Two high-fat diets can reduce and sometimes completely eliminate seizures in children with a common disorder known as absence epilepsy.
A report shows that more than 70 percent of the patients treated with either a ketogenic or modified Atkins diet experienced at least 50 percent fewer seizures. Many showed as high as 90 percent improvement.
According to Newswise:
“The ketogenic diet has been used since 1921 to successfully treat several forms of epilepsy ... Made up of high-fat foods and few carbohydrates, the diet works by triggering biochemical changes that eliminate seizure-causing short circuits in the brain’s signaling system.”