Articles for tag: Ketogenic, Ketogenic Diet, Low Glycemic Diet, Seizures in Children

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Different Diets for Seizure Control

A seizure is the result of changes in the electrical activity in the brain, with symptoms that range from rapid blinking or staring to losing consciousness. A seizure can last a few seconds or several minutes. If you have suffered two or more seizures that can’t be explained by other medical conditions, you will be ...

How to Start a Ketogenic(Low Carb) Diet

If your interested in weight loss and muscle gain, then you must of heard by now about the Low Carb(Ketogenic) diet. The key steps to following and making the best use of this diet is you guessed it, limiting your intake of carbohydrates to a minimal level. Although there are numerous ways of incorporating this ...

A Doctor’s Perspective on Natural Treatment for ADHD

No one wants to hear that the treatment for their ADHD, or their child’s ADHD, is a drug with side effects. This is especially true for side effects like heart rhythm problems, addiction, and seizures. More and more patients are asking, “Can’t I try something natural first for my ADHD?” Most doctors lean toward prescribing ...

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Absence Seizures: Symptoms and Treatment

A typical picture of a seizure usually brings to mind a Grand-Mal. Absence seizures are more subtle and described as “blanking out”, “staring” or having “lapses of awareness”. Pronounced (ab-Sawntz) also called Petit-Mal. To an onlooker, it would appear as if the person is daydreaming. It was Louis-Florentin Calmeil (1798 – 1895), who coined the ...

Tonic-Clonic Seizures and the Down Syndrome Child

Statistically, it is believed that more than 750 children born each year, in the United States, are born with a genetic defect known as Down syndrome. Often diagnosed during pregnancy, parents of a Down syndrome child eagerly await the arrival of the infant, preparing for the life challenges, rewards and health complications. For a small ...

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HCG Diet & Ketosis – What’s the Connection?

You have probably heard the term “Ketosis” thrown around allot lately but few really know what it is or why you might want to be “in Ketosis”. Quite simply Ketosis is a process where our body begins burning fat for energy. Ketones (ketone bodies) are molecules created during the fat burning process that our body ...