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Volume 6 Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
October 01-02, 2018 Osaka, Japan
3rd World Congress on
Pediatric Neurology and Pediatric Surgery
Neuropediatrics 2018
October 01-02, 2018
Lakshmi Kalband, J Child Adolesc Behav 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2375-4494-C1-005
Food for thought-Keto diet
Lakshmi Kalband
Wollongong Hospital, Australia
Statement of the problem: What if the food we eat is therapy? Dietary therapies have been attempted in a wide variety of
neurological disorders including epilepsies, headache and other pains, autism, brain tumors, neuro-trauma, sleep disorders,
multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. The driving force for the development of dietary therapies
is the lack of efficiency and/or the intolerable side effects of the drugs, coupled with the intrinsic appeal of seeking more
natural treatments. The efficiency of dietary therapies is best exemplified by the proven efficiency of ketogenic diet in medically
intractable epilepsies. The diet now has broader use in neurological disorders and is practiced widely in epilepsies.
Method: This discussion focuses on the role of ketogenic diet and its applications in childhood neurological disorders and
utility as disease modifying therapy. It includes a brief review of the pathophysiological mechanisms that cause the benefits
derived from ketosis. A practical approach to starting a ketogenic diet in centers will be discussed. And the future of dietary
therapies and applications in neurology will be reviewed.
Result: There is emerging literature supporting the broad use of the ketogenic diet and its variants against a variety of
neurological conditions. Repurposing the diet for more conditions including cancer could be a cost effective remedy that
needs to be researched.
Conclusion: The discussion is intended to bring forth the benefits of using natural remedies through dietary modifications to
cure complex neurological disorders, where drugs and other interventions have limited roles.
Biography
Lakshmi Kalband has her expertise in Pediatric Neurology and Epileptology. She has special interest in Pediatric and Neonatal Electroencephalography. She works
in the team of Comprehensive Epilepsy Program. Her work focuses on Intractable Epilepsies and supporting families of children with epilepsy.