A mother brought her two-year old child for passing large quantities of urine, there was no fever, abdominal pain, pain while passing urine or hematuria. The child was active and skin turgor normal, there being no signs of dehydration. There was no history of polydipsia (increased intake of water). Urine examination detected a urine ketone […]
Ever since Vining et al reported a decrease in growth parameters in children on the ketogenic diet (KD) this problem has been a major source of anxiety to both physicians and caregivers. A recent report of growth markers in children with uncontrolled epilepsy treated with the KD recently highlighted this problem again. Most prospective studies […]
Glucose is essential for almost all functions of the brain. These include production of energy in the form of high phosphate energy bond (ATP), generation of neurotransmitters, maintenance of the ion gradient and all other aspects of cellular and non-cellular maintenance. Though the brain weighs only 2% of the body weight it utilizes 20-25% of […]
When people talk about ketogenic diet, the first thought that comes to their mind is that they will have to consume a lot of non-vegetarian food items in order to fulfill the protein requirement. That is however not true. At our center, we treat a many vegetarian patients. We use Soya products for vegetarians such […]
Hello Everyone, Dr. Nathan & Team is delighted to announce that our research article- ‘ *Dietary Therapy in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Report’* has been published in renowned journal- Cureus on 7th August 2019 which is also indexed on Pubmed. To read the article in detail, please click on the link below:- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428547 […]
Hello everyone, As discussed in our previous breaking news post, today we will look at the role of the ketogenic diet and its effect on microbiota. The gut-microbiota plays an important role in regulating the host physiology. Perturbations in the gut- microbiota has been observed in neuropsychiatric diseases such as autism, anxiety, depression etc. Recent […]
Now that we have looked at the gut brain axis anatomy and physiology let us turn to the relationship to epilepsy. Anecdotal evidence has been around and several patients’ complain that constipation is a seizure trigger. However there is some research proof to this observation. Constipation induced by loperamide and clinidum caused a decrease in […]
The gut-brain axis “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ― Hippocrates 2400 BC (Before Christ) or 2400 BCE (Before Common Era) Hippocrates – the father of medicine – how erudite! The same Hippocrates who said that epilepsy can be cured by fasting and this method proved to be the precursor of the […]
Hello Everyone, We would like to share recipes made by our patients and our Dietician Saima Shaikh with Keto basket products. Sevai Phirni from Keto Basket Sevai by one of our patient Ingredients:- Keto basket Sevai Almond milk Cashewnuts Amway Nutrilite powder Ghee Cardamom powder Nutmeg Powder Sugarfree Natura pellets Method of Preparation:- Heat ghee […]
Hello everyone, Keto tiffins are popular among teens for weight loss. Ketogenic diet is highly individualised and is calculated and given to epilepsy or cancer patients. Preparing keto tiffins for ketogenic diet is difficult as the amount of ingredients to be used are in specific quantities and as per patient’s calculation. So Dr. J. Nathan […]