Intermittent fasting with medium‐chain triglycerides in drug‐resistant epilepsy: A pilot crossover trial
Wiebke Hahn, Emily Falk, Ayla Balzter, Tobias Foer, Shanin Maierhofer, Sophia Jaumann, Sascha Strehlau, Leona Möller, Panagiota‐Eleni Tsalouchidou, Katja Menzler, Lars Timmermann, Susanne Knake · 2026
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Wiebke Hahn leads a 2026 pilot trial of intermittent fasting plus special fats for adults whose epilepsy resists drugs. Ketogenic diets can cut seizures, yet few adults stick to them. Their crossover design gave each participant two twelve week rounds: fasting sixteen hours daily alone, and the same fasting plus medium chain triglyceride supplements, split by a washout month. Entry required at least three seizures a month.
Of 36 enrolled, 22 finished both rounds with usable seizure diaries. Two people stayed seizure free during the fat added round. Halving of seizures came somewhat sooner with the supplement, yet the edge fell short of statistical firmness. Ketone levels rose as expected without tracking who improved. Hahn and the team call for a larger multicenter trial.
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| CREATOR | Wiebke Hahn, Emily Falk, Ayla Balzter, Tobias Foer, Shanin Maierhofer, Sophia Jaumann, Sascha Strehlau, Leona Möller, Panagiota‐Eleni Tsalouchidou, Katja Menzler, Lars Timmermann, Susanne Knake |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37340 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |