Adkins is good for controlling epilepsy?
HealthDay News is reporting that adults with epilepsy who have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins researchers report.
The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet has already been shown to be valuable in controlling seizures in children, and now results from a small study suggest that the diet also works for adults.
The diet was prescribed to 30 adults who had unsuccessfully tried at least two anti-convulsant drugs and had an average of 10 seizures a week. Calories come from fats such as eggs, meats, oils and heavy cream. In addition, patients are free to eat as much protein and no-carb drinks as they want.
After a month on the diet, half the patients reported suffering 50 percent fewer seizures. At three months, about one-third of the patients cut the frequency of seizures by half.
By three months, one-third of the patients had dropped out of the study because they found the diet too restrictive.
The findings are published in the February issue of the journal Epilepsia.
The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet has already been shown to be valuable in controlling seizures in children, and now results from a small study suggest that the diet also works for adults.
The diet was prescribed to 30 adults who had unsuccessfully tried at least two anti-convulsant drugs and had an average of 10 seizures a week. Calories come from fats such as eggs, meats, oils and heavy cream. In addition, patients are free to eat as much protein and no-carb drinks as they want.
After a month on the diet, half the patients reported suffering 50 percent fewer seizures. At three months, about one-third of the patients cut the frequency of seizures by half.
By three months, one-third of the patients had dropped out of the study because they found the diet too restrictive.
The findings are published in the February issue of the journal Epilepsia.
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