by Vinnie Tortorich (1984) and Hot Shots! The Foundation launched in 1994 after twenty-month-old Charlie Abrahams’ severe epilepsy was cured by a Ketogenic Diet. He is married to Nancy Cocuzzo. Abrahams and his wife Nancy co-founded The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies in 1994 to provide diet therapies for people with epilepsy, autism, brain tumor/cancer, early-onset Alzheimer's, Traumatic Brain Injury, Parkinson's Disease, Lou Gehrig's Disease, and Mitochondrial disorders. Since 1997, he has been on the Board of Directors of CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy). Filed Under: FAT documentary, Health, Nutrition, Podcast, Vinnie's Sunday School Tagged With: 7 country study, ancel keyes, Charlie Foundation, Jim Abrahams, mcgovern committee, Politics, rfk. In 1993, Jim and Nancy Abrahams’ one-year old son Charlie was suffering multiple daily seizures and having side effects of multiple drugs and a failed brain surgery. Charlie is a son of the famous American film director Jim Abrahams. He started the ketogenic diet and was drug and seizure free within a month. (1991). When Charlie was one year old, he had numerous daily seizures. Introduction In 2010, my family was introduced to the world of ketogenic diet therapies. What is the Charlie Foundation? Jim Abrahams was born on May 10, 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA. No medication for epilepsy helped, and he had also had an unsuccessful brain surgery. The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies is proud to announce its 25th year of advancing awareness of Ketogenic Therapeutics! The ketogenic diet achieved national media exposure in the US in October 1994, when NBC's Dateline television programme reported the case of Charlie Abrahams, son of Hollywood producer Jim Abrahams. But everything changed when he came to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was cured of his epilepsy by the ketogenic diet. Harper explains in simple terms the complex biological mechanisms involved in chronic disease and how diet change can have a profound healing effect. He is a writer and producer, known for Airplane! Losing Weight through Ketosis with Beth Zupec-Kania. Jim Abrahams, The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies “Dr. BioDiet will be of significant benefit to anyone who adopts the plan. (1980), Top Secret! ” In 1994, Jim and his wife Nancy founded The Charlie Foundation To Help Cure Pediatric Epilepsy, and he serves as the foundation's director. Our five-year-old daughter, Charlotte, started a classic 4:1 ratio ketogenic diet We are pleased to share Jim Abrahams welcome message from # Keto2018 in Jeju, South Korea. When every doctor told him that there was nothing that could help his baby boy, Jim took matters into his own hands and started doing his own research. The two-year-old suffered from epilepsy that had remained uncontrolled by … Nancy and Jim Abrahams Charlie’s parents, Founders of The Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies. He is currently co-chair of The Wellness Institute in collaboration with the National Epilepsy Foundation. What does it mean when when we say ketogenic diet therapies are still underutilized as a medical treatment despite their success rate? Jim Abraham founded the Charlie Foundation in 1994 after he watched his son go through every conceivable horror that comes along with epilepsy. Jim Abrahams, Writer: Airplane!. He was on the diet for five years and was cured.