Diet for Seizures: One Childs Journey

Watching your loved one have seizures - or having them yourself can be a very emotionally difficult thing to do. Our daughter struggled with over 100 seizures every day - even while heavily medicated (and we were scared of the medicine we were giving her). We felt helpless. We took it personal. We tried everything we could find. For us, the solution was found through Johns Hopkins, Dr. Kossoff, and the Atkins Diet. In a short period of time, the Modified Atkins Diet allowed our daughter to go off all her medication - and reduced her seizures to just 15 a day. Now, a couple years later, she is seizure and medicine free. We sincerely hope our experience will help you. Learn Answers to: - How much time is required to implement the Atkins for seizures diet? - What are some of the emotional hurdles that may be faced? - How can we get our child to eat differently than the family and her classmates? - What kind of complications and side effects may arise? - Can we still go out to eat? What about school lunch? - Where can I find financial assistance for this project? - I thought the Atkins diet is for weight loss - how can I keep my growing child from losing weight on the diet? - Why does this work? - theories behind the diets. - Recipes and resources.

Michael Koski has firsthand experience with the Modified Atkins Diet for seizures. His daughter participated in the first study of 20 children with intractable seizures through Johns Hopkins. He is one of the original members of the first on-line support group for MAD & created the website: www.AtkinsForSeizures.com