RE: hair problem - QUESTION - reply to

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I don't use any flavourings. Shan enjoys soda water with stevia in it. She

likes the stevia flavour so keeping it by itself has been relatively easy.

If I used any flavourings it cannot contain any colour. And, I would use it

rarely....for special times only. The flavouring I have used (been a

couple months) is a natural strawberry that says only 100% pure concentrated

extracts from natural fruits and herbs. Contains no added sugar, artificial

colours or flavours. I would also consider using a couple drops of pure

vanilla.

By the way, I do not give Shan stevia every day. I use her soda water with

stevia as a special treat. I'm terrible at coming up with creative sweet

treats that are dairy free so I use her pop/soda as her special treat. When

we go to someone's house for a meal I will bring a bottle of soda water

sweetened with stevia. Psychologically this is working. When we get our

special dessert she knows she has her special treat. This also works for

school when the kids are having something special. If I knew ahead of time

I sent a bottle of " pop " with her so that she felt like she was having

something special too. All other times she drinks filtered water. I have

lately begun to allow her to drink green tea. She doesn't get it often. So

far I haven't noticed it causing her any problems. I'm hoping that it is

something that she can drink large quantities of and not affect her ketones

or seizures.

As long as you are giving a drink with colour and fruit flavouring in

it you will not be able to figure out if it is causing the problem or the

stevia. The drink in itself could cause problems over time. Also, I don't

know if large amounts of stevia every day could eventually cause problems.

I do know that artifical sweetners every day could eventually lead to

problems.

Rhonda

Dear Rhonda

I have printed 's reply and yours. I need to sit down and study

these and take a look at what I am giving and what is available in

adult vitamins.

has never had great hair, but maybe she has had a deficiency from

birth. She is on no meds, but has been. For about five months. Everything

tried made the seizuring worse. And the longer she was on them, the worse

they got. She went from walking to crawling, to not eating... and although

she was almost three years of age I bottle fed her just to get liquids into

her. I believed she would die as there was never any relief. And when she

absolutely refused to eat and began refusing to drink I began weaning her

from the meds. Amazingly, as the drugs decreased, so did the seizures.

When the drugs stopped, so did the seizures and she was seizure free for

five months. Then they returned, but not like when she was on the drugs.

And the neuro agreed, was not a candidate for drug therapy... We lived

with seizures - usually one bad week a month and not much between times.

Now for the keto diet. Honestly, I don't know if it is working or not.

When she went acid on the

high ratio, and I had not realized it, and she had those two days of horrid

seizuring I was sure it was killing her. And it was. Since then she has

had only one seizure. I am learning to go back and try to figure out " why. "

I had begun to use stevia exclusively all at once, and perhaps it was a

sensitivity to the change??? Anyway, you and have sure given me

info to consider.

Another question for you: I know you have worked to stay away from

artificial anythings in Shan's diet. What do you get for flavorings, or do

you? I have two just regular grocery store types that I use with stevia for

a fruit flavored water she likes, but they are artifical with a bit of

color. thx for sharing.

... mumma to dear , age 5, keto diet since May 04 ... med free

'cause they didn't ever work!

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How many calories are you giving each day?

Bill

Falk wrote:

> Dear

>

> The reason I took her to have her weighed is she is looking so fat.

> She has always been on the round side, not lean, but she is short

> with a small frame and was looking plump. The weight gain in such a

> short time surely indicates too many calories. It is not a growth

> spurt, except out. She is Vietnamese by birth, and they are a small

> people.. or at least everyone I saw there was. I am sure nutrition

> is a factor, but she is short - 5th percentile on the US charts.

>

> It is a wonder we have any control, if we do, with so many calories

> and such a huge wt. gain. I have no idea if the diet is working or

> not. With high ketones she had a crazy couple of days with

> seizures... like she has never had for years. And now this. I

> really want to give this diet a shot, and feel like I am not with so

> many glitches.

>

> When she seizured of late, I went back over my daily diary and the

> only thing that had changed was I had stopped giving her diet pop and

> began using stevia and a flavoring from the supermarket. I used them

> in water for a fruit flavored drink. She liked it. She is hard to

> get liquids into. That was the only change I could discern.... so

> why the seizures.

>

> Now, I am realizing that all these extra calories could have been the

> culprit. Yikes. Over four pounds in less than six weeks is almost

> dangerous to her health, I suspect.

>

> A cut in calories begins tomorrow, for sure!!! Thanks for your

> input. , mum to , keto since May 04

>

> and Stansfield-lyons astansfield@...> wrote:

>

> , first of all stevia is a natural sweetner so i am suprised

> that is the culprit. We had issues w/ splenda so we gave up on that

> and only use the liquid stevia. if you are using natural strawberry

> exracts, then that has to have carbs in it, I bet it is highly

> concentrated too. How overweight was before the diet and how

> tall is she? Stella weighs 42lbs and is 51/2 years old, she gained a

> pound the first month when she on 1325 cals, we dropped gradually

> down to 1225 at a 3.75-1 ratio now. She was at 4-1 for a while and

> with the MCT oil she was way too ketotic. Anyway, long story, we

> backed off the MCT oil and I'm focusing on trying to get her to eat.

> With her seizures as bad as they are, Its difficult getting her to

> eat anything. We would always drop cals by 50, so you could do that

> for a couple days, or a week to see if anything good comes of it. I

> do know it would take quite a while for her to loose the weight

> though. Are you sure it's not height growth? Well, good luck, amanda