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<blockquote data-quote="eshobabu" data-source="post: 2320245" data-attributes="member: 531419"><p>All of you have made excellent points - I am very glad you pointed me those two artciles the part that scares me is this. </p><p>: "There is currently a lack of clinical studies into low-carbohydrate diets for children with diabetes. Low-carb and ketogenic diets appear to show no significant issues in terms of safety for children in general though.". From the link to the published research - "Exceptional glycemic control of T1DM with low rates of adverse events was reported by a community of children and adults who consume a VLCD". What I am unable to find, is long-term effects of VLCD on kids. Does it at all harm them? Why is my medical team saying she needs 150-180 g of carbs a day and things like her brain needs carbs to function?</p><p></p><p>So back to what a lot of you are saying - restricting her further. You are right - I hate doing it. And I dont intend to completely go <30g. I am more concerned about what I am doing now - around 90g and not 150g that the doctors say. We dont have any sugary things in the house at all, so all her carbs are from brown rice, whole wheat bread, veggies and milk. Since there is no cake, chocolate, and juice at all in the house (except strategically placed hypo supplies) - the thing about children, out of sight out of mind. Once a week or so we will go out and she will binge - like yesterday we had pancakes and she shot up to 360 :-( so we had to give insulin. If she were to go to a birthday party or something, it would be similar. Exceptions like that are fine - we are not going to put her in a bubble. I am more talking about normal day to day routine outside of events like these. And it would be the entire family not just her - I myself eat only once a day and exactly what she is eating - so its not like its just her being left out. Since her diagnosis, we have all eaten healthier and exercised more! </p><p> </p><p>The part that I am deeply confused about is where an entire community of people is attesting that they raised their kids with excellent glucose control on LC diets (I saw TypeOnegrit ) just fine and medical professionals telling me her brian needs 180 carbs a day to function - something just does not add up there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eshobabu, post: 2320245, member: 531419"] All of you have made excellent points - I am very glad you pointed me those two artciles the part that scares me is this. : "There is currently a lack of clinical studies into low-carbohydrate diets for children with diabetes. Low-carb and ketogenic diets appear to show no significant issues in terms of safety for children in general though.". From the link to the published research - "Exceptional glycemic control of T1DM with low rates of adverse events was reported by a community of children and adults who consume a VLCD". What I am unable to find, is long-term effects of VLCD on kids. Does it at all harm them? Why is my medical team saying she needs 150-180 g of carbs a day and things like her brain needs carbs to function? So back to what a lot of you are saying - restricting her further. You are right - I hate doing it. And I dont intend to completely go <30g. I am more concerned about what I am doing now - around 90g and not 150g that the doctors say. We dont have any sugary things in the house at all, so all her carbs are from brown rice, whole wheat bread, veggies and milk. Since there is no cake, chocolate, and juice at all in the house (except strategically placed hypo supplies) - the thing about children, out of sight out of mind. Once a week or so we will go out and she will binge - like yesterday we had pancakes and she shot up to 360 :-( so we had to give insulin. If she were to go to a birthday party or something, it would be similar. Exceptions like that are fine - we are not going to put her in a bubble. I am more talking about normal day to day routine outside of events like these. And it would be the entire family not just her - I myself eat only once a day and exactly what she is eating - so its not like its just her being left out. Since her diagnosis, we have all eaten healthier and exercised more! The part that I am deeply confused about is where an entire community of people is attesting that they raised their kids with excellent glucose control on LC diets (I saw TypeOnegrit ) just fine and medical professionals telling me her brian needs 180 carbs a day to function - something just does not add up there. [/QUOTE]
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