PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Pfeifer, Heidi H. AU - Thiele, Elizabeth A. TI - Low-glycemic-index treatment: A liberalized ketogenic diet for treatment of intractable epilepsy AID - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000187071.24292.9e DP - 2005 Dec 13 TA - Neurology PG - 1810--1812 VI - 65 IP - 11 4099 - http://n.neurology.org/content/65/11/1810.short 4100 - http://n.neurology.org/content/65/11/1810.full SO - Neurology2005 Dec 13; 65 AB - The ketogenic diet is often effective for intractable epilepsy, but many patients have trouble complying with the strict regimen. The authors tested an alternative diet regimen, a low-glycemic-index treatment, with more liberal total carbohydrate intake but restricted to foods that produce relatively little increase in blood glucose (glycemic index < 50). Ten of 20 patients treated with this regimen experienced a greater than 90% reduction in seizure frequency.