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The Ketogenic Diet in Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

S. M. Allan
S. M. Allan*
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County Mental Hospital, Whittingham
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In recent years new avenues of approach to the treatment of epilepsy have been opened up, investigation and experiment have been stimulated, and, especially in young patients, definite hopes of cure have been held out. Experiments in metabolism have shown that a condition of acidosis is antagonistic to epileptic seizures. The ketogenic diet is one designed to produce acidosis artificially, this being achieved by reducing the carbohydrates and greatly increasing the fats.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 79 , Issue 327 , October 1933 , pp. 677 - 687
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1933 

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