Emma said:
[quote author=tony]I feel everyone will come out and push this keto diet or what ever and that's great but when you and your partner are pushed to the absolute limit each day, there is no energy left to be making and eating difficult meals. My son is so difficult, it is emotionally and mentally draining. My partner has suicidal thoughts all the time and I get so angry I just want to strangle him (which of course I wouldn't).
I understand your frustration, and believe me, before I switch to ketogenic diet, we eliminated first the gluten and dairy, except butter.
That was 6 years ago. I had suicidal thoughts myself, since I'm TOTALLY gluten free for 6 years I don't have these thoughts.
You feel we "push" keto diet on you, well we just trying to help and share our experience with you and I know how hard to change the diet can be, but it is well worth it! ;)
Diet change would be very beneficial for ALL of you!
We have a friend and he has an autistic sister, and a diabetic father.
Since we recommended for them to read Nora Gedgaudas's book: "Primal Body, Primal Mind" they went gluten free first and slowly eliminated other grains and adapted the keto diet,
but of course they also did it gradually, the body needs time to adept such change.
Their health now so much better, his father don't have diabetic symptoms anymore, have much much more energy,
and his sister improved so much they can take her out to public places, to the park on the regular basis, since she is free also from food cravings and
don't have tantrums anymore!
:)
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With what we've learned, a slow, gradual adaptation can be avoided - and that also makes everything much easier. A "gluten and dairy free" but otherwise "normal" diet is tricky - while a ketogenic diet is the simplest diet there is - much, much simpler than "normal" cooking.
The
Recommended Books: List and Guide mentions both a free, downloadable document with theory and a separate (not free) practical book by Maria Emmerich,
Keto-Adapted. The latter contains the info needed to deal with any issues during a quick change to a ketogenic diet.
For Tony's son, a change of diet would probably be very simple since he's young, provided he: 1. Likes meat and animal fat. 2. Can be kept away from basically everything else. Bacon and eggs, butter, cooked or fried or baked meat in general - no veggies needed - that's it, basically. (Though as for how to go about things, the reading would be essential.)