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.
Geoffrey's Story
On April 9, 2011, our world changed forever. Our son Geoffrey was 16 months old. On the previous day, my mom had called me at school and said that Geoffrey had fallen and hit his head 2 different times and she didn't know why. We thought maybe he just slipped...but...
Jonathan's Story
Today we're celebrating a little over 10 months of being seizure free, and 2 weeks of being completely med-free! This is our story. Jonathan started on the classic 4:1 ratio in early February 2011. Prior to that he'd been having 3 to 6 tonic and tonic/clonic (grand mal) seizures...
Rian
I was 9 years old when my mother started noticing my epileptic episodes. In the middle of conversations I would abruptly stop speaking as if somebody pushed pause on the DVD player. Ten seconds later my seizure would be over. The metaphorical resume button was pushed. That would bring me...
Abby's Story
When I first spoke with you I was searching for information on the ketogenic diet. My daughter was suffering from infantile spasms and it was taking away everything she had worked so hard for. Abby was born with complex chromosome abnormalities that were undocumented world wide. The doctors said she...
Sam
Sam’s story is almost exactly the same as any other child with Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome. The pregnancy was normal, and Sam was induced and delivered normal at 41 weeks. His first 6 months were uneventful, although I noted he developed more slowly than his brother (2 years older). Sam began...
Caden's Story
Our son Caden had his first Grand Mal seizure at 2-months-old. We discovered he has a sodium channel mutation and within a few months he had multiple types of seizures. He had myoclonic, partial, focal, absent, drop, and generalized seizures. His Grand Mal and partial seizures didn't stop on their...
John's Story
John’s arrival was the happy culmination a challenging pregnancy, labor, and delivery. On his second day of life, I asked the pediatrician about some strange jerking I had seen him make with his right arm. He assured me it was nothing. However, after we took John home, he continued to...
Chases
It was September 27th, 2008 when my husband was on his way with all of the boys to an event at school. He went to get Chase (age 3) out of the car and found him postictal. I remember hearing my husband say on the phone "Chase is all whacked...
Eliana's Story
Eliana started college not too long ago. After being diagnosed with infantile spasms as a baby,we NEVER thought she'd be able to attend college. At six months Eliana had still not rolled over or used her hands. She continued to cry and scream and make the odd movements. Denial was...
Jacob's Story
My sweet Jacob was born in March of 2006. His biological mother was addicted to drugs, so Jacob spent his first 9 days in CPS foster care. His paternal grandparents (in their early 70's)found him and took him in. Soon after it was apparent that his head, forehead especially, was...