RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Low-glycemic-index treatment: A liberalized ketogenic diet for treatment of intractable epilepsy
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 1810
OP 1812
DO 10.1212/01.wnl.0000187071.24292.9e
VO 65
IS 11
A1 Pfeifer, Heidi H.
A1 Thiele, Elizabeth A.
YR 2005
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/65/11/1810.abstract
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.