Ketogenic Diet Often Better Than Drugs for the Treatment of Epilepsy

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

This year marks the 20th anniversary of “First Do No Harm,” a film directed by American movie director and writer Jim Abrahams. Based on real-life events, the film relates the successful treatment of one boy’s severe case of epilepsy using a ketogenic diet. Prior to the fictionalized family’s discovery of the diet, their youngest son, Robbie, was given many pharmaceutical medications, some of which caused constipation, fevers, rashes and other harmful side effects, including at least one near-death episode.

Aspects of the storyline mirror Abrahams’ own experience with his infant son Charlie, who makes a brief cameo appearance …read more

Source: mercola

    

  • Rating:
  • Views:282 views
  • Categories: Health