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Originally started in the 1920s to help treat people with epilepsy, the keto diet is a high fat, low carb eating plan that emphasizes weight loss through burning fat. Carbohydrates also elevate insulin, which blocks the release of body fat and reduces the amount of fatty acids making their way to the liver for conversion into ketones. If you can make it through the first week, you ll be off to a fantastic start. I ve helped nutrition clients onboard to a ketogenic diet, and I ve talked with a lot of people about the difficulties and successes they ve had with it. Once you start on the diet, it is important to not change your seizure medications immediately so that we can gauge the effects of the diet on your seizures.