Keto Kid: Helping Your Child Succeed on the Ketogenic Diet

Keto Kid: Helping Your Child Succeed on the Ketogenic Diet

by Deborah Ann Snyder (Author), Do (Author)

Synopsis

For more than half of all children with Epilepsy, the only reliable way to control seizures is the ketogenic diet, a rigid, mathematically calculated, Doctor-supervised regimen that is high in fat and low in carbohydrate and protein and strictly limits both calories and liquid intake.

In Keto Kid: Helping Your Child Succeed on the Ketogenic Diet, Deborah Snyder, a family Physician and mother of a four-year-old, keto kid, provides compassionate advice for parents transitioning to a lifestyle where one extra bite of food can have serious repercussions on a child's health.

This unique book gives readers all the facts about the day-to-day management of the diet, while communicating the emotional struggle encountered by children when they mourn the loss of their favourite foods and must learn rigid self-denial at a very young age.

Topics covered include:

  • Recipes for keto-friendly meals, and tips for making this limited diet more interesting
  • Managing deeply food-oriented occasions like holidays and parties
  • Time-saving strategies, such as pre-weighing and freezing meals
  • Dealing with the emotional loss of a child's favourite foods
  • A day-by-day account of life on the ketogenic diet, in diary form
  • And much more!


Snyder is calm, direct and above all, hopeful. Keto Kid is a practical guide that will enable families to successfully master the ketogenic diet, while making the experience as pleasant as possible for both child and parent.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 159
Edition: 1
Publisher: Demos Health
Published: 01 Jan 2007

ISBN 10: 1932603298
ISBN 13: 9781932603293

Media Reviews
This is a practical guide to using this diet to feed a child with seizures--menus, strategies, special holidays, and psychological tips. Parents shouldfind all of this helpful. The recipes alone are golden... This is a very useful book. I will recommend it to every parent who may use thediet for a child with difficult to control epilepsy.-- Doody's Reviews
Author Bio
Deborah Ann Snyder, DO, graduated from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is a family physician in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. At the age of four, her son Bryce began having uncontrollable seizures for which he was prescribed the ketogenic diet. After the diet's two-year course, her son Bryce is seizure-free.