Epileptic children benefitting from Ketogenic diet
Largest group was 2-6 year olds in this study
http://www.gutbrainaxis.org/pdf/cross paper KD vs AEDs.pdf
A review of multiple studies showing refractory epileptic children benefit from Ketogenic diet
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b2ff/be7088098be1ffb9396d96490c6e3ea2f91e.pdf
Study with 150 epileptic children, mean age 5.3 years old
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/102/6/1358.short
As a Ketogenic author and health consultant, Maria Emmerich wrote this on her blog:
“Our sons Micah and Kai spent their first years (2 for Micah, 1 for Kai) in a nutritionally limited environment (orphanage in Ethiopia). The caregivers there did the best they could with the resources they had but in a country with over 2 million orphans under the age of 18, this is a challenge. When we brought Micah and Kai home they didn’t even register on the height weight charts (1% or less). We immediately started them on the same diet that we ate (a well formulated ketogenic diet). The only change is they had a more traditional 3 meals a day for their growing bodies.
Within 1 year on this well formulated ketogenic diet our sons had caught up to about 50% on the height weight charts. In 2 years they were 50-75%. They now grow like weeds and thrive.” – Craig and Maria Emmerich”
The last half of this talks about a Ketogenic diet for healthy children. Interesting, someone sited the same article as a negative for raising children on a Ketogenic diet. The same person who said this diet would interfere with normal socialization of children.
https://www.perfectketo.com/ketosis-for-children/
WARNING: Snarky comments below
PS. When someone implies children on a Ketogenic diet will become socially stunted because they do not eat all the sugar and junk food their friends eat, I can think of 2 responses.
1. What if the child was diabetic, which they probably will be if they continue to eat junk food? Are you saying diabetic children are socially stunted? Do you really want to go there?
2. As my father said : So, if all your friends decide to jump off a cliff, are you going to jump too? Just because the majority does something does not mean it is the best or even a good thing to do.