Keto

Ketogenic Diets (KD) are well evidenced as an effective therapy for epilepsy, diabetes, specific cancers, weight loss and metabolic syndrome. Emerging research shows it’s efficacy for other neurological and health conditions, including autism, ADHD, depression, dementia, PCOS and hypertension.

Nutrition therapies in general are under-utilised. Families are not made aware of the options to make food changes to accompany or even instead of medications and standard treatments.

Our family chose to try a real food ketogenic diet first, before any anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), which drastically reduced seizure types, frequency and severity for our daughter. It also delivered a heap of other health and life quality benefits that we would not have achieved with AEDs.

Our family’s keto story is here.

We share resources, recipes and info so that more families are aware of keto, low carb and whole food therapeutic nutrition, so that they can make informed choices.

Nutritional Principles:

• Focus on responsibly sourced whole foods to maximise nutrient intake.
  
• Stabilise blood glucose and insulin response by eliminating added sugars, refined carbohydrates and starchy foods.
  
• Reduce inflammatory foods by limiting highly processed foods, that contain artificial additives, colouring and flavourings.
  
• Adapt and sustain ketosis, where further metabolic and / or neurological benefits are required.