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How may medical ketogenic therapy reduce anxiety, depression, and improve cognition? What might the effects be on cholesterol levels? What about support for those on the diet? Hear more from Dr. Manny Bagary.
How can ketones affect the brain in epilepsy? Dr. Manny Bagary explores the science behind medical ketogenic therapy, including brain excitability, neurotransmitters, mitochondria, inflammation, cognition and status epilepticus.
Exploring the complexities and benefits of ketogenic therapy for epilepsy, addressing misconceptions, patient selection, mechanisms of action, safety concerns, and the importance of multidisciplinary care - with Dr. Neha Kaul.
Dr. Laurie Miller explains why memory problems happen in epilepsy, how different memory systems are affected, and the practical evidence-based strategies that may help improve everyday functioning.
Can exercise improve memory in people with an epilepsy? Jane Allendorfer shares early evidence from a six-week intervention and her newly completed randomised trial exploring how physical activity may drive cognitive improvement and changes in brain connectivity.
Exploring how epilepsy care goes beyond seizures, with a focus on mood, cognition, and the real-life priorities that shape quality of life, with Epilepsy Nurse Practicioner, Dr. Lucretia Long.
Children may benefit from being weaned off of anti-seizure medications when they are on the ketogenic diet. Find out how the ketogenic diet can significantly benefit children with epilepsy - even when it doesn’t control their seizures!
What should someone do if interested in adopting the ketogenic diet or looking further into "metabolic psychiatry"? Hear about sacrifices, benefits, weight loss, constipation, nutrition, and having the right support.
Learn of the evolution of the ketogenic diet, metabolic psychiatry, the treatment overlap between different diagnoses (e.g. the epilepsies and mood disorders). This is part 2 of 3 with the Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs: Graham Phillips.
Are humans forgetting the animals that we actually are? The Pharmacist Who Gave Up Drugs - Graham Phillips - talks to us about the impacts of the regular western diet and the impacts on health - in part 1 of 3.
Hear of clinical study involving paediatric faecal samples of those with refractory epilepsy who started the ketogenic diet; investigating their gut microbiota and how it may be related to changes in epileptic seizures.
Hear about epilepsy research into gut microbiota, how they connect with the brain, and the link between them, poo/faeces, and seizures! Think ketogenic diet. This is part 1 of 2.