What is a "ketogenic diet"?

What is a "ketogenic diet"?

Charles Ribak, Ph.D. (Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UC Irvine School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: If I have one seizure, will I definitely have another?; Is there a cure for epilepsy?; What are the surgical treatments for epilepsy? and more...

A ketogenic diet is a diet whereby young children are given a high fat, low carb type of diet, and the high fat and the high proteins supposedly are involved in shunting various metabolic pathways in cells so that seizures do not occur. This diet has been shown to reduce the frequency of seizures in some of the young children. However, it does not work in all cases.