Elizabeth Neal has both clinical and research experience in the dietary treatment of epilepsy, with a PhD in ketogenic diets. She is based at the Institute of Child Health in London, and Matthew’s Friends charity and clinics.

• Contributors viiForeword ixA personal note xSection 1 Introduction and Overview 11 Introduction to the ketogenic diet and other dietary treatments 3Elizabeth Neal2 Epilepsy and epileptic seizures 11J. Helen Cross3 Treatment options in the paediatric epilepsy clinic 19Ruth E. Williams4 Efficacy of ketogenic dietary therapy: what is the evidence? 24Eric H. Kossoff5 The biochemical basis of dietary therapies for neurological disorders 34Adam L. Hartman and Jong M. RhoSection 2 Clinical Implementation 456 Preparing for dietary treatment 47Georgiana Fitzsimmons7 The challenge of therapeutic diets in children with pre-existing feeding problems 58Bridget Lambert and Mary-Anne Leung8 The classical ketogenic diet 66Gwyneth Magrath and Elizabeth Neal9 The medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet 78Elizabeth Neal10 The modified Atkins diet 89Gwyneth Magrath, Mary-Anne Leung and Tara Randall11 The Low Glycaemic Index Treatment 100Heidi H. Pfeifer Copyrighted Material12 Managing dietary treatment: further dietetic issues 109Jan Chapple13 Managing dietary treatment: a parent’s perspective 116Emma Williams14 Enteral feeding 124Jan Chapple15 Dietary initiation 131Jan Chapple16 Ketone monitoring and management of illness 135Hannah Chaffe17 Fine tuning 142Gwyneth Magrath18 Monitoring and side effects 149Elizabeth Neal19 Dietary treatments and bone health 159Christina Bergqvist20 Carnitine 166Elizabeth Neal21 Switching or discontinuing dietary treatment 172Bridget LambertSection 3 Broader Applications 17922 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in infants 181Nicole Dos Santos23 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in adults 189Susan Wood24 Ketogenic dietary therapy in India 198Janak Nathan25 Ketogenic dietary therapy in East Asia 206Hoon-Chul Kang and Heung Dong Kim26 Ketogenic dietary therapy in Africa 215Tuscha Du Toit27 Ketogenic dietary therapy in neurometabolic disease 220Joerg Klepper28 Beyond epilepsy: ketogenic diet use in other disease states 225Adam L. Hartman and Jong M. RhoAfterword 232Appendix 234Index 235

Elizabeth Neal has both clinical and research experience in the dietary treatment of epilepsy, with a PhD in ketogenic diets. She is based at the Institute of Child Health in London, and Matthew’s Friends charity and clinics.

• Contributors viiForeword ixA personal note xSection 1 Introduction and Overview 11 Introduction to the ketogenic diet and other dietary treatments 3Elizabeth Neal2 Epilepsy and epileptic seizures 11J. Helen Cross3 Treatment options in the paediatric epilepsy clinic 19Ruth E. Williams4 Efficacy of ketogenic dietary therapy: what is the evidence? 24Eric H. Kossoff5 The biochemical basis of dietary therapies for neurological disorders 34Adam L. Hartman and Jong M. RhoSection 2 Clinical Implementation 456 Preparing for dietary treatment 47Georgiana Fitzsimmons7 The challenge of therapeutic diets in children with pre-existing feeding problems 58Bridget Lambert and Mary-Anne Leung8 The classical ketogenic diet 66Gwyneth Magrath and Elizabeth Neal9 The medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet 78Elizabeth Neal10 The modified Atkins diet 89Gwyneth Magrath, Mary-Anne Leung and Tara Randall11 The Low Glycaemic Index Treatment 100Heidi H. Pfeifer Copyrighted Material12 Managing dietary treatment: further dietetic issues 109Jan Chapple13 Managing dietary treatment: a parent’s perspective 116Emma Williams14 Enteral feeding 124Jan Chapple15 Dietary initiation 131Jan Chapple16 Ketone monitoring and management of illness 135Hannah Chaffe17 Fine tuning 142Gwyneth Magrath18 Monitoring and side effects 149Elizabeth Neal19 Dietary treatments and bone health 159Christina Bergqvist20 Carnitine 166Elizabeth Neal21 Switching or discontinuing dietary treatment 172Bridget LambertSection 3 Broader Applications 17922 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in infants 181Nicole Dos Santos23 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in adults 189Susan Wood24 Ketogenic dietary therapy in India 198Janak Nathan25 Ketogenic dietary therapy in East Asia 206Hoon-Chul Kang and Heung Dong Kim26 Ketogenic dietary therapy in Africa 215Tuscha Du Toit27 Ketogenic dietary therapy in neurometabolic disease 220Joerg Klepper28 Beyond epilepsy: ketogenic diet use in other disease states 225Adam L. Hartman and Jong M. RhoAfterword 232Appendix 234Index 235