To be honest, we didn’t think much about this dietary change - other than how sad I felt that she could no longer enjoy yummy foods, such as ice cream, cookies, and candy, like other children. Either, we had to treat Alma’s condition via medication - or we could put her on a ketogenic diet.Īnd so, in May of 2018, Alma started eating keto. The doctors told us that there were only two ways to treat GLUT1 deficiency syndrome. To seek medical help for Alma, my wife and two daughters had to return to Sweden. It took nearly four months for the doctors to determine that Alma was suffering from glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1 deficiency syndrome), which happens when the body doesn’t effectively supply carbs to her brain. This occurred three months after we moved from Sweden to Spain to start my new career as a real estate agent in Costa del Sol, Spain. It all started back in January of 2018, when my youngest daughter, Alma, began to have seizures.
The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Oftentimes, the accounts of individuals illustrate this the clearest.įor Ali and members of his family, eating a keto diet was the answer to improving their health.
Emerging research shows that a keto diet has the potential to treat a variety of conditions, including obesity, epilepsy, and cancer.
