The Charlie Foundation has sponsored over 300 Ketogenic Training Seminars in 10 countries since 2006. These on-site seminars are held at medical centers where there is an established treatment team including a dietitian, physician, nurse and pharmacist. The training includes practical information for setting up a program and clinical guidelines for managing patients from pre-diet work-up through cessation of therapy . Customized Ketogenic Trainings for health professional’s are now available virtually by contacting Beth at bethzk@charliefoundation.org.
A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who has managed ketogenic diet therapies since 1991. Designer of KetoDietCalculator, online program for creating ketogenic diets, and prolific author. Beth has trained over 300 medical centers globally on implementing keto diets and has recently published a keto pocket guide for professionals.
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...
Although ketogenic diets are riding a wave of popularity, it’s fascinating to know the history of this discovery and how it evolved. The Charlie Foundation is celebrating 100 years since the invention of ketogenic metabolic therapy. In the 1920s, Dr. Russel Wilder at the Mayo Clinic began using a ketogenic...
Adrianna Stephenson is the mother of two, a ketogenic diet advocate, and crusader for eating real (not processed) food. Her 4 year old son, Parker was diagnosed with a brain tumor and over the past 2 years they’ve used the ketogenic diet, alongside standard of care including surgery and chemotherapy....