Description: Dietary Treatment of Epilepsy : Practical Implementation of Ketogenic Therapy, Paperback by Neal, Elizabeth, . (EDT), ISBN 047067041X, ISBN-13 9780470670415, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Neal, a research dietitian who holds an honorary post at the U. College London-Institute of Child Health in the UK, presents 28 chapters contributed by neurologists and dietitians from the UK, Germany, India, US, Korea, and South Africa, who show dietitians and other healthcare professionals how to implement the ketogenic diet in patients with epilepsy to reduce seizures. They discuss the science behind ketogenic therapies; epilepsy and epileptic seizures; treatment options in the pediatric epilepsy clinic, including diet, surgery, and deep brain and vagal nerve stimulation; the diet's efficacy; the biochemical basis of dietary therapies for neurological disorders; initiation, monitoring, nutritional adequacy, problems, and discontinuation of diets like the ketogenic diet, Atkins diet, and the low glycemic index; and the use of ketogenic regimens in non-Western countries, as well as in infants, adults, and other conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ischemia, neurotrauma, and cancer. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Dietary Treatment of Epilepsy : Practical Implementation of Ketog
Number of Pages: 254 Pages
Publication Name: Dietary Treatment of Epilepsy : Practical Implementation of Ketogenic Therapy
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Neurology, Nutrition, Diet Therapy
Publication Year: 2012
Item Weight: 14.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.6 in
Subject Area: Medical
Author: Elizabeth Neal
Item Width: 6.8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
