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SUDEP Survey

SUDEP: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy This post is intended to reach families affected by SUDEP. An important survey is linked at the bottom. If you know someone who has lost a loved one to SUDEP, please share this post with them so they may contribute. SUDEP researchers at Creighton...

Dr. Mary Newport leads the world in understanding ketogenic therapy for brain health

Mary Newport discusses ketogenic therapy for the aging brain.

Dominic D'Agostino, PhD, leading scientist in the quest to optimize brain health

Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida where he teaches students of the Morsani College of Medicine and the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) to assist with their...

Dr. Asseem Malhotra, world renowned preventative care cardiologist and health advocate

Dr. Aseem Malhotra is a cardiologist and world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is honorary council member to the Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University school of medicine. In 2015 he helped co-ordinate the Choosing Wisely campaign by the Academy of Medical Royal...

Thomas Seyfried, PhD, Professor, researcher and pioneer of cancer as a metabolic disease

Dr. Seyfried, PhD published a groundbreaking treatise entitled, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer (Wiley, 1st ed., 2012). His research describes a theory that cancer can be best defined as a mitochondrial metabolic disease rather than as a genetic disease. Calorie restriction and fasting are...

Dr. Eric Kossoff, a leader in advocating ketogenic diets for epilepsy

Dr. Eric Kossoff was interviewed by Jim Abrahams of The Charlie Foundation during the 2020 Metabolic Health Summit. He provided current views on the use of ketogenic diet therapy in people with epilepsy. Dr. Kossoff is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During...

Ketosis for migraine headache - does it work?

Authors: Beth Zupec-Kania, Kristi Storoschuk, Dominic D'Agostino, Elena Gross The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that migraine headache is the third most common disease worldwide. One in seven adults in the US are affected by migraines; approximately 20% of women and 7% of men. Migraine can truly limit one’s quality...

SUDEP & Ketogenic Therapies: Part Three

Read Part One and Two of this series. About twenty years ago, the epilepsy community became aware of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).  In my view, nothing has exposed the medical community’s anti-ketogenic diet bias more than in the area of SUDEP. In March, 2017 the International League Against Epilepsy...

Ketogenic diet therapy for diabetes

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, the number of people who are diagnosed with diabetes continues to rise and is considered an epidemic here in the USA as well as in many other countries. The incidence of diabetes closely follows the incidence of obesity. As...

Ketogenic Meals at School: Do You Know Your Legal Rights?

Author: Dawn Martenz School years are an exciting and integral part of childhood. Yet for students who manage health conditions with medically supervised ketogenic therapies, the school environment can sometimes be challenging to manage. Families are often concerned with how mealtimes will be managed and how compliance with ketogenic therapies...

The Story of Rosemary and Infantile Spasms

Rosemary and Infantile Spasms Authors Jessica Lee and Beth Zupec-Kania This blog has two parts. First, the story of young Rosemary, written by her mother Jessica Lee. Rosemary was diagnosed with infantile spasms, a rare form of epilepsy. Her picture as an infant was taken in the hospital while undergoing...

Countering Keto Misinformation

We regularly respond to published articles in an attempt to counter keto misinformation and we publish our responses publicly to help present the truth about keto. It is our mission to present a well balanced view of keto diets to help inform and educate. You can read about our mission...
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