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.
Belle's Story
Unfortunately, most of our stories have similar beginnings but the important thing is to believe there is hope. I myself turned the diet down at first because it seemed too hard to follow. The Doctor of course supported this decision, even though he had just offered it as an option....
Bryce's Story
My son Bryce was a perfectly normal, healthy boy until he suffered his first seizure shortly after his fourth birthday. I still remember the day vividly. I was at work when the director of his preschool called to tell me. I ran to my car, leaving an office full of...
Julie's Story
Julie was 10 months old when she was diagnosed with epilepsy. There's nothing more terrifying then watching your child seize, yet we were about to discover something even worse. Julie was prescribed Phenobarbital to control the seizures. I was advised the only side effect was drowsiness. I was unaware that...
Diana's Story
Once while waiting in Diana’s neurologists’ office, we happened to look at a chart for epileptic drugs hanging on the wall. It soon struck us that Diana had been on about half the 25 drugs listed. Now only six and a half, her seizures started a little over three years...
Ciara's Story
On January 13, 2005, we were blessed by the birth of our daughter Ciara (Kee-ra), a beautiful, perfect baby born without any obvious health issues. Little did we know that at 5½ months, our world would change forever, marked by Ciara’s first grand mal seizure which lasted 25 minutes. Soon,...
Nat's Story
Hello – this is the story of Nat’s journey with Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet. Nat was born healthy, and was on pace or ahead of the mark developmentally when he had his first seizure in April of 2007 at 2 years and 7 months old. His second seizure came...
Raffi's Story
In December of 2004, our 4 year old son Raffi was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Despite three surgeries and several failed chemo protocols, it was clear that the tumor was winning. Raffi's vision, language and motor skills deteriorated, and a cascade of endocrine problems affected many vital functions. Our...
Katie M's Story
Before being treated by Mary Kay Koenig, M.D., an expert in mitochondrial diseases at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston Texas, five-year-old Katie lived a life of daily seizures, developmental deficits and repeat visits to specialists who had no answers. Just months after beginning treatment for a glucose transporter deficiency, she...
Katie's Story
Our daughter, Katie (9 years old), loves to swim, ski, read, sing, participate in Irish dance, ballet, and team sports. She lives in Montana with her younger sister, Laura (6 years old), and her mom and dad who work full time. She travels with her family to explore national parks,...
Scott's Story
Scott was diagnosed at three years old with an epilepsy syndrome called Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Over the years we tried just about all of the anti-seizure medications and various combinations of these medications, but nothing worked for long. He also went into nonstop seizures regardless of what we tried. At...