vegetable oils, macular degeneration & keto diet

[Guest guest]

Hi

On the news tonight there was a report that linked the consumption of

vegetable oils to increased incidence of macular degeneration. The advice

was to avoid eating any vegetable oils or products that contain them.

I am really concerned about this because Claire has over 150mg

of sunflower and canola every day as part of her diet because she has a

dairy allergy and can't take cream!

I wonder whether anyone has received advice on this via their Keto team? I

would be grateful to hear any updates on this! Claire has been seizure

free and has made such a lot of progress since getting rid of the Lamictal

and would hate to have to abandon the diet because of this.

Many thanks

Jill

[Guest guest]

I hadn't heard that connection before, but may watch out for that now. I

have heard that partially hydrogenated oils are supposed to be bad for

us. Anyway, I'm replying because our son also has a dairy allergy, (he's

allergic to milk protein or casein and breaks out in a rash) and we have

actually been able to slowly introduce heavy cream and butter to his

diet due to the fact that those are high fat and little protein-type

dairy products. He broke out slightly at first but hasn't had much

trouble since then. He's also 3, so maybe he's growing out of the

allergy. We also use mostly olive oil, since that has always been known

to be a good oil, and have tried safflower, as well. Flax seed oil is

good for us, but can be hard to incorporate as it's not good to cook

with and doesn't taste good, so it can only be added to flavorful food.

I hope this helps some.

vegetable oils, macular degeneration & keto diet

Hi

On the news tonight there was a report that linked the consumption of

vegetable oils to increased incidence of macular degeneration. The

advice

was to avoid eating any vegetable oils or products that contain them.

I am really concerned about this because Claire has over 150mg

of sunflower and canola every day as part of her diet because she has a

dairy allergy and can't take cream!

I wonder whether anyone has received advice on this via their Keto team?

I

would be grateful to hear any updates on this! Claire has been seizure

free and has made such a lot of progress since getting rid of the

Lamictal

and would hate to have to abandon the diet because of this.

Many thanks

Jill

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[Guest guest]

Hmm, if it's not one thing......

Yes, it is a worry hearing things like that, but I'm a bit of a 'blank it

out and hope it will go away or never happen' type when it comes to anything

like this Jill. Possibly a bit foolhardy I know, but I guess I prefer to

stick with the devil I do know, ie - the one that is helping to control

's seizures. To change his oils and fat content right now (he is on

mainly canola oil) would be like contemplating changing his meds, and it

just isn't somewhere I want to go right now.

I will try and remember to bring it up with our dietician when she returns

though and ask her opinion, but my feeling is she will probably be a bit

like me - stick with what is working for now if possible.

So Claire is doing well again? I know you guys had those hiccups for quite

some time, so nice to see this

Did you see that 's carnitine has dropped back down again? Can't

remember if I have posted his results or not, but I remember I was going let

to you know.......

Total was 16 (21-70), free was 7 (13-56). So a TC-FC/FC ratio of 1.28.

When the aim is .4 or lower, he is obviously looking to be deficient again,

but like the oils, ph swings etc etc, I'm filing it for now into the 'ignore

and hope he is ok' pile...After the previous supplementation attempts, I

don't think I really have much choice in the matter

----- Original Message -----

> Hi

> On the news tonight there was a report that linked the consumption of

> vegetable oils to increased incidence of macular degeneration. The

advice

> was to avoid eating any vegetable oils or products that contain them.

>

> I am really concerned about this because Claire has over 150mg

> of sunflower and canola every day as part of her diet because she has a

> dairy allergy and can't take cream!

>

> I wonder whether anyone has received advice on this via their Keto team?

I

> would be grateful to hear any updates on this! Claire has been seizure

> free and has made such a lot of progress since getting rid of the

Lamictal

> and would hate to have to abandon the diet because of this.

>

> Many thanks

> Jill

[Guest guest]

Hmm, if it's not one thing......

Yes, it is a worry hearing things like that, but I'm a bit of a 'blank it

out and hope it will go away or never happen' type when it comes to anything

like this Jill. Possibly a bit foolhardy I know, but I guess I prefer to

stick with the devil I do know, ie - the one that is helping to control

's seizures. To change his oils and fat content right now (he is on

mainly canola oil) would be like contemplating changing his meds, and it

just isn't somewhere I want to go right now.

I will try and remember to bring it up with our dietician when she returns

though and ask her opinion, but my feeling is she will probably be a bit

like me - stick with what is working for now if possible.

So Claire is doing well again? I know you guys had those hiccups for quite

some time, so nice to see this

Did you see that 's carnitine has dropped back down again? Can't

remember if I have posted his results or not, but I remember I was going let

to you know.......

Total was 16 (21-70), free was 7 (13-56). So a TC-FC/FC ratio of 1.28.

When the aim is .4 or lower, he is obviously looking to be deficient again,

but like the oils, ph swings etc etc, I'm filing it for now into the 'ignore

and hope he is ok' pile...After the previous supplementation attempts, I

don't think I really have much choice in the matter

----- Original Message -----

> Hi

> On the news tonight there was a report that linked the consumption of

> vegetable oils to increased incidence of macular degeneration. The

advice

> was to avoid eating any vegetable oils or products that contain them.

>

> I am really concerned about this because Claire has over 150mg

> of sunflower and canola every day as part of her diet because she has a

> dairy allergy and can't take cream!

>

> I wonder whether anyone has received advice on this via their Keto team?

I

> would be grateful to hear any updates on this! Claire has been seizure

> free and has made such a lot of progress since getting rid of the

Lamictal

> and would hate to have to abandon the diet because of this.

>

> Many thanks

> Jill

[Guest guest]

Hmm, if it's not one thing......

Yes, it is a worry hearing things like that, but I'm a bit of a 'blank it

out and hope it will go away or never happen' type when it comes to anything

like this Jill. Possibly a bit foolhardy I know, but I guess I prefer to

stick with the devil I do know, ie - the one that is helping to control

's seizures. To change his oils and fat content right now (he is on

mainly canola oil) would be like contemplating changing his meds, and it

just isn't somewhere I want to go right now.

I will try and remember to bring it up with our dietician when she returns

though and ask her opinion, but my feeling is she will probably be a bit

like me - stick with what is working for now if possible.

So Claire is doing well again? I know you guys had those hiccups for quite

some time, so nice to see this

Did you see that 's carnitine has dropped back down again? Can't

remember if I have posted his results or not, but I remember I was going let

to you know.......

Total was 16 (21-70), free was 7 (13-56). So a TC-FC/FC ratio of 1.28.

When the aim is .4 or lower, he is obviously looking to be deficient again,

but like the oils, ph swings etc etc, I'm filing it for now into the 'ignore

and hope he is ok' pile...After the previous supplementation attempts, I

don't think I really have much choice in the matter

----- Original Message -----

> Hi

> On the news tonight there was a report that linked the consumption of

> vegetable oils to increased incidence of macular degeneration. The

advice

> was to avoid eating any vegetable oils or products that contain them.

>

> I am really concerned about this because Claire has over 150mg

> of sunflower and canola every day as part of her diet because she has a

> dairy allergy and can't take cream!

>

> I wonder whether anyone has received advice on this via their Keto team?

I

> would be grateful to hear any updates on this! Claire has been seizure

> free and has made such a lot of progress since getting rid of the

Lamictal

> and would hate to have to abandon the diet because of this.

>

> Many thanks

> Jill