Why should modified Atkins diet be encouraged for treating epilepsy in emerging countries?

Epilepsy remains a significant problem of public health in emerging countries. At least 50 million people in the world have epilepsy and approximately 85% of them live in developing countries. Compounding this issue, many anti-convulsant drugs are also not available. Recently, less restrictive diets...

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Published inAfrican health sciences Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 556 - 558
Main Authors Satte, Amal, Kossoff, Eric Heath, Belghiti, Mohamed, Zerhouni, Abderrahim, Ouhabi, Hamid, Guerinech, Hassania, Mounach, Jamal
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Uganda Makerere Medical School 01.01.2017
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Diet
Epilepsy
Medical treatment
Research methodology
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Summary:Epilepsy remains a significant problem of public health in emerging countries. At least 50 million people in the world have epilepsy and approximately 85% of them live in developing countries. Compounding this issue, many anti-convulsant drugs are also not available. Recently, less restrictive diets have been developed. Among these, the Modified Atkins Diet (MAD) has many advantages, primarily that its efficacy appears in studies to date to be very similar to the classical KD.
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ISSN:1680-6905
1729-0503
1680-6905
DOI:10.4314/ahs.v17i2.32