A world-first study has shown a low carbohydrate, high fat diet could have a life-changing impact on cognitive function for children living with Kabuki syndrome.

The study, led by Professor Russell Dale’s Clinical Neuroimmunology Group at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW), in collaboration with The Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), the University of Sydney and Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR), trialled the ketogenic diet over a period of 12-months in a teenage boy with the rare condition.

Fifteen-year-old Hugo was diagnosed with Kabuki syndrome when he was four years old. The multi-system genetic condition is caused by... read more.