ...
A typical result indicative of inadequate collection is high titers of bacteria and flat epithelial cells in the absence of leukocytes [47,48,52]. Another option that is usually used for emergency testing or when the patient is unable to collect the first sample is a second urine sample, ...
Table 1. Nutritional interventions for Rett syndrome. 5.2. Rare Leukodystrophies Although there are different causes of leukodystrophies, the patients share the manifestations of neurological symptoms. Among these are muscular spasticity, ataxia, seizures, cognitive developmental delay, dystonia, and dys...
Reducedseizures for people with epilepsy READ MORE Health Risks of the Keto Diet Due to the highly restrictive nature of the keto diet, experts do not recommend it long term. Such an approach may lead tovitamin and nutrient deficiencies. ...
The effects of the KD were studied in the presence and absence of diallyl sulfide (DAS), an inhibitor of acetone metabolism. Twenty-four adult male rats were kindled to 30 stage 5 seizures. Afterdischarge thresholds (ADT) were determined. Subjects were then administered one of the following ...
(n = 45) a significant improvement in headache related features including frequency of attacks, number of headache days and medications use was demonstrated independent of weight reduction. Continuous improvement was also observed for a couple of months after stopping the diet. It is of note ...