Release Date: 12/07/2012

Children with persistent and drug-resistant seizures treated with the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet may get an added benefit from periodic fasting, according to a small Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study.

For additional information: http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Fasting-May-Benefit-Patients-with-Epilepsy.aspx

Ekaterina Pesheva
Pediatrics
410-502-9433
epeshev1@jhmi.edu