Thanks toHonest Medicine, I found some interesting videos about the ketogenic diet. The first two are from Dateline NBC:Part 1andPart 2. In Part 1, Dr. Donald Shields, head of pediatric neurology at the UCLA Medical Center, says, in answer to a question about why he didn’t recommend the ketogenic diet to the Abramsons, who discovered it for themselves:
Because I don’t think we had exhausted all the medical approaches [to treating their son’s epilepsy] yet. There were actually still other medications that we hadn’t tried yet.
The last isa great talk(9 minutes) by Dr. Deborah Snyder. “To say the ketogenic diet has touched my heart would be a great understatement,” said Dr. Snyder.
Thanks toHonest Medicine, I found some interesting videos about the ketogenic diet. The first two are from Dateline NBC:Part 1andPart 2. In Part 1, Dr. Donald Shields, head of pediatric neurology at the UCLA Medical Center, says, in answer to a question about why he didn’t recommend the ketogenic diet to the Abramsons, who discovered it for themselves:
The last isa great talk(9 minutes) by Dr. Deborah Snyder. “To say the ketogenic diet has touched my heart would be a great understatement,” said Dr. Snyder.
More videosfromThe Charlie Foundation.The Ketogenic Diet and Evidence Snobs.