Re: Diet ratio with teenager - to Bill

September 12, 2004

What is the web address of Whole Life??? thx. .

Bill Barber torontobarber@...> wrote:Jaana,

That's not a problem. The WHO allows down to about .6 for protein. I

used .75 as a compromise. You are probably okay with .71. What you

haven't said is the total calories per day which is the most important

number of all. My daughter was on 880 calories per day and getting 18.4

gm of protein and 3.6 gm of carbohydrate per day at a 4:1 ratio (if I

didn't make a mistake). The ratio whether 4:1 or 3:1 is a simplification

anyway to permit calculations. What you have to look at is weight gain

or loss and ketones in the urine, also signs of too high ketones. The

most important things are to read Dr. Freeman's book at least 5 times

cover to cover and keep it in you bag at all times; also you will need a

very good vitamin and mineral supplement. We use Wholelife in California

and they ship to Canada. You may be able to get them to ship to you in

Finland if you can't find anything suitable there.

It should be a good game on Tuesday!

All the best of luck,

Bill

jaana rantama wrote:

> Hi,

>

> our 14 years old son (Lennox-Gastaut) is going to start fasting

> tomorrow and later on the Ketogenic Diet. We have came across a

> problem: our son's weight is already 53 kg (117 lb) and therefore he

> needs a lot of protein (48 g = 0,71 x 53kg). This means that we can't

> build 4:1 diet for him. Here in Finland we have very little

> experience on the diet -especially with teenagers. According to our

> doctors and dietician our son is probably the first teenager in

> Finland whose seizures are tried to control with the diet. Is there

> any possibility to succeed with the ratio 3:1?

>

> Jaana

>

September 12, 2004

They don't have a web address. You can e-mail at wholelife2@...

Bill

Falk wrote:

> What is the web address of Whole Life??? thx. .

>

> Bill Barber torontobarber@...> wrote:Jaana,

>

> That's not a problem. The WHO allows down to about .6 for protein. I

> used .75 as a compromise. You are probably okay with .71. What you

> haven't said is the total calories per day which is the most important

> number of all. My daughter was on 880 calories per day and getting 18.4

> gm of protein and 3.6 gm of carbohydrate per day at a 4:1 ratio (if I

> didn't make a mistake). The ratio whether 4:1 or 3:1 is a simplification

> anyway to permit calculations. What you have to look at is weight gain

> or loss and ketones in the urine, also signs of too high ketones. The

> most important things are to read Dr. Freeman's book at least 5 times

> cover to cover and keep it in you bag at all times; also you will need a

> very good vitamin and mineral supplement. We use Wholelife in California

> and they ship to Canada. You may be able to get them to ship to you in

> Finland if you can't find anything suitable there.

>

> It should be a good game on Tuesday!

>

> All the best of luck,

>

> Bill

>

> jaana rantama wrote:

>

>>Hi,

>>

>>our 14 years old son (Lennox-Gastaut) is going to start fasting

>>tomorrow and later on the Ketogenic Diet. We have came across a

>>problem: our son's weight is already 53 kg (117 lb) and therefore he

>>needs a lot of protein (48 g = 0,71 x 53kg). This means that we can't

>>build 4:1 diet for him. Here in Finland we have very little

>>experience on the diet -especially with teenagers. According to our

>>doctors and dietician our son is probably the first teenager in

>>Finland whose seizures are tried to control with the diet. Is there

>>any possibility to succeed with the ratio 3:1?

>>

>>Jaana

>>

September 12, 2004

Thanks... .

Bill Barber torontobarber@...> wrote:They don't have a web address. You can

e-mail at wholelife2@...