摘要：Ketogenic diet, a high fat, low carbohydrate diet was devised in 1921 to mimic the effects of starvation originally determined to be beneficial for epileptic seizures. The diet fell out of favour with the development of anticonvulsant agents, but has experienced resurgence in use over the past 20 years, particularly in the treatment of refractory children epilepsy. Since the rebirth of ketogenic diet in the United States of America in the mid-1990s, there has been growing global acceptance of its use. The diet is reported to be efficacious and cost effective. It has the potential to improve quality of life of patient and lessen the burden on family and society. The African continent is lagging behind in the use of ketogenic diet in treatment of epilepsy. The diet hardly has been subject of discourse either in Nigeria academic circles or the Press. Nigeria entry into the diet program is important particularly in the area of provision of choice to patients as well as the kindling of research interest in the diet. Local recipes could be identified and, possibly, formulations unique to the country also developed
关键词：Ketogenic diet; Epilepsy; epileptic seizures and Nigeria
