The ketogenic diet is a calculated, medically managed diet designed to imitate fasting over a long period of time.

• When on the Ketogenic diet, a simulated ‘fasting state’ is achieved by switching the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates.
• This diet is available as a treatment option for children with difficult-to-control epilepsy and some neuro-metabolic disorders.
• The idea of using diet to help manage seizures is not new. Physicians in ancient Greece treated epilepsy by altering the patient’s diet.

TBC - Link to ketogenic diet factsheet.