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- The ketogenic diet has numerous health benefits, including fewer seizures for children with epilepsy who do not respond to anti-epileptic medications. However, there has been no clear explanation for exactly how the diet aids children with epilepsy.
Researchers now believe they have established a causal link between gut bacteria and seizure susceptibility. The study also identifies a specific bacterium that plays a critical role in the anti-seizure effects of the ketogenic diet.
http://neurosciencenews.com/microbiome-anti-seizure-ketogenic-diet-9130/
- Throughout our lifetime our brain changes more than any other part of our body. From the moment the brain begins to develop in the third week of gestation to old age, its complex structures and functions are changing, networks and pathways connecting and severing.
- Epilepsy is a condition that causes seizures — temporary glitches in the brain’s electrical activity. These electrical disruptions can cause a range of symptoms. Some people stare off into space, some make jerky movements, while others lose consciousness.
Doctors don’t know what causes epilepsy. Genes, brain conditions like tumors or strokes, and head injuries may be involved in some cases. Because epilepsy is a brain disorder, it can affect many different systems throughout the body.
https://www.healthline.com/health/epilepsy/effects-on-body#1
- There are many types of seizure, which can range in severity from mild to a medical emergency. They fall into two general categories: epileptic and nonepileptic. To read more about non-epileptic (pseudo) seizures please go to: