Important Research
Below you’ll find the most current evidence-based research as I review it and publish it. Please continue to check back frequently and follow our community on Facebook to keep up to date.
Fantastic means to speed up grain-free school lunches.
I must give credit to www.FoodRenegade.com for these creative and efficient school lunch grain-free ideas. The below is lengthy but worth the read. If you are on a ketogenic diet, adopt these combinations while adding the fat (MCT oil can help with this). "As a...
read moreOne of the most important infections to test for especially when seizures are present.
Clostridia bacteria, in its various strains, releases a very potent neurotoxin. A neurotoxin alone or in combination with others can lead to neurological dysfunction including seizure disorders. Neurotoxins stimulate the overproduction of glutamate. Extracellular...
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Recipes for all variations of “diet”.
Trying to come up with delicious tasting food recipes that aren't costly nor time consuming requires a lot of effort. For all of you that I work with, time and energy is limited. Thanks to one of my favorite mentors, Julie Matthews, she has offered 12 recipes that...
read moreCould this be a reason why the ketogenic diet doesn’t work?
CAUTION: the information below suggests that the ketogenic diet may show greater efficacy (effectiveness) without medications. PLEASE DO NOT reduce/remove medications without the support of your primary care physician or neurologist. Reducing/removing medications...
read moreThe ketogenic diet does help improve gut health
A recent study: High Fat Ketogenic Diet Enhances Gut Microbiota in Healing Epilepsy recognizing that an imbalanced gut microbiota is present in individuals suffering from neurological consequences including childhood epilepsy. The childrens' microbiome was measured...
read moreTreatment of intractable epilepsy in a female with SLC6A8 deficiency
This is extremely important research that refers to this specific genetic variance, SLC6A8. Many of you are acquiring genetic testing in your efforts to discover what genetic variance can be causing your child or loved one's seizures. The SLC6A8 deletion has to do...
read moreWhy supplementing with this amino acid is dangerous.
Tyrosine is an amino acid and like all amino acids it is derived from protein. It is naturally occurring, derived from L-phenylalanine (if the conversion is healthy) and is noted for improving mood, increasing energy levels and enhancing mental and physical...
read moreAn excellent researched article on nutritional therapy for seizure disorders.
A client recently forwarded me a copy of a well researched article titled "Epilepsy Natural and Complimentary Therapies". The article recognizes the necessity to identify nutritional deficiencies that may stem from the use of anti-epileptic drugs, including B6, B12...
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What every person that has seizures needs to know, but isn't told.
