dieta cetogenica e epilepsia

Esse artigo comenta sobre uma função pouco divulgada da dieta cetogenica, ou dieta do Dr. Atikins, onde come-se apenas gordura e proteinas, sem carboidratos. Para o tratamento adjuvante da epilepsia em criancas. interessante perceber que a dieta tambem é uma terapeutica, e não simplesmete uma atitude sem consequencias. Como ja demonstrado em outros artigos, a dieta restritiva de calorias, ou nutrientes, pode levar a consequencias que não se espera, como aumento de pressao arterial, aumento de peso e outras consequencias ainda por esclarecer.

A importancia deste artigo para o site é esclarecer que a dieta tem uma função importante no metabolismo que muitas vezes nao percebemos e vai alem de emagrecer ou engordar.

original em http://www.rmmj.org.il/userimages/116/1/PublishFiles/138Article.pdf acesso em 19/01/12 as 16:40h

An Update on the Ketogenic Diet, 2012

Ayelet Halevy, M.D., Lilach Peleg-Weiss, B.Sc., R.D., Roni Cohen, M.D., and

Avinoam Shuper, M.D.*

The Institute of Pediatric and Adolescent Neurology, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel,

Petach-Tikva, Israel and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

ABSTRACT

The ketogenic diet has been in use for the last 90 years, and its role in the treatment of epilepsy in the

pediatric population has been gaining recognition. It can be helpful in many types of epilepsies, even the

more severe ones, and has a beneficial effect on the child’s alertness and cognition, which can be impaired

by both the condition and the medications needed for controlling it. Parental compliance is good in spite of

the inconveniences inherent in following the diet. The significant advancements in understanding the

nature of the diet are in better defining when its use is contraindicated and in validating its application in

severe epilepsies in infancy, such as infantile spasms. Although most neurologists do not consider it as

being the preferred first-line therapy, it is often a reasonable option when two medications have already

failed.