Mobile Menu vitaflo Ketogenic Diet Therapy Ketogenic Diet Therapy Epilepsy is a brain disease characterized by recurrent seizures. Along with migraines, it is the most common neurological disorder and affects around 50-60 million people worldwide. 1 Seizures are diagnosed and classified according to strict criteria defined by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). 2 Although pharmacological treatment is successful in many, around 30% of cases do not respond to two or more anti-epileptic drugs. 3, 4 In these cases one speaks of drug-resistant epilepsy. 5 In such patients, interventions such as surgery and vagus nerve stimulation may be indicated and helpful, but they are both invasive, risk complications, and are not suitable for all. For patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, the ILAE supports the use of ketogenic nutrition therapy as an alternative treatment option. Compared to a normal diet, this is a very high-fat and very low-carbohydrate diet with sufficient protein, which is intended to mimic the metabolic effects of starvation by switching from carbohydrate to fat metabolism. The dietary change in the production and use of glucose creates ketones (hence “keto-gene”), which are available as alternative fuel for the brain and other tissues. The exact mechanism of action (or mechanisms) of the ketogenic diet has yet to be researched, but what obviously counts is that a large proportion of the daily energy requirement comes from fats and very few carbohydrates are consumed. Ketogenic nutrition therapy has been shown to be effective in diet management of pharmacoresistant epilepsy and the congenital metabolic disorders type 1 glucose transporter (GLUT1) defect and pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (PDHD) and is used here as the treatment of choice. 6, 7 Evidence is also emerging that this diet may have a role in the treatment of brain tumors and other specific neurological disorders and cancers. 8th Vitaflo has developed a range of products that can be used as part of a ketogenic diet therapy and make it easier for the patient to stick to the nutrition plan. For more information about the types of ketogenic nutritional therapy and delicious recipe ideas, visit www.ketokompetent.de Megiddo I, Colson A, Chisholm D, Dua T, Nandi A, Laxminarayan R. Health and economic benefits of public financing of epilepsy treatment in India: An agent ‐ based simulation model. Epilepsia. 2016; 57 (3). Fisher RS, Acevedo C, Arzimanoglou A, Bogacz A, Cross JH, Elger CE, et al. ILAE official report: a practical clinical definition of epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2014; 55 (4): 475-82. Granata T, Marchi N, Carlton E, Ghosh C, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Alexopoulos AV, et al. Management of the patient with medically refractory epilepsy. Expert review of neurotherapeutics. 2009;9(12):1791-802. Martin K, Jackson CF, Levy RG, Cooper PN. Ketogenic diet and other dietary treatments for epilepsy. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2016;2:CD001903. Kwan P, Arzimanoglou A, Berg AT, Brodie MJ, Allen Hauser W, Mathern G, et al. Definition of drug resistant epilepsy: consensus proposal by the ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies. Epilepsia. 2010;51(6):1069-77. Klepper J. Glucose transporter deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS) and the ketogenic diet. Epilepsia. 2008;49(S18):46-9 Klepper J. Ketogenic therapy in neurometabolic disease. In: Neal E, ed. Dietary treatment of epilepsy - practical implementation of ketogenic therapy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2012. Woolf EC, check AC. The ketogenic diet for the treatment of malignant glioma. J Lipid Res. 2015; 56 (1): 5-10. Our product range for ketogenic nutrition therapy K.Flo ™ to the product K.Yo ™ to the product betaquik ® to the product Legal vitaflo Terms of Use imprint Contact Cookies Privacy policy Change country Site map Confirm briefly, then it goes on! By clicking "I agree", you consent to the use of cookies by Nestlé Deutschland AG and its companies affiliated with corporate law as well as third-party providers. The navigation on this website is optimized by means of cookies. You can find more information in our legal notice . Under Cookie Policy you will find a list of the cookies used. You can change your cookie settings here or at any time under the link "Cookie Settings" on this website. Refuse non-essential cookies Agree Cookie settings