Can Ketogenic Therapy Help More Than Seizures? - Dr. Manny Bagary

Could medical ketogenic therapy improve more than seizures?! Like anxiety and depression? Dr. Manny Bagary shares how clinciains assess whether ketogenic therapy is working, including its potential effects on anxiety, mood, cognition and quality of life. He also talks about common misconceptions, cholesterol worries, potential pregnancies, and why so many adults with epilepsy still struggle to access specialist ketogenic therapy services. This is episode 2 of 2 with Manny.This episode is sponsored by Kanso, a brand by Dr. Schär, who had no influence over the editorial content or discussion. Learn more about Kanso here: kanso.com/enChapters 📖00:00 Trailer & intro01:50 When do you know if the ketogenic diet isn’t working?03:40 Impact on quality of life - anxiety, depression, cognition05:45 Misinformation regarding medical ketogenic therapy08:44 Feeling full09:55 When the diet isn’t safe12:20 Secondary benefits of keto diet14:08 Bipolar disorder and the diet14:53 Cholesterol - the elephant in the room18:28 Lack of adult ketogenic diet treatment centres23:19 Closing thoughts & thanks🔗 Episode page and transcript epilepsysparks.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/efficacy-safety-mood-availability🌐 More about Manny epilepsysparks.com/guests/manny-bagary🌐 More Epilepsy Sparks Insights epilepsysparks.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights🎥 Watch on YouTube youtube.com/@EpilepsySparksInsights🔤 Don’t understand terms used? Check out the Epilepsy Sparks Glossary epilepsysparks.com/glossary📲 Join us on social media!〰️ LinkedIn epilepsy-sparks〰️ Instagram epilepsysparks〰️ Facebook epilepsysparks〰️ TikTok epilepsysparks〰️ Bluesky epilepsysparks