Efficacy of a Simplified Modified Atkins Diet in Children With Refractory Epilepsy

"Modified Atkins diet with the following modifications:~1. Pictorial representation of various food items and exchange lists will be provided.~2. Instead of weights, we will provide standardized measures~3. We will calculate the amount of carbohydrates of daily readily available foods in the standardized measures~4. We will formulate recipes and diets based on locally available and culturally acceptable foods.~5. We will develop a parent instruction manual.~6. We will also develop methods for parents with low levels of literacy to maintain seizure logs. This will be done by using bars and color codes.~7. We will develop methods for parents with low levels of literacy to measure and record urine ketones. This will be done by using color codes."

The anti-epileptic drugs will be continued alone for 3 months following which they will be offered Simplified Modified Atkins Diet