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The use of the [[Ketogenic Diet]] to treat epilepsy is well established, and continues to evolve. This page is intended to be a brief an introduction that will provide sufficient background for those that are interested to help them pursue the diet further through deeper reading and conversations with their epilepsy healthcare professionals.
=History=
The use of fasting and the Ketogenic diet has a long histotry<ref name="Wheless2008"/>. From early times the use of fasting to treat epilepsy was well known, but it was only in the 1920s that the use of a Ketogenic diet emerged to achieve the benefits in a sustainable manner.