Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Section I Overview of the Traditional Ketogenic Diet

1 Epilepsy Today and the Place of the Ketogenic Diet in the World 3

2 What Is the Ketogenic Diet? 15

3 History of the Ketogenic Diet 21

4 How Does the Ketogenic Diet Work? 33

5 Is My Child a Candidate for the Ketogenic Diet? 39

6 The Diet for All Cultures, Religions, Food Preferences, and Allergies 49

Section II The ABCs of the Ketogenic Diet

7 Initiating the Ketogenic Diet: To Fast or Admit? 59

8 Calculating the Ketogenic Diet 77

9 KetoCalculator 105

10 All Those Crazy Supplements! 115

Section III Life on the Ketogenic Diet

11 The Expert Consensus and You 125

12 Fine-Tuning the Diet 131

13 Parent Support Groups and the Internet 155

14 Side Effects of the Ketogenic Diet 161

15 Making it Work at Home and on the Road 171

16 Going Off the Diet 183

Section IV Modified Ketogenic Diets

17 When and Why Should I Use Alternative Diets? 193

18 The History of the Modified Atkins Diet for Epilepsy (and Future Directions) 197

19 How Do I Use the Modified Atkins Diet? 205

20 The MCT Ketogenic Diet 215

21 The LGIT (Low Glycemic Index Treatment) 219

Section V Ketogenic Cooking

22 Sample Meal Plans for the Ketogenic Diet 227

23 Modified Atkins Diet Recipes 257

Section VI The Future of Diets and the Brain

24 Can the Diet Be Used Before Medications? 273

25 Adults and Diets 277

26 Diets and Other Neurologic Conditions 281

Section VII Appendices

A Medications and Keto-Friendly Products 289

B Sample Letter of Medical Necessity for Ketogenic Diet Formulas 297

C Atkins Carbohydrate Gram Counter 299

D Physicians Providing the Ketogenic Diet Worldwide as of November 2010 303

E Modified Atkins Diet Sample Meals 323

F Routine Ketogenic Diet Lab Studies for Children on the Diet 325

G Selected References 327

Index 331