Here is an update on my daughter Klara, 20 months old. Many people have wondered how she is doing (answer: great) and if she still eats low carb (answer: yes).
Klara still eats like at the time of the 1-year report and about the same as her parents. The main difference is meals at the day care center where there are more exceptions. But it’s a good day care center so at least there’s no low-fat products and very little sugar.
So far, life has been free from sodas, lemonade, cookies and pastry (as well as free from the Swedish grain-based formula). She doesn’t seem to miss sweets and there aren’t any in the house anyway. No jars of store-bought baby food either.
Recently Klara was at a gathering with other children and parents. Most other kids had, for example, cookies and lemonade. Klara had spare ribs, yellow bell-pepper sticks and cherry tomatoes (and water to drink).
Did she get upset asking for cookies instead? No, she happily ate her food. But the kid next to Klara wanted her food instead of crackers. Fortunately there was enough for both of them.
Of course, children never come problem-free, but we’re very fortunate. The most frequent comment from other adults is still the same: Is she always this happy?
It’s easier to be happy when you’re well-fed and not hungry.
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Honestly, maybe you have the 1 child out of 100 you could simply say, "no cookies for you," and they won't throw a complete fit, but how do you possibly explain this to her as she grows in her knowledge of what exactly is occurring (her being the only child not allowed to eat a cupcake)??
I am interested in the long term biomarkers and aging of children on low carb.
Our daughter is a few months younger than yours but I hope a low carb diet will help with aging and fertility and general health.
The Weston Price org has great free video and help with LCHF friendly home made baby formula.
Eric
If you can start them young following a much reduced carbohydrate diet, no fizzy drinks etc this lifestyle has just got to give the young ones a great start in life. It's interesting that my grandson has 'clued up' parents and a super mum, and dad who does his share of cooking, who prepares home cooked healthy meals. Meat,fish, plenty of vegetables. Cucumber pieces, carrot sticks, fruits are served for snacks instead of crisps, biscuits etc. I am not saying they never eat crisps and biscuits but they are a treat and not a normal way of life. It is very interesting when attending kids parties etc the choice is healthy food and not the crisps plate, and with no prompting they are just used to eating a more LCHF way. I have to say they are healthy, good weight etc and have regular children's clinic tests - all good.
I just wish there were a few more 'clued' up parents out there, although slowly bit by bit the news about a healthier lifestyle is getting through. We must do our bit to encourage and spread the news.
Just my thoughts
All the best Jan
Or perhaps you were struggling to make some other point with your vague comment? Do you build your argument on the straw-man position that LOW carb = NO carb..? Because as Dr Eenfeldt again reminds us just a few comments up "It's not a no-carb diet."
This beautiful child is a picture of health. Perhaps you feel threatened to see LCHF successfully in action. Get over it :-P
@ taylor - It isn't hard to do. Before my son went to school I took him on shopping trips for food that lasted for over an hour. I took time to explain to him what all the foods were. Now, my son has sweets, cake and other so called 'food' occasionally and I don't make a big deal of it, even though I'm cringing inside. He is educated in what is best for him to eat and when it is his choice for dinner he always chooses; salmon, sweet potatoes and broccoli, therefore, I don't mind when he goes to a party or a friend’s house to play and then tells me that he's eaten 'brown food'.
I used to tell them -- and now they're starting to believe -- it's not a "diet"...it's just the way we're supposed to eat.
If you want to figure out how to truly heal yourself instead of playing cover up. Check into the work of Ray Peat.
Take care.
I hate to say it but the counter-posts you're seeing is evidence that you are a growing thorn in the side of the establishment and I applaud you for it!
Yep!
Here is a link to a study that indicated cheese can protect pur teeth.
Also the Weston Price Foundation is dairy friendly.
Mpre cheese fewer cavities? Stronger teeth.
Take a bite out of dental bills.
Ravishankar Lingesha Telgi, Vipul Yadav, Chaitra Ravishankar Telgi, Naveen Boppana. In vivo dental plaque pH after consumption of dairy products. General Dentistry, 2013 May;61(3):56-59 [link]
Eric
Sallad with ruccola, fennel, broccoli, sellery and lots of oliveoil is good to.
And we eat a lot of veggies, but we are buying less because I'm not hungry all the time and needing a low-fat (hah!) snack every five minutes. I used to add a lot vegetables to every meal in the hope I would feel full, but I feel full by eating a lot less since starting LCHF.
Buying a head of red cabbage and making a cole slaw with a mayonnaise, mustard and vinegar base is very inexpensive and a great side. Cuts of dark chicken meat with bone and skin for roasting are inexpensive - especially when on sale.
Please do not go back to starch!
"Formula-fed babies may grow too quickly and may be more susceptible than breastfed babies to obesity and other chronic diseases later in life, a new study says."
However, his daycare does serve rice, pasta, potatoes, and other vegetables that are high in their carb content for lunch.
How would being lchf at home, and eating the regular daycare food affect his life?
It's a very good daycare, and the food would be pretty much the same (more carbs actually) in other day cares in the area.
breakfast is usually eggs, cucumber/tomato salad, avocados or fresh tahini, some cheese
Lunch is a meat and a carb such as rice, pasta, potatoes + vegies
And they get fruit or sandwiches when they wake up from nap or fruit as a snack throughout the day
Thank you!
Its this candy and sugar, soda and shit thats not any healty.
http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/21/nearly-1-in-4-u-s-teens-have-di...
http://www.amazon.com/Low-carb-Living-Families-Monique-Forslund/dp/14...
http://www.lifezone.se/eng/
And there are treats, LCHF style!
http://www.mariannslchf.com/
I'm rambling....sorry about that. Thanks for your comment. I guess I need to find a balance that works for my whole family. But you can't exactly go high fat and still bring in those starchy carbs. It's one or the other. Sigh.
PS - I love how you told them, "This isn't a diet. This is the way we're supposed to eat." :-)