Keto Kid: Helping Your Child Succeed on the Ketogenic Diet

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For more than half of all children with epilepsy, the only reliable way to control seizures is the ketogenic diet, a rigid, mathematically calculated, doctor-supervised regimen that is high in fat and low in carbohydrate and protein, and strictly limits both calories and liquid intake. In Keto Kid: Helping Your Child Succeed on the Ketogenic Diet, Deborah Snyder, a family physician and mother of a four-year-old “keto kid,” provides compassionate advice for parents transitioning to a lifestyle where one extra bite of food can have serious repercussions on a child’s health.