Carnitine Level Changes with the Ketogenic Diet

Abstract

The effects of the ketogenic diet (KD) on carnitine levels were determined in 38 consecutive patients with epilepsy treated at Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL Carnitine levels were determined at 0, 1, 6, 12, and 24 months of diet treatment.

Keywords

• ketogenic diet
• total plasma carnitine
• antiepileptic drugs