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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.
In part two, Dr. Ching Soong Khoo discusses practical clinical approaches to obesity in epilepsy, focusing on quality of life, exercise safety, diet, and multidisciplinary care.
Why is obesity so common in people with epilepsy, and why is it so often overlooked in clinical care? This episode explores prevalence data, physical activity, and the consequences of missing obesity in routine epilepsy management.
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.