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This is strictly pop-science writing, but there was an interesting piece in the NYT Magazine a couple of years ago about ketosis as a treatment for pediatric epilepsy, where apparently it's extremely effective at controlling seizures in a significant fraction of patients.
Ketosis is the traditional treatment for pediatric epilepsy going back to 1920s or so. The diet is based on eating, erm, drinking heavy cream -- lots and lots of it and little else. It helps with the epilepsy and doesn't seem to have major effects on health otherwise (which confuses/annoys great many dieticians). The main problem with the diet is its monotony and getting the kids to stick with it.