Mental capacity and nutritional decision-making intersect in brain injury, dementia, and end-of-life cases. A dietitian expert witness can address best interests assessments, artificial nutrition decisions, and the standard of care in capacity-affected patients.

The ketogenic diet is an established and evidence-based treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy in children, and increasingly in adults. It is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, protein-restricted dietary regime that induces and sustains a state of ketosis, altering the brain's primary fuel source in a way that reduces seizure frequency and severity in a significant proportion of patients. For children who have failed multiple anticonvulsant medications, it can be transformative. It

Learn why discharge nutrition after brain injury is critical, including risks, planning requirements, and medico-legal considerations.

Learn about refeeding syndrome after brain injury, including risks, symptoms, prevention, and clinical management.

Learn how nutrition is managed in ICU patients with brain injury, including feeding methods, challenges, and risks of inadequate support.

Learn how aspiration pneumonia occurs after brain injury, the role of dysphagia, and how feeding decisions impact patient safety.

Learn when delayed feeding after brain injury becomes a concern, the risks involved, and how it may impact recovery and clinical outcomes.

Learn how nutritional status is monitored after brain injury and the common failures that lead to missed malnutrition and delayed intervention.