: Episode 1212 – The Reynolds family joins Vinnie this Saturday, and they talk the family’s transition to treating their son’s epileps, Toby’s epilepsy with amazing results, and more.
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REYNOLDS FAMILY
- Andy, the father, has followed Vinnie on Twitter for awhile
- Put up a video of his son, Toby (8) playing one of Vinnie’s favorite songs on the guitar
- Vinnie was very impressed
- Put up a video of his son, Toby (8) playing one of Vinnie’s favorite songs on the guitar
- Haley, Toby, and Tom
- They are located in Manchester
TREATING EPILEPSY WITH THE KETOGENIC DIET
- Toby has epilepsy
- Lots of brief, absent seizures
- At one point, he was having about 150 a day
- The medications, over the four years, made him worse and angry
- Had to sedate him to send him to school
- Needed to find an alternative solution
- Doctors recommended ketogenic diet
- The whole family is in now eating a ketogenic diet
- Used to eat cereal and fruit juice for breakfast, pasta and the like for dinner
- Toby would have more seizures after this breakfast
- Saw a massive reduction in seizures when they initially reduced glucose (even before ketosis)
- Omelette, ham, cheese, sausage, cooked in olive oil is the new breakfast
- Tom still has a little bit of sugar for breakfast, but for the most part it’s cut out
- Now, Toby has around 5 seizures a day, down from 150
- Higher the ketone level, fewer the seizures
- Severity of the seizures has also decreased
