Re: Thoughts on a fasting start

[Guest guest]

Dear Liz,

I must confess I have no direct experience personally, or by means of a child,

with the ketogenic diet, but the thought had crossed my mind that perhaps the

fasting period is provided/suggested to allocate a period of time where the

patient's body is capable of burning off any carbs remaining in his/her system.

I'm simply clutching at straws here, but perhaps parents may have a different

view,

Best wishes,

Phil

Thoughts on a fasting start

Hi to all,

I'd just like to know if you think fasting in the begining really

makes a difference as apposed to just feeding your child the meals

and letting her go into ketosis that way. It seems whenever we

fasted Gillian her ketones went down, we had to feed her the fat for

her to burn it. Last time we fasted,her blood sugar went too low and

we had to give her juice which kept her from going into a deep

ketosis. I'm just wondering why our team wants to start this way

again, why not just feed her the meals? Anyones opinion would be

appreciated.

Liz

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for your thoughts. I've come to the conclusion not fasting is

working better for Gilly. Two weeks before our start date I started

Gilly at 1:1 then every three days increased .5. She's now at 2.5:1

and doing great hitting above 8 for urine ketones by bedtime without

the use of mct yeah! I had to come clean with my team on Thursday, I

hadn't really told them as the dietician's new and doesn't know me

from the last time we did the diet and the nurse was away. I just

explained my decision to do it this way was not based on what I know

about our keto team (they're good and I trust them), it was based on

what I know about Gillian and ultimately I know the most about her.

Anyways the dietician wouldn't agree to doing it this way but she's

ok with it now its done I think.

Thanks again for your input and for the info on maltitol

Liz

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your thoughts. I've come to the conclusion not fasting is

working better for Gilly. Two weeks before our start date I started

Gilly at 1:1 then every three days increased .5. She's now at 2.5:1

and doing great hitting above 8 for urine ketones by bedtime without

the use of mct yeah! I had to come clean with my team on Thursday, I

hadn't really told them as the dietician's new and doesn't know me

from the last time we did the diet and the nurse was away. I just

explained my decision to do it this way was not based on what I know

about our keto team (they're good and I trust them), it was based on

what I know about Gillian and ultimately I know the most about her.

Anyways the dietician wouldn't agree to doing it this way but she's

ok with it now its done I think.

Thanks again for your input and for the info on maltitol

Liz

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your thoughts. I've come to the conclusion not fasting is

working better for Gilly. Two weeks before our start date I started

Gilly at 1:1 then every three days increased .5. She's now at 2.5:1

and doing great hitting above 8 for urine ketones by bedtime without

the use of mct yeah! I had to come clean with my team on Thursday, I

hadn't really told them as the dietician's new and doesn't know me

from the last time we did the diet and the nurse was away. I just

explained my decision to do it this way was not based on what I know

about our keto team (they're good and I trust them), it was based on

what I know about Gillian and ultimately I know the most about her.

Anyways the dietician wouldn't agree to doing it this way but she's

ok with it now its done I think.

Thanks again for your input and for the info on maltitol

Liz