That's not a criticism of ketogenic diets but the way that they are applied in hospitals.. So nothing that a well formulated ketogenic diet would include.
As for kids being picky.. who makes the food the kids or....?
@bulkbiker quotes from article:
The ketogenic diet used by medical hospital teams might be higher in unhealthy fats (just look at the state of regular hospital food these days). Many hospitals will have their own formulas for keto foods, such as a blend of oils, shakes, or other pre-made foods with butter, heavy cream, and vegetable oils that are easier for kids. Parents might want to closely monitor the quality of ketogenic foods being used.
Children are pickier and it might be more of a struggle to get them to eat the right foods for a ketogenic diet.
There’s a fine line between making healthy choices for your kids and being so restrictive that a healthy relationship to food develops later in life.
This is not my understanding of keto? Isn't keto very low carbs ie less than 30gm per day? Surely growing, developing chicldren should have a range of foods and by restricting them to 30g of carb then they are severely restricting food stuffs? Breast milk contains 7g carbs per 100ml. So that's a lot more than 30g carbs per day
http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/30/girl-epilepsy-close-cure-eating-3000-avocados-7272544/The first step is clearly to remove as much sugar as possible from a child's diet, then remove empty carbs like lots of bread. A full keto diet may not be needed.
There was an article in a new paper this week about a child with epilepsy getting a lot better due to eating a few avocados each day. It did not say anything about what else the child was eating.
Fine but if your child had had a serous medical condition that would have been helped by a certain way of eating wouldn't you have wanted to try it? Societal norms be damned. That is mainly what we are talking about here...@bulkbiker I think we need to agree to disagree over this. If my children choose a keto diet and lifestyle now they are old enough to make their own choices then I won't stop them. But whilst they were too young to understand and make informed decisions then I believe I gave them a healthy balanced diet, and they had no food hangups and enjoyed a normal social life, eating out with friends, and not being the odd one out in school etc.
Ok, if that is what we are talking about here and it was my child, then I would want medical professionals involved and not strangers on an internet forum!Fine but if your child had had a serous medical condition that would have been helped by a certain way of eating wouldn't you have wanted to try it? Societal norms be damned. That is mainly what we are talking about here...
Do you have children?As for kids being picky.. who makes the food the kids or....?
Ok, if that is what we are talking about here and it was my child, then I would want medical professionals involved and not strangers on an internet forum!
No thankfully..Do you have children?
If a child is epileptic and not responding well to drugs then I'm pretty sure they would get a referral to GOSH, and access to medical professionals and proper medical treatmentIf only you could get access to medical professionals in the UK (on the NHS) that believed in anything other then lots of drugs and were willing to accept that eating fat is not always harmful.....
Then IMHO you are not qualified to write "As for kids being picky.. who makes the food the kids or....?".No thankfully..
That doesn't seem to be the opinion of GOSHBut should diet not be used BEFORE drugs or at least at the same time, not waiting to see if the child does not respond to the drugs.
And doesn't that say a lot about NHS treatment these days.. drugs before anything else is even considered.That doesn't seem to be the opinion of GOSH
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