Alternative Treatments for Epilepsy
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Diet: Low-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. Eliminate processed foods, fried foods, refined salt, sugar, processed meat, milk, and alcohol.
For long-term care follow a hypoglycemic diet.
Avoid artificial sweeteners, excessive refined carbohydrates, and caffeine, and make sure bowel moves adequately (two to three times per day).
Nutritional Therapy:
L-taurine and L-tyrosine amino acids (taken 500 mg. three times daily) along with amino acid blend formulas (two times daily)
Vitamin B complex
Vitamin B6
Magnesium
Folic acid (Folic acid supple-mentation can cause decrease in B12 levels, and in rare cases, may aggravate epilepsy.)
Niacin (vitamin B3)
vitamin B5
vitamin B12
Manganese
Zinc
Calcium
Choline (start with 4 grams daily and increase to 10-12 grams within three months)
Dimethyl glycine (100 mg. two times)
Intramuscular B complex may be helpful.
Sometimes essential fatty acids aggravate symptoms.