Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle

How a high-fat diet is saving the author’s 9-year-old son, who once had as many as 130 seizures per day. “In an average week, Sam consumes a quart and a third of heavy cream, nearly a stick and a half of butter, 13 teaspoons of coconut oil, 20 slices of bacon and 9 eggs. Sam’s diet is just shy of 90 percent fat.”

Published: Nov 18, 2010
Length: 19 minutes (4,847 words)
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