First Do No harm!
The Ketogenic Diet
High-Fat Diet Ends Epileptic Seizures For Boy.
It got the to the point where he couldn't walk or talk.
a barrage of tests at the famed Mayo Clinic's Epilepsy Laboratory revealed no clear medical explanation for Max's seziures.
The Ketogenic Diet is very low in carbohydrates and super high in fats.
Max's initial diet meal plan contained 80 percent fat.
Fats compose 60% of the brain and are essential to brain function.
Plus..
Even though they are not sure why the diet works.
research suggests it stabilizes brain cells and alters neurotransmitters, the brain chemicals that allow cells to signal each other.
Food For The Brain.
Deficiencies in essential fats are common in people with autism6.
Research by Dr Gordon Bell at Stirling University has shown that some autistic children have an enzymatic defect that removes essential fats..
from brain cell membranes more quickly than it should.
http://www.foodforthebrain.org/content.asp?id_Content=1632It has also been used to treat structural brain disorders such as microcephaly, hypoxic brain damage, prior strokes, and developmental abnormalities.
http://www.autismcanada.org/ketogenic.htm Rasmussen's Encephalitis
ketogenic diet (high fat, low/no carbohydrates..
http://www.medhelp.org/www/rasm.htmRasmussen Syndrome
it is possible that there are several different possible triggers.
An autoimmune reaction, in which the body’s immune system attacks nerve cells and causes the inflammation to spread, is suspected.
http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Epile...articleID=6970&categoryID=EP-nh2-04dThe question should be is what could cause or disrupt the fat content in ones brain or Encephalitis inflammation of the brain?
Or can cause an autoimmune reaction?
And how many children if they had this information early on could have been helped??
First Do No Harm!
a 1997 T.V film with meryl streep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDFsLe5FbeQ