Ketogenic Diets treatments for epilepsy and other disorders
Sometimes referred to as a "miracle diet," the ketogenic diet has helped doctors treat difficult-to-control epileptic seizures in thousands of children. Coauthored by four respected experts from Johns Hopkins, Ketogenic Diets continues to be the definitive guide for parents, physicians, an...
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New York
Demos Health
2011
Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated |
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Table of Contents:
- Ketogenic Diets : treatments for epilepsy and other disorders -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I: Overview of the Traditional Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter One: Epilepsy Today and the Place of the Ketogenic Diet in the World -- Chaptert Two: What Is the Ketogenic Diet? -- Chapter Three: History of the Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Four: How Does the Ketogenic Diet Work? -- Chapter Five: Is My Child a Candidate for the Ketogenic Diet? -- Chapter Six: The Diet for all Cultures, Religions, Food Preferences, and Allergies -- Section II: The ABCs of the Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Seven: Initiating the Ketogenic Diet: To Fast or Admit? -- Chapter Eight: Calculating the Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Nine: KetoCalculator -- Chapter Ten: All Those Crazy Supplements! -- Section III: Life on the Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Eleven: The Expert Consensus and You -- Chapter Twelve: Fine-Tuning the Diet -- Chapter Thirteen: Parent Support Groups and the Internet -- Chapter Fourtee: Side Effects of the Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Fifteen: Making it Work at Home and on the Road -- Chapter Sixteen: Going Off the Diet -- Section IV: Modified Ketogenic Diets -- Chapter Seventeen: When and Why Should I Use Alternative Diets? -- Chapter Eighteen: The History of the Modifi ed Atkins Diet for Epilepsy (and Future Directions) -- Chapter Nineteen: How Do I Use the Modifi ed Atkins Diet? -- Chapter Twenty: The MCT Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Twenty One: The LGIT (Low Glycemic Index Treatment) -- Section V: Ketogenic Cooking -- Chapter Twenty Two: Sample Meal Plans for the Ketogenic Diet -- Chapter Twenty Three: Modifi ed Atkins Diet Recipes -- Section VI: The Future of Diets and the Brain -- Chapter Twenty Four: Can the Diet Be Used Before Medications? -- Chapter Twenty Five: Adults and Diets -- Chapter Twenty Six: Diets and Other Neurologic Conditions -- Section VII: Appendices -- Appendix A: Medications and Keto-Friendly Products -- Appendix B: Sample Letter of Medical Necessity for Ketogenic Diet Formulas -- Appendix C: Atkins Carbohydrate Gram Counter -- Appendix D: Physicians Providing the Ketogenic Diet Worldwide as of November 2010 -- Appendix E: Modified Atkins Diet Sample Meals -- Appendix F: Routine Ketogenic Diet Lab Studies for Children on the Diet -- Appendix G: Selected References -- Index.
- Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION I: Overview of the Traditional Ketogenic Diet -- 1. Epilepsy Today and the Place of the Ketogenic Diet in the World -- 2. What Is the Ketogenic Diet? -- 3. History of the Ketogenic Diet -- 4. How Does the Ketogenic Diet Work? -- 5. Is My Child a Candidate for the Ketogenic Diet? -- 6. The Diet for All Cultures, Religions, Food Preferences, and Allergies -- SECTION II: The ABCs of the Ketogenic Diet -- 7. Initiating the Ketogenic Diet: To Fast or Admit? -- 8. Calculating the Ketogenic Diet -- 9. KetoCalculator -- 10. All Those Crazy Supplements! -- SECTION III: Life on the Ketogenic Diet -- 11. The Expert Consensus and You -- 12. Fine-Tuning the Diet -- 13. Parent Support Groups and the Internet -- 14. Side Effects of the Ketogenic Diet -- 15. Making it Work at Home and on the Road -- 16. Going Off the Diet -- SECTION IV: Modified Ketogenic Diets -- 17. When and Why Should I Use Alternative Diets? -- 18. The History of the Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy (and Future Directions) -- 19. How Do I Use the Modified Atkins Diet? -- 20. The MCT Ketogenic Diet -- 21. The LGIT (Low Glycemic Index Treatment) -- SECTION V: Ketogenic Cooking -- 22. Sample Meal Plans for the Ketogenic Diet -- 23. Modified Atkins Diet Recipes -- SECTION VI: The Future of Diets and the Brain -- 24. Can the Diet Be Used Before Medications? -- 25. Adults and Diets -- 26. Diets and Other Neurologic Conditions -- SECTION VII: Appendices -- A. Medications and Keto-Friendly Products -- B. Sample Letter of Medical Necessity for Ketogenic Diet Formulas -- C. Atkins Carbohydrate Gram Counter -- D. Physicians Providing the Ketogenic Diet Worldwide as of November 2010 -- E. Modified Atkins Diet Sample Meals -- F. Routine Ketogenic Diet Lab Studies for Children on the Diet -- G. Selected References -- Index -- A -- B
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