JEANNE L. RIETHER   - Author, Speaker and Global Nomad 

A GUIDE to BATTLING EPILEPSY  with the

KETOGENIC DIET and MODIFIED ATKINS DIET

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FIGHTING BACK with FAT

by Erin Whitmer and Jeanne L. Riether

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With a foreward and special Q&A  section by

Professor Eric Kossoff, M.D. of  Johns Hopkins Children's Center

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          Written by two mothers who have children on the Ketogenic diet to control seizures, Fighting Back with Fat provides essential information to educate parents on every aspect of diet therapy, as well as giving counsel for parents navigating the emotional minefields that often come with attempting Ketogenic diets. Common stress factors such as fear of failure, hyper - responsibility, dealing effectively with a child's non - compliance, and educating non - supportive relatives, friends and peers, are all addressed in heart - to - heart frankness from mothers who have covered the territory personally.

        Fighting Back with Fat guides the reader through the Ketogenic Diet, Modified Atkins Diet and The Low Glycemic Index Treatment for epilepsy, intrepidly discussing the struggles and emotional bombshells that come with diet therapy. The authors include first - person accounts of the successes and trails of other families as well as a rare glimpse of what kids think of the diets, in their own words. A recipe section in included.