Therapeutic Effects of Ketone Diet in Epilepsy
| dc.contributor.author | Aljazwi, Sarah Muftah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-20T10:35:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-20T10:35:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06-30 | |
| dc.description | Epilepsy is a common brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. Approximately 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases globally1 . A wide range of antiepileptic drugs has been developed, however about 30% of patients with epilepsy fail to respond. A high-fat, lowcarbohydrate diet known as a ketogenic diet was developed to assist such patients, its beneficial effects has been confirmed by a variety of clinical trials, one of them have showed 75% decrease in seizures in children on a ketogenic diet for three months. Even with these amazig results the excact mechanism through which a ketogenic diet excert its anticonvulsant effects is unclear | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Ketogenic diet (KD) is a very low-carb diet, which forces the body to burn fat instead of carbs making the body produce ketones as a fuel, this is an alternative fuel used in conditions where glucose levels are low or for the treartment of seizures. KD has been proven to be effective as a medical therapy for epilepsy allowing patients to take less or no anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), also providing a new line of therapy for those unresponsive to AEDs. Despite its successful results, the exact mechanisms by which KD works remains unclear. This is a collective review on the potential machanisms by which KD exert its anti-seizures properties. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/728 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.title | Therapeutic Effects of Ketone Diet in Epilepsy | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |