RE: Re: Meds carb counts

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Curious, are all of Jordan's meds in pill form?

Re: Meds carb counts

Thanks for the reply! Our son Jordan is 13 and has had a mixed

seizure disorder since he was two. So far, two of his meds contribute

to a little over 500mg of carbs. I still need to find out what the

other two meds he's on have. I thought the dietitian was going to

have that info when we started. I'm slowly learning....Thanks again

>

> Always happy to hear that someone is giving the diet a try. How

old

> is your son?

>

> I'm curious to know why your dietician isn't concerned with the

carb

> content of your meds, but wants you to measure jello??? In fact,

we

> do just the opposite. My daughter isn't on meds anymore but we

check

> the carb content of all her supplements. Luckily all together it

is

> about one gram, so we just figure that into her breakfast when she

> takes them.

>

> Our dietician allows jello as a free food, with the understanding

> that it counts as a liquid-- so we were careful in the beginning

with

> regard to her fluid limits. Right now, we have no fluid limit

> because she concentrates her urine well and she doesn't need 160

> ketone measurements. She actually does better around 80.

>

> But, to answer your question, the only thing jello has in a serving

> (1/2c. prepared) is 1 g. of protein and a minute amt. of carb from

> the maltodextrin. BTW, some kids are sensitive to maltodextrin.

You

> might keep that in mind IF you have problems. Maybe try without it

> and see if it helps. Are you using a meal planner? I use

> Stanford's. Jello is actually in there. Per 100g. there is 1.16

> pro, 0 fat, 0.17 carb.

>

> We use Best Foods mayo all the time. In fact, it is in the

Stanford

> Planner, too.

>

> We have always used romaine lettuce and continue to do so on the

> diet. Lettuce of any kind is basically fiber and water. It has

very

> little nutrition but the deep green varieties have some more trace

> minerals and possibly higher levels of enzymes. I would go with

> those but, if he only likes iceberg, use that, at least for now.

>

> For bacon, I use the value in the Stanford planner which is an

> average value for cooked bacon. When I buy bacon, I look for a

good

> mix of fat and lean in the strip. Doesn't mean the whole pkg. will

> be the same, though.. LOL All bacon pkgs. that I've seen list

their

> values for cooked bacon. The Stanford value for 100g. is 33.30

pro,

> 41.70 fat, 0 carb.

>

> Good Luck. I hope you have great success with the diet.

>

> Cammie