Charlie Foundation Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary!
OUR TIMELINE The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies is proud to announce its 25th year of advancing awareness of Ketogenic Therapeutics! The Foundation launched in 1994 after twenty-month-old Charlie Abrahams’ severe epilepsy was cured by a Ketogenic Diet. Charlie had suffered through thousands of seizures, seven anti-epileptic medications, and a...
Thanksgiving eRecipe Book
This Thanksgiving the Charlie Foundation is especially thankful for having friends like the Pierre-Louis family, who graciously prepared the dishes for this Thanksgiving eRecipe Book. Nehe, their seven year old son and the eldest of three, was cured of his epilepsy by the Ketogenic Diet. In 2015 Nehe was having up to 100...
Thanksgiving eRecipe Book
This Thanksgiving the Charlie Foundation is especially thankful for having friends like Dara and Juno Pierre-Louis, who graciously prepared the dishes for this Thanksgiving eRecipe Book. Nehe, their seven year old son and the eldest of three, was cured of his epilepsy by the Ketogenic Diet. In 2015 Nehe was having up to...
Vitamin D and Epilepsy
Author: Beth Zupec-Kania, RDN, CD Vitamin D and seizure control Vitamin D has been studied for decades for its role in many functions in the body. Known as the “sunshine” vitamin, sunshine remains the best source of receiving Vit. D. Dietary sources include meat, fish, dairy products, and, interestingly,...
The Charlie Foundation’s commentary on The American Heart Associations’ recent criticism of dietary fats
Author: Beth Zupec-Kania RDN, CD Consultant for The Charlie Foundation. Dietary fat has endured a long history of controversy in its role in health. Saturated fat, found predominately in animal products (butter, cheese, cream, meat fats), and, in coconut oil, have been villainized as “bad” fats. Newer research is turning...
Mrs. Kelly
Mrs. Kelly Ironically, though the Ketogenic Diet is underutilized due largely to a dearth of keto dietitians, the argument could well be made that none of us would be reading this blog, and perhaps today the diet itself may have faded into extinction, were it not for one particular dietitian,...
Two Cured - One Diet
*Photo at left is of Charlie Abrahams and Tim Indermittee - 2 seizure free kids, circa 1996. When Charlie started the Ketogenic Diet and his seizures went away so dramatically at the end of 1993, I asked Dr. Freeman from Johns Hopkins three questions. 1) Why did we have to...
Updated Keto Pantry List & Printable!
New printable format of the Keto Pantry! Use the keto pantry to determine food preferences prior to starting the diet OR use it to expand your current diet. CLICK HERE: Keto pantry printable PDF
How to Freeze Avocado
If you are avocado lovers, this is a great tip! Avocados are great for the ketogenic diet. It's one of the few foods that can be eaten "straight up"with nothing added and still remains balanced at a 4:1 ratio with the fiber subtracted. The instructions are super simple... 1. Peal...
Keto-On-The-Go Bag
Do you have "Go Bag"? I have had a bag like this fully packed and stored near my front door since 2012 when this post was originally written. There have been some minor changes to the contents helping to make it lighter and more efficient, but the basics are still...