KarenB
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My son does the ketogenic diet for seizures, and because I have access to the ketocalculator, I decided to play around with it and come up with some meal plans for adults that are gluten free, sugar free, and reduced carbs. I'm doing this mostly for myself (for overall good health, and to regulate blood sugar and reduce migraines & joint pain), but thought these might be helpful for reducing seizures:
1) Gluten is a common seizure trigger
2) Unregulated blood sugar (either high or low) can trigger seizures. These meals should lower blood sugar levels, but also eating 3 meals and 2 snacks should keep blood sugar from dropping too low.
3) These meals are anti-inflammatory and high in anti-oxidants, which can help with seizure control and recovery from seizures (as well as over-all good health)
Even though the carbs are reduced (about 50 per meal) and fat is a little high, these meals should NOT put you into ketosis (unless the calories aren't enough and you lose weight -- which can put you into ketosis). So...these are NOT ketogenic meals, but they are fairly close -- if you are considering the ketogenic diet (or modified Atkins), you could try these meals out for a week or two and see if it's something you think you could stick with and if it seems to be helping with seizure control. The Ketogenic diet or modified Atkins would basically take these meals and probably remove all or most of the grains and increase the fat.
Each meal is about 400 calories, with 15 grams or more of protein, about 50 carbs per meal. The idea is 3 meals a day, with at least 2 snacks. I've listed nutrition info for each meal. It's a little higher in fat, but most of the fats are "healthy" fats.
1) Gluten is a common seizure trigger
2) Unregulated blood sugar (either high or low) can trigger seizures. These meals should lower blood sugar levels, but also eating 3 meals and 2 snacks should keep blood sugar from dropping too low.
3) These meals are anti-inflammatory and high in anti-oxidants, which can help with seizure control and recovery from seizures (as well as over-all good health)
Even though the carbs are reduced (about 50 per meal) and fat is a little high, these meals should NOT put you into ketosis (unless the calories aren't enough and you lose weight -- which can put you into ketosis). So...these are NOT ketogenic meals, but they are fairly close -- if you are considering the ketogenic diet (or modified Atkins), you could try these meals out for a week or two and see if it's something you think you could stick with and if it seems to be helping with seizure control. The Ketogenic diet or modified Atkins would basically take these meals and probably remove all or most of the grains and increase the fat.
Each meal is about 400 calories, with 15 grams or more of protein, about 50 carbs per meal. The idea is 3 meals a day, with at least 2 snacks. I've listed nutrition info for each meal. It's a little higher in fat, but most of the fats are "healthy" fats.
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