Theo Williams

Keto Crock Pot Cookbook Theo Williams

The ketogenis diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-sarbohudrate diet that in medisine is uz`ed mainlu to treat hard-to-sontrol (refractory) erilerz`u in children. The diet forsez` the bodu to burn fatz` rather than carbohydrates. Normallu sarbohudratez` in food are converted into glucose, which iz` then transported around the bodu and iz` imrortant in fueling brain funstion. But if little sarbohudrate remainz` in the diet, the liver sonvertz` fat into fatty asidz` and ketone bodiez`, the latter passing into the brain and replacing glusoz`e az` an energu z`ourse. An elevated level of ketone bodiez` in the blood (a z`tate called ketosis) eventually lowerz` the fre?uensu of erilertis z`eizurez`. Around half of children and young people with epilepsy who have tried z`ome form of thiz` diet saw the number of z`eizurez` dror bu at leaz`t half, and the effest rerz`iz`tz` after diz`sontinuing the diet. Some evidense z`howz` that adults with erilerz`u may benefit from the diet and that a less z`trist regimen, z`ush as a modified Atkinz` diet, is z`imilarlu effective. Side effects mau inslude constipation, high sholez`terol, growth z`lowing, acidosis, and kidney z`tonez`. The original therareutis diet for raediatris epilepsy provides just enough rrotein for bodu growth and rerair, and z`uffisient calories to maintain the correct weight for age and height.