Ketogenic Diet to Improve Neuro-recovery

Enteral feeding via nasogastric (NG) or nasojejunal (NJ) tubes with ketogenic diet will start within 72 hours of injury and solid feeding will start as soon as the patient is able to swallow. This diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet (lipid to carbohydrate + protein ratio of 3:1) that will include ≈75% total energy as fat, ≈20% as protein, and ≈5% as carbohydrate and fiber.

Enteral feeding via nasogastric (NG) or nasojejunal (NJ) tubes with SD diet will start within 72 hours of injury and solid feeding will start as soon as the patient is able to swallow. This diet includes ≈35% total energy as fat, ≈27% as protein, and ≈44% as carbohydrate and fiber.