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What food should epilepsy avoid eating?

Food requirements for epilepsy: light diet, eat more fruits and vegetables, avoid stimulating drinks and foods such as coffee, cola and spicy food, and quit smoking and drinking. Avoid taking drugs containing caffeine and ephedrine. Penicillins or ofloxacin sometimes induce seizures.

Epilepsy, commonly known as "epilepsy" or "epilepsy", is a chronic disease in which brain neurons suddenly discharge abnormally, resulting in temporary brain dysfunction. According to the latest epidemiological data in China, the overall prevalence rate of epilepsy in China is 7.0‰, the annual incidence rate is 28.8/65438+ 10,000, and the prevalence rate of active epilepsy in 1 year is 4.6‰. Based on this, it is estimated that there are about 9 million people with epilepsy in China, of which 5-6 million are active epilepsy patients, and there are about 400,000 new epilepsy patients every year. In China, epilepsy has become the second most common disease in neurology after headache.