Atkins for Seizures: A Guide for Parents By Parents

July 1, 2009 By

Michael and Tammy Koski thought they’d never find a solution for their daughter’s seizures. She was suffering from up to 100 absence seizures per day and after four years of anti-seizure drugs, nothing was working. However, they were lucky enough to meet Dr. Eric Kossoff at the John Hopkins Center

Filed Under: Epilepsy, Modified Atkins Diet (MAD), Special Diets & Nutrition

The Modified Atkins Diet - Stop Seizures With Food

January 12, 2009 By

It seems there is hope for people with epilepsy that their seizures can be controlled by diet alone. Low carbohydrate diets like the Atkins diet and modified Atkins diet have been proven to reduce seizures. The way the diet works is by switching what the body uses as a source

Filed Under: Epilepsy, General Discussions, Modified Atkins Diet (MAD)

Modified Atkins Diet

December 6, 2008 By

Our 11 year old sonJacob hasbeen diagnosed with medically intractableepilepsy.(Complex Partials)He has been having seizures for about three years and is now 11 years old. We have been on three different medications starting with Lamical, Trileptal and now a Keppra /Dilantin combo without sucess. We were recently evaluated for surgery

Filed Under: Epilepsy News, Modified Atkins Diet (MAD), Personal Story, Special Diets & Nutrition

The Modified Atkins Diet: An Easier Alternative To The Ketogenic Diet For Adults and Children?

July 30, 2008 By

The Atkins Diet, which is characterised by high fat and protein and low carbohydrate, has millions of followers world wide in their bid to lose weight. Yet a modified version of the diet has also shown great potential to reduce the number and length of seizures in adult and child

Filed Under: Epilepsy, Epilepsy News, Modified Atkins Diet (MAD), Special Diets & Nutrition

Using Diet As An Effective Treatment For Seizures

July 20, 2008 By

Imagine if you could treat your seizures with a popular diet. What if this diet could even cure your seizures in some cases? And what if this diet could help you to reduce, if not eliminate your medications at the same time? Well, Dr. Atkins, developer of the popular and

Filed Under: Epilepsy, Modified Atkins Diet (MAD), Special Diets & Nutrition