J Child Neurol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as:
J Child Neurol. 2013 Aug; 28(8): 993–1001.
Published online 2013 May 16. doi: 10.1177/0883073813487595
PMCID: PMC4124736
NIHMSID: NIHMS506894
Susan A. Masino, Ph.D.* and David N. Ruskin, Ph.D.
Abstract
Ketogenic diets are well-established as a successful anticonvulsant therapy. Based on overlap between mechanisms postulated to underlie pain and inflammation, and mechanisms postulated to underlie therapeutic effects of ketogenic diets, recent studies have explored the ability for ketogenic diets to reduce pain. Here we review clinical and basic research thus far exploring the impact of a ketogenic diet on thermal pain, inflammation, and neuropathic pain.