high fat diet cures boy's epilepsy

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A 4-year-old epileptic Minnesota boy, who used to suffer more than 100 seizures a day, has been cured — thanks to an extremely high-fat diet, wcco.com reported.

Medication wasn't even touching Max Irvine's condition, and his parents watched hopelessly as their son's condition worsened.

But Dr. Elaine Wirrell, a pediatric neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, suggested Max try the Ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and very high in fats. Wirrell said research hints the high-fat diet stabilizes brain cells and alters neurotransmitters.

Max's meals consisted of butter and bacon; he was drinking Canola oil as a beverage, and to his parents' amazement, the diet worked.

"I just remember having tears, and thinking how can I be giving my child so much fat," said Kristine Irvine, Max's mother.

Wirrell said she monitors Max's cholesterol, but that kids on this diet do not typically have cholesterol or lipid problems. Today, Max is not taking any medication and he is not suffering any seizures.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583429,00.html

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Mayo Clinic ftw

[Nagishkaw 510]

Max's meals consisted of butter and bacon; he was drinking Canola oil as a beverage

Wow.

[Peikko 1,575]

I don't think Canola oil is a good plan. I have read a lot of bad things about Canola oil. I know other oils are expensive, but I will not have Canola oil in my pantry, and I read every label to make sure I don't buy anything with it in. My shopping lists are short, what with that and HFC's

I hope the kid continues to do well

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A 4-year-old epileptic Minnesota boy, who used to suffer more than 100 seizures a day, has been cured — thanks to an extremely high-fat diet, wcco.com reported.

Medication wasn't even touching Max Irvine's condition, and his parents watched hopelessly as their son's condition worsened.

But Dr. Elaine Wirrell, a pediatric neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, suggested Max try the Ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and very high in fats. Wirrell said research hints the high-fat diet stabilizes brain cells and alters neurotransmitters.

Max's meals consisted of butter and bacon; he was drinking Canola oil as a beverage, and to his parents' amazement, the diet worked.

"I just remember having tears, and thinking how can I be giving my child so much fat," said Kristine Irvine, Max's mother.

Wirrell said she monitors Max's cholesterol, but that kids on this diet do not typically have cholesterol or lipid problems. Today, Max is not taking any medication and he is not suffering any seizures.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583429,00.html

Ketogenic diets are nothing new. I had a few patients who were doing this back in the late 80's and early 90's.

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Pretty amazing.

[Nina~ 431]

I wonder how the kids arteries will look in a couple of years

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I wonder how the kids arteries will look in a couple of years

like a california highway at rush hour.

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like a california highway at rush hour.

from that short article:

kids on this diet do not typically have cholesterol or lipid problems.

[justashooter 430]

ketogenic diet for increasing amino acids to the benefit of developing nervous systems.

3rd child was having grand mal till i discovered his veg mother was feeding him veg diet. corrected the diet, and no grand mal from that moment. 18 years later he's a perfectly normal kid with high IQ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet