Fasting Literature Database

The most interesting recent development in the treatment of patients with epilepsy has been the apparent beneficial effect of measures associated with ketosis, viz., fasting and a high fat—low carbohydrate diet. During the past six years, we have been making observations on this subject with two points in mind: (1) to observe the clinical effect of fasting on seizures, and (2) to study the… Read More

In the course of studies dealing with the chemistry of the blood of epileptic patients during starvation treatment, a marked increase in the concentration of the uric acid in the blood has been found. Observations have been made during twenty-two starvation periods, varying in length from three to twenty-one days, on nineteen subjects. Two of these were normal controls; the others were… Read More

Last winter, on the Children's Medical Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, we had the opportunity of studying a few patients with epilepsy that were undergoing, as a therapeutic measure, prolonged periods of fasting. Since for some time it has been generally conceded that this method of treatment has met with considerable success in decreasing the number and severity of the… Read More