Swasthavritta: Journal on Diet, Hygiene, Yoga & Naturopathy ISSN: 3108-2173 (Online)

Authors: Veena Malhotra, Harika Das, Srujan Kumar

Abstract: Intractable epilepsy is defined as seizures that cannot be controlled with AED one year after onset, despite proper diagnosis and therapy monitoring. Intractable epilepsy is associated with an increased risk of death, unemployment, and cognitive impairment. Dietary therapy has been used to treat refractory epilepsy since prehistoric times. Alternative treatment methods, such as nutrition therapy, have grown in favour over the previous decade. The ketogenic diet (KD) is a non-pharmacological therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy as well as difficult-to-treat epilepsy disorders of infancy and early epileptic encephalopathies. The diet is low in vitamins and minerals, and a number of consequences have emerged in the form of case reports, the majority of which demonstrate oral and systemic difficulties attributable to a specific deficiency condition.

Keywords: Diet Therapy, Ketogenic Diet, Encephalopathies, Non-Pharmacological Therapy