LEARN HOW KETO HAS CHANGED LIVES
Most keto success stories have similarly bleak beginnings, but the important thing is to believe there is hope. The ketogenic diet is often prescribed as a last resort for families and patients that have exhausted all possible medical options, and have nowhere else to turn. A large percentage of those lucky enough to find out about the diet have amazing stories that will inspire you to consider keto as a first line defense or a tool to improve your overall health outcome.
Lauren
How can adjusting the foods we consume every day change our lives? Especially the lives of those struggling with epilepsy. Doctors encourage all of us to eat fewer carbohydrates and processed sugar that we find in candy and soda. But there was a time when few people understood the importance of diet as...
Nathan
Author: Nathan's mom and advocate. I want to share Nathan’s journey which started when he was just 15 months old. It started before he received a formal diagnosis, although we had our suspicions since day one but the doctors would not listen nor do any testing. His seizure was brought...
Cooper
Cooper was 6 weeks old when he was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Epilepsy, and 10 weeks old when he was diagnosed specifically with Infantile Spasms. One Friday morning when Cooper was about 6 weeks old, he started doing this odd repetitive movement where his arms and legs would very briefly extend...
Tomas
This is Tomas, aka The Ketolicious Kid, superhero and epilepsy warrior. His superpowers include running really really fast, melting away anger with his cuteness, and kicking some serious butt against all odds. Fueled by his secret weapon, the Keto Diet, he’s fighting back with fat and nothing can stop...
Sofia
(English translation, original in Spanish below) Sofia has epilepsy and on October 24, 2019 she began the Ketogenic Diet due to drug resistant epilepsy. We tied many medications and did not get good results. Between the seizures that increased daily and the effects of drugs, she lost abilities. The effects...
Joseph
When our son Joseph was 3 1/2 years old, our world collided with epilepsy. Joseph began having tonic clonic seizures for no apparent reason. Along with seizures came behavioral changes. Our happy little guy became dark and out of control. Our faith was tested over the next several months as...
Nehemiah's Recovery From Epilepsy with Ketogenic Therapy & a Special Presentation!
Jim and Nancy Abrahams (left) met Nehemiah's (Nehe) parents at an epilepsy conference in Los Angeles in 2015. They were desperate to find a solution to Nehe's epilepsy which worsened with medications and made his behavior unbearable. Nehe had his first Tonic Clonic seizure at 2 and half years old. ...
Reese
Until she was 1 1/2, Reese was pretty normal. She was a wonderful, curious, always happy, and easy going little girl. She hit nearly all of her motor milestones early and knew about 40 ASL signs, so she was communicating pretty well, although she wasn’t talking quite as much as...
Reese
We are forever grateful for the ketogenic diet. It has truly given us our daughter back!! Reese is now a beautiful, healthy 7 year old who is such an inspiration to others. On January 24th, 2016, at age 4, Reese had her first tonic clonic seizure. It was the scariest...
Brooke
I was born with cerebral palsy and had my first grand mal seizure at age 13. Multiple failed drugs, and different daily seizure presentations. For a period of 9 months I was on my hands and knees, unable to put a cohesive sentence together or follow even a sitcom. Because of...