Cream cakes, hot dogs and bacon with mayonnaise - not items one would normally associate with a healthy lifestyle.
However, research at Leicester Royal Infirmary found a group of children suffering with Epilepsy fed on such a high ‘ketogenic’ diet experienced 50% or more less fits than those not so fed.
The ‘diet’ works by tricking the body into burning fat rather than carbohydrate. This means ketones build up in the body, which cuts the ‘discharges’ in the brain that cause seizures.
Apparently the diet dates back to biblical times but fell out of fashion with the advent of drugs to combat epilepsy.
[Yes, I know what you're thinking. Hot dogs, cream cakes, bacon with mayonnaise eaten in biblical times? It was news to me too!!!]
