Guest guest Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 Kavita, We are Americans who initiated the diet in the Philippines several years ago (wouldn't recommend that to anyone), have travelled back and forth to the U.S. and are now living in Australia. To make things as easy as possible you need to learn how to use the Stanford Meal Planner, or something similar, and create your own meals. You can carry this meal planner on the computer wherever you go and adjust meals to the foods available. When we travel we prepare the meals ahead of time and carry them in a cooler onto the airplane. Bring a doctor's letter with you explaining the medical need for the cooler and you should not be penalized for an extra carry-on. You may want to prepare enough food ahead of time for the first day in India or any other country you travel to, giving you time to find the markets/grocery stores. Make sure that wherever you stay has a full kitchen. Bring with you any supplies that you think may be hard to find. For example, if you wonder if you can find Olive Oil easily then bring it with you so that you do not have to go looking for it right away. You also may want to bring with you a few cooking supplies (small nonstick pan, spatula, bowl/spoon etc.). Lately I have been travelling with the dishes we use for cooking to make things easier. I don't have to worry about whether a friend or a hotel has what I need. And, I don't have to go through the added stress and extra time of trying to make do with what is available. When we travel to the U.S. we ask friends and family to have certain items ready for us. We have also done this for Australia. When we first travelled to Australia we had a list of items that we asked our friends to have available at the airport when we arrived. We were not sure if we would make it through customs with all our food. We were able to prepare a simple meal at the airport. I'm not sure if an electronic scale is accurate on an airplane. It definitely would not be during any turbulance (sp?) but perhaps it would be accurate when all is steady. Rhonda (mom to Shan, age 9, keto/Atkins over 2 years, doing great) Please advice Hi all I am posting my mail for the first time in this group. My daughter Shreya - 6 yrs has uncontrolled seizures even after trying every medicine possible. Doctor has suggested for the ketogenic diet. We are in mountain view, CA (Bay Area). We met Dr. Olson at Stanford and Dr. sum at Valley Medical. While talking to them both seems to be Ok as initially the procedure is going to be the same. We are little concerned and would like to get opinion / recomendation from other members of the group that where we should go as it is a long association. The other thing which is concerning us is that how you menage when you go abroad. As we are from India and moreover we are vegetarian. Do you get non perishable stuff which you can carry with you for almost like 3 weeks of stay out of US? We will greatly appreciate if someone can share their experience regarding Doctors/Hospital as well as traveling abroad. Thanks Kavita Katyal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Kavita We are complete vegetarians and all organic too, no meat, fish, or chicken in our house. We do have cheese though and now cream too. Let me know if you need any help w/ meal plan ideas, there are also lots on here to look through. My daughter Stella is 5 and has been on the diet for just about 6 weeks now, we've noticed great improvement!!! Although yesterday was an awful day for her, we are constantly fine tuning!!! We use the stanford meal planner, and I add all the different foods we use to it. amanda -- -mom to stella, 5years old, started keto diet May 10th 2004 still waiting to be seizure free. Also on Lamictal, diazapem and Diamox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 We have also used baby food (apples and raspberries are Mike's fave) to add as topping to pancakes - Mike really liked that Jenn Re: Please advice you'll be fine and with a little practice, you'll be excellent! One of 's favorite meals is 230 grams of egg, 100 grams of olive oil mixed well and fried in batches in a skillet like a pancake. These are his " pancakes " actually. You can serve them with butter or ghee and walden farms sugar free syrup. It tastes just like the real thing. On 's 3:1 ratio, he gets 65 grams of pancake, 11 grams of butter and as much syrup as he chooses. He also gets really high ketones on this meal so I usually give him a few grapes or a strawberry along with it. Ally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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