Publications by authors named "Cristina Diez-Arroyo"
A high percentage of the population suffers from anxiety, a disorder that can be influenced by dietary habits. The aim of this review was to compile the existing evidence on dietary patterns and factors, and their association with anxiety to propose clinically applicable recommendations. A scoping review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses was conducted in the MEDLINE database (PubMed) until January 2021, reporting the main findings based on PRISMA (2020).
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- Epilepsy affects many children, and while antiepileptic drugs are the standard treatment, about 30% still experience seizures, leading to interest in alternative treatments like the ketogenic diet (KD).
- This review synthesizes evidence on KD for treating refractory epilepsy in children, using data from 21 reviews, with both systematic (8) and unsystematic (13) methodologies.
- Findings indicate that about 50% of patients may achieve a significant (>50%) reduction in seizures with KD, though side effects like vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea were common in both types of reviews.