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<blockquote data-quote="eggs11" data-source="post: 1736089" data-attributes="member: 468168"><p>Late to the party with this thread - but found it on searching for 'low carb for children' on the forum.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to give my two teenage boys a keto diet, but I do want to reduce the carbs in their diet as I worry about them heading down the same path as me. I had gestational diabetes, diet controlled, with my eldest. Passed a OGTT in the early weeks of second pregnancy but at 8lbs 13 ounces when he was born I do wonder if there was some insulin resistance there too. Anyway, I know they are statistically much more likely to develop t2 themselves due to the gestational diabetes and my recent t2 diagnosis. I want to do all I can to prevent this, so am looking to make subtle changes that won't in any way be a problem with them but will naturally reduce the large amount of carbs in their diet - they eat a ton of bread, pasta and cereal.</p><p></p><p>I found this link really useful: <a href="https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-kids" target="_blank">https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-kids</a>. I'm going to make changes gradually - and they won't be drastic - for instance offering eggs for breakfast instead of cereal, babybel cheeses/cashew nuts as snacks and changing pasta meals for chicken/fish options with a few new potatoes and lots of veg. If nothing else I believe these changes will fill them up much better than the starchy options they are used to, and is really just going back to a more traditional way of eating, pre-1980s low fat, high carb advice. So I guess my aim for them is more about removing 'excess of carbs' rather than being really low carb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eggs11, post: 1736089, member: 468168"] Late to the party with this thread - but found it on searching for 'low carb for children' on the forum. I don't want to give my two teenage boys a keto diet, but I do want to reduce the carbs in their diet as I worry about them heading down the same path as me. I had gestational diabetes, diet controlled, with my eldest. Passed a OGTT in the early weeks of second pregnancy but at 8lbs 13 ounces when he was born I do wonder if there was some insulin resistance there too. Anyway, I know they are statistically much more likely to develop t2 themselves due to the gestational diabetes and my recent t2 diagnosis. I want to do all I can to prevent this, so am looking to make subtle changes that won't in any way be a problem with them but will naturally reduce the large amount of carbs in their diet - they eat a ton of bread, pasta and cereal. I found this link really useful: [URL]https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb-kids[/URL]. I'm going to make changes gradually - and they won't be drastic - for instance offering eggs for breakfast instead of cereal, babybel cheeses/cashew nuts as snacks and changing pasta meals for chicken/fish options with a few new potatoes and lots of veg. If nothing else I believe these changes will fill them up much better than the starchy options they are used to, and is really just going back to a more traditional way of eating, pre-1980s low fat, high carb advice. So I guess my aim for them is more about removing 'excess of carbs' rather than being really low carb. [/QUOTE]
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