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What are ketogenic diets? Can they treat epilepsy and brain cancer?

  • Written by Clare Collins, Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Ketogenic diets are back in the news with claims they are a “cure-all”. Research shows that in epilepsy not controlled by current treatment, around 50% of children and adults following ketogenic diets have a reduction in seizures. For brain cancer, most research has...

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