Mason
Posting #2
Topic: Health
http://healthland.time.com/2010/11/19/sometimes-a-90-fat-diet-is-good-for-you/
Some children who have epilepsy are having up to 130 seizures a day and are unresponsive to medication. So there is a new diet called the Ketogenic Diet. It is a diet that is 90% fat. The way this diet works is that the body goes into starvation mode and starts burning fats instead of carbohydrates. This seems to control the seizes when drugs fail. A study in London found that 38 percent of patients on the diet had their seizure frequency reduced more than 50 percent and that 7 percent had their seizure frequency reduced more than 90 percent. The kids on this diet have to take vitamin supplements otherwise their hair and teeth would fall and as well as their growth would be stunted. Also, there is an increased risk for kidney stones and constipation. Around 100 hospitals in Canada and the United States have suggested the diet to patients.
Conclusion: This diet seems like an alternative to harsher drugs, and also could potentially be cheaper. Instead of putting money into buying strong medicine the money could be put into buying food instead. More hospitals should be prescribing this diet to parents who have tried everything. Although parents will eventually have to look for another alternative, this will work for the time being. This diet seems to be an improvement in the epilepsy treatments.
Posting #2
Topic: Health
http://healthland.time.com/
Some children who have epilepsy are having up to 130 seizures a day and are unresponsive to medication. So there is a new diet called the Ketogenic Diet.
Conclusion: This diet seems like an alternative to harsher drugs, and also could potentially be cheaper. Instead of putting money into buying strong medicine the money could be put into buying food instead. More hospitals should be prescribing this diet to parents who have tried everything. Although parents will eventually have to look for another alternative, this will work for the time being. This diet seems to be an improvement in the epilepsy treatments.
This is certainly a new and unorthodox form of treatment. Hopefully this will make a big difference in these kids' lives without any side affects. I hope they use the money saved to find a new way to treat epilepsy.
ReplyDeleteIt is really good to know that this treatment works. But i think that it is really important for those kids to eat vitamins and minerals everyday because i think they should also be eating healthy while eating fat. I wonder if this treatment has any side effect, hopefully not.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this kind of diet may be able to temporarily slow or stop certain symptoms, it is not a sustainable way of life. Many studies have proven that a diet of that sort can have terrible long term effects which would transfer to an even lower standard of living than before. Anyone who is willing to encourage these eating habits is not informed about what it can do to your body.
ReplyDeleteThis seems risky and really not healthy. I suggest people find out why this diet actually works before administering it.
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