Ketogenic diet - success rates

Studies in the efficacy of the ketogenic diet (KGD) have been conducted since the diet's development in the 1920s. Results throughout this time have consistently shown that the diet completely controlled epilepsy in one out of every three children whose seizures were otherwise uncontrollable. In half of the remaining children, the diet markedly decreased the frequency of seizures and/or enabled medications to be reduced. Often children whose seizures had been completely controlled could return to a normal diet in two or three years and remain seizure-free without medication. Leading ketogenic diet units around the world reflect similar success rates.

FACT 1: Myoclonic (jerk) and myoclonic-astatic (drop attack) seizures are one of the most difficult seizure types to control.

FACT 2: One of the most effective treatments for myoclonic-type seizures is the ketogenic diet.

Since myoclonic/astatic seizures are the core seizure-type associated with MAE, the ketogenic diet is certainly worthy of serious consideration, especially when first-line medications attempts have failed.

Read about the tremendous success our own children have had with the ketogenic diet - what's worked! ¨

Myoclonic-Astatic Epilepsy in Early Childhood (MAE)

(Doose Syndrome)