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Judy Nation, Clinical Specialist Dietitian

Diet therapy in epilepsy

04 Sep, 2013

A ketogenic diet can help control epilepsy where there has been no response on two or more anticonvulsant medications

The presentation covers:

  • An outline of the ketogenic diet 
  • History of the ketogenic diet as a treatment option for refractory epilepsy
  • Indications for use of the ketogenic diet
  • Elements of a ketogenic diet 
  • The Modified Atkins Diet
  • Dietary Initiation to the ketogenic diet
  • Efficacy of dietary therapy in epilepsy
  • Potential side-effects of dietary therapy for epilepsy (including compliance considerations)
  • Where to access further information and find support for implementing dietary therapies in epilepsy

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About the presenter

Judy Nation is a Clinical Specialist Dietitian, at the Royal Children’s Hospital, in Melbourne. She is also convenor for the Dietetic Association of Australia’s Ketogenic Diet Discussion Group. Apart from being dedicated to the development of ketogenic diet services across Australia, Judy has also been recognised internationally, as a contributing author to the ‘Consensus Statement: Recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group’, published in Epilepsia, in 2008. 

Judy is motivated by a desire to ensure all children on ketogenic diets grow optimally. She is passionate about teaching carers of children on ketogenic diets to make tasty, easily prepared meals. In 2013, she published the cookbook Ketocooking. Judy also loves helping dietitians understand the ketogenic diet, so they can also support families who embark on it as a treatment option for epilepsy. 

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  • Multiple-choice questions and answers 
  • Suggested further reading

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