Again, thanks so much for your offer. It would be truly appreciated. If you are able to send us some while I search for it or try to order it, that would be...
Hi Rose, sending an encircling rainbow of good vibes for your boy. My son Annan started the diet about 7 weeks ago. He lost ketosis early on too as he was...
Also Rose, as an after thought, Annan's urine readings (using urine tests from cotton balls in his nappy) dont correlate with his blood ketone readings. I...
Great to hear Adam is doing so well! Others would find it funny cellebrating our kids starting to be troublesome with activity or opinion, But isnt it the most...
Greetings, My name is Sarah. I'm originaly from the South but met my husband 8 yrs ago and was transplanted up here to Michigan. I am a SAHM of two girls. My ...
Hi Sarah and welcome! Thats fantastic to hear that the diet is working so well and so quickly for your daughter already! Apparently it can take up to 3 months...
Sarah, Welcome and great news for your daughter. Be prepared, there may be set backs but you have seen such great results already. My son Adam (5 years) has...
Toynera, Great to hear of Annan's progress. Praise the Lord. Adam's ketones are finally staying in the high range. His eating schedule is breakfast at 7am,...
Hi Patty We too separate meals into 4- 8am, 12noon, 4pm & *pm. I feed him as soon as he wakes and as late as possible. I find it very hard to get him to drink...
Hi Toynera, Sorry for taking so long to reply to your kind words. We had a computer virus which was making logging on to net impossible. Eric still trace...
Glad to hear a reduction in seizures what ever the reason. Are you guys using MCT oil? Its helped get Annan's ketones up higher. They're fine during the day,...
Rose, just a quick word. My son, DJ, was diagnosed with Lennox Gestalt at age 4, when he was having up to 100 seizures a day (at the worse, one every 4...
Hello! Annan hasn't had a seizure for 5 days! His ketones are almost great, just a little under where we want in the morning, so giving a little more MCT oil...
Toynera, Great news on Annan's days without seizures. Every one is a blessing. Adam has had a rough week. We still have quite a bit of fine tuning to do I...
Thanks for your advice, here in Melbourne RCH they use the classic keto diet. The dietician wanted to incorporate our goats milk and fish oils with the...
Rose, According to The Ketogenic Diet, A Treatment for Epilepsy, 3rd edition, written by John M. Freeman, M.D., Jennerfer B. Freeman, and Millicent T. Kelly,...
ToyNera, That is terrific for Annan!!! We celebrate with you! Please, please, do not worry about the vitamin cost. It is my gift to you and Annan (plus I will...
Hi Rose MCT oil is Medium Chain Tricoglytimate - or something close to that. My understanding of it is that it is a fat that most people find easier to absorb...
Thankyou so much Thelma, and yes I will when the oportunity presents itself. It would be scarey after having so much success on the diet to contemplate him...
Hi Patty Sorry to hear Adam is having a rough week. We're still fine tuning too. Thought we'd be right with a bit more MCT oil in pm, but still getting low...
Hi, it is good you found the diet. my daughter is 8, and we just started 2 months ago. Maybe you can try to water down the cream to make it more like milk? I...
Hi Friends! Sometimes u just cant predict what ur gonna find in ur mail! Just opened my mail n guess what? voip ! Have fun Guys, i think am gonna love it...
Hi Karri, My son has just come off the MCT/cream version of the diet after being on it for 5 1/2 years. He is seizure free altho still on some meds. His fave...
Karri, I used to have a whole collection of little brown bottles of McCormick flavoring in our cupboard to make a variety of "ice Cream" for my son. fyi He was...
Hi there!! I was a member of this group several years back when my then 5 year old daughter was on the Keto diet. It did work great for a little over a year...
Hi Sheila What is the low glycemic diet and how does it function? How is it going so far? Why do you think the keto diet worked for a year for your daughter &...
Hi all, talking about getting our kids to drink fluids, mine luckily drinks fairly well-especially considering i put his vit&mins in the water. There are some...
HI all, Thanks for info about the MCT oil. Eric has been on diet for a mth and still was on trace ketones (until 2 days ago). We took him off goats milk and...
Hi, The Low Glycemic Diet is similar to The Keto Diet just not as stringent. We don't check for ketones and I don't have to control Elianna's fluid intake....
... now ... that ... Karri, As far as beverages are concerned, it has been our experience that the cream is an aquired taste and so it tolerating it. Your ...