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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Don’t those who experience seizures eat a keto diet?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    It's a treatment for people who don't respond to medicine.

    https://www.epilepsy.com/treatment/dietary-therapies/ketogenic-diet

    It's pretty interesting! I listened to a medical history podcast about keto years ago.

    https://maximumfun.org/transcripts/sawbones/transcript-sawbones-ketogenic-diet Apparently the diet started as a treatment for epilepsy. Way back in history people noticed that if you were inclined to have seizures and were starving, you had fewer seizures. In the early 1900s there were experiments to figure out how to reduce seizures without, you know, starving them to death. keto!

    I wouldn't be shocked if keto had some kind of effect on the brain that helps with schizophrenia, but there's no real info yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

    There are an increasing number of case studies for Bipolar Disorder, as well as pilot trials. If you're interested, there is a YouTube channel called Keto Bipolar with interviews that you could take a look at.

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