Epilepsy Sparks

04/06/2026

Who is medical ketogenic therapy actually for? 🤔
Many people assume it's only suitable for a small number of people with epilepsy... and often only children. But...(!)
..ketogenic dietitian Dr. Neha Kaul from Monash University explains that anyone with drug-resistant epilepsy should be considered for advanced therapies! Including medical ketogenic therapy for adults!

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04/06/2026

❌ The real ketogenic diet isn't all about celebrities and short-term weight loss 🤦 - it's a medical therapy that can be used to reduce epileptic seizures!*

Actually, medical ketogenic therapy has been used in epilepsy care for more than 100 years - and there are now even different versions!

In our latest episode, ketogenic dietitian Neha Kaul 🤩🇦🇺 explains why ketogenic therapy may improve mood, cognition, and quality of life, why many people with drug-resistant epilepsy are never offered it, and why it deserves way more positive, professional attention than it often receives!

Learn more via the episode right here 👇!

🎬 https://youtu.be/ZQypcDEvm2s

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*Amongst other things such as improvements in mood and cognition.

04/06/2026

🥩🥚Medical ketogenic therapy has been around for over 100 years!

So why is it still often treated as a last resort?

Why is it often assumed that people can't hack it?

Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian Neha Kaul 🤩🇦🇺 joins us on the Epilepsy Sparks Insights podcast 🎬 sharing who could benefit, why ketogenic therapy may improve even more than just seizures, and some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding it! 👇
Watch here👇
🎬 https://youtu.be/ZQypcDEvm2s

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03/06/2026

🤔 Who should be considered for medical ketogenic therapy? 🥩
Lots of clinicians assume that ketogenic therapy is only suitable for a small number of people with very specific epilepsies. And that most people just "couldn't do it". 🙄

But according to expert ketogenic dietitian Neha Kaul 🤩 🇦🇺:
"Anyone with a drug-resistant epilepsy should be considered for advanced therapies - including surgery evaluation, neuromodulation and ketogenic therapy."!

That's a very different message from the idea that ketogenic therapy is only a "last resort"!

In our podcast with Neha, out tomorrow, she talks about:

🤔 Why ketogenic therapy remains underused
☺️ Benefits beyond potential seizure reduction
💡 Cognition, mood & quality of life
🤦 Common misconceptions about the diet
👊 What it really takes to make ketogenic therapy work in everyday life

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31/05/2026

📄 Do check out the paper (link below) about Acute Symptomatic Seizures by our podcast guest Dr. Clio Rubinos 🤩! Clio spoke of the same topic on our podcast called "Understanding Acute Symptomatic Seizures: A Deep Dive" which you can watch here!👇
https://youtu.be/YWhzCOIdbTc

Note, a comment on Clio's episode was "Dr. Rubinos is the kind of neurologist we would all be fortunate to have caring for us" 🥰

Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525505026002398?dgcid=author

What are Acute Symptomatic Seizures, how do they differ from epileptic seizures, and how can one recover? Who will develop an epilepsy after one and what are...

28/05/2026

Our podcast guest Dr. Marian Galovic 🤩 has won the ILAE - International League Against Epilepsy Young Investigator Award! 👏 Congratulations to him! Hear Marian's cool episode "Is Epilepsy Ageing the Brain Faster?" here! 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GAayQVGuD4

After listening to the episode you won't be surprised at the award!

Accelerated brain ageing is increasingly understood as part of epilepsy. Dr. Marian Galovic explains what brain imaging shows about neurodegeneration, why se...

28/05/2026

🤔 What's happening to a person's brain before any seizures start? How does this affect their lives? Are they having seizures without knowing they are?! Find out more in this week's podcast - now out! With lead neurologist and epileptologist Dr. Jacob Pellenin! Jacob talks about:

- Later diagnosis & The Human Epilepsy Project
- Anticipating seizure onset
- Improving recognition of seizure symptoms
- Problems with learning
- Different amounts of brain tissue
- delays in diagnosis
- Future studies

Tune in on Epilepsy Sparks Insights: 🎬 https://youtu.be/ucsaSGEmLxE

28/05/2026

🫨 Loads of people are having epileptic seizures but they just aren't recognised! Not the generalised ones where one might go stiff, rigid, and shake, or absence seizures. Or focal - both full awareness seizures or even lack of awarness - if people don't know what seizures are/can be, then....!

Learn more in today's fascinating podcast with Neurologist & Epileptologist Dr. Jacob Pellinen from UCHealth 🇺🇸! 👇

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28/05/2026

📆 Epilepsy can be going on for years before it's diagnosed! This even happened to our host, Torie Robinson!

In this week's Epilepsy Sparks Insights podcast 🎬, Dr. Jacob Pellinen 🤩🇺🇸 shares how children can be experiencing focal seizures, but if:

- the child doesn't tell anyone about the feeling;
- no one else notices/they don't recognise it as anything medical
..then there's no referral to a clinician and no diagnosis!

Check out the full episode to hear about all this and some other fascinating outcomes of the Human Epilepsy Project 👇!

🎬 https://youtu.be/ucsaSGEmLxE

27/05/2026

😳 Depression and anxiety can onset BEFORE seizures do!

In this week's Epilepsy Sparks Insights podcast 🎬 (it's a reshare from 3 years ago as it was so popular!), Dr. Jacob Pellinen 🤩 shares with us his research from the "Human Epilepsy Project"; exploring how epilepsy may involve much earlier brain changes than many people realise - including learning difficulties, mood symptoms, and subtle focal seizures that can go unnoticed for YEARS!!

This is a really important thing for us to think about - whether you be a clinician, researcher, someone with an epilepsy - or even caregiver!

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