Treating Epilepsy with a Ketogenic Diet – Episode 1357

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 : Episode 1357 – Jennifer Lankenau joins Vinnie for this Saturday listener show, and the two discuss her struggle with seizures, treating epilepsy with a ketogenic diet when no other medication worked, her weight loss along the way, resistant doctors and more.

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TREATING EPILEPSY

• Jennifer is in her 40s
  • Has an awesome boyfriend who Vinnie gets along with
• Lives in Seattle, WA
• Jennifer’s handle on Twitter was SeizureSalad
  • Caught Vinnie’s attention
  • She’s had seizures since she was 12
    • Partial complex absence seizures
    • Didn’t realize they were seizures, didn’t connect it with epilepsy
• Diagnosed with epilepsy at 20
  • Prior to then, had no pharmaceutical help
  • Her brother developed bad epilepsy in his 20s
    • For her brother and her mom, medication controls them
• She had seizures in clusters
  • Affected her memory
    • Couldn’t remember what she looked like, where she was, etc.
      • Passes after a few minutes
  • Reacts violently during the seizures to anyone touching her
• Medicine did not work for her epilepsy
  • • Her hormones did not help her case
      • Developed uterine cancer and realized she had endometriosis
  • Medicines actually affected her badly
    • On one medication, her co-workers thought she was having a stroke
•  Started a ketogenic diet to treat it instead
  • Was sick of being a guinea pig with new medications, etc.
  • Found the Charlie Foundation (featured in the Fat Doc)
  • Her doctor did not recommend it but she knew she had to try
  • Began with a two day fast
  • Within the first couple of months, she had no seizures or auras
• After 6 months, she had not had any seizures
  • First time in her life
  • Also lost weight, her insomnia faded, etc.
  • She came off of her medication during this time
• Jennifer has also lost 140 lbs!
  • Got up to 287 at one point
  • She is a totally different person – health wise, and psychologically