Kids gone keto?

(Cassie) #1

Hi guys. Anyone have kids (mine are almost 3 and 7) that have switched them from carbage to keto? How did you go about doing it? My son insists on getting lunch from school (they provide lunch at no cost) but I see the menu and it’s nothing but carbs. Also, how did you help your child understand why they aren’t eating cereals, sugar treats etc when their friends are? I know my 7yr old would benefit greatly from less trash foods in his diet just unsure of how to make the switch.

(Cristian Lopez) #2

HEY,Im a kid on a keto and let me tell you right now…My yum is all my friends gross fr…I am very rare for a kid too discover keto on there own and especially as an endurance runner while dealing with all the carb loading bull.

I managed too hit my growth spurt on keto,improve my grades,reach mental clarity,gain muscle mass,drop baby fat XD,enhance growth and just all out right great things!

Though I am self motivated and plan too do keto for the rest of my life idk what could motivate your kids too switch but you better do it now because if not theyll end up like my friends eating “bosco sticks and marinara for lunch” “chocolate skim milk” and “cliff bars”
and yes they are healthy and good athletes but we have oppisite eating life styles.

(Cristian Lopez) #3

Show them the documentary “fat head” or “carb loaded” lol

(She had one feck to give and that feck is gone.) #4

Hey Christian. My son is 15yo slim fit athlete (swim dive track karate) but is curious about Keto for mental clarity/exam hacking.

Interested to hear your story. Age, improvement in grades, impact on sports…

Thx!

(Wenchie) #5

Hey love, I have 3 kids (15, 13 and 11) and I so want them keto. I of course cook keto at home bit it’s impossible for me to control what they eat in school. My littlest boy tried keto for a week- it was dead easy for him- no flu no nothing- but he changed back to „normal“ eating.

I decided I will not get anywhere with pressure and therefore just try to educate and live by example as I can.

(Cristian Lopez) #6

Message me about any questions regarding kids my age and keto,it’s nice too find other 15 year old athletes just like me!

…and yes Keto for me was really an exam hacker for me

(Dustin Cade) #7

Our boys have been Keto just as long as we have, we decided we would not cook two meals or allow non keto foods in the house… That being said, they get more berries and popcorn and things that keep them happy… When they go out with friends it’s up to them to make their own choices… The youngest would rather eat carbs, but he does alright!

#8

Make changes where you can and know that as kids they are going to pick up carbs here and there…A friend’s house, at school.

At that age, they really aren’t going to be able to stick to a strict plan. Even my 17 year old daughter who is on board and maintains a fairly strict keto diet most of the time sometimes eats a taco or french fries when out with friends. But overall she is eating way better than she used to, so we roll with it.

(Roy D) #9

I’ve seen YouTube videos on the subject about kids on Keto. Search on “Keto Kids” and you should find a bunch of videos that may help.

(Stan Brooks) #10

I am slowly introducing my kids (ages 6 to 13) to a full keto diet. If for no other reason so we are not make different foods all the time. I don’t plan on pushing it for them at school because I don’t think I can deal with that stress right now.

(Candy Lind) #11

Even small changes will be positive ones. Keep them as low carb at home as you can, and it might come to pass that they realize they feel better when they’re eating that way. They are more perceptive than we think!

#12

My son will be 15 this summer.
He eats perhaps 80 % keto
One time a week, wheat in the school kitchen.
One time a week bread or somthing starchy to dinner.
Fruits in the summer.

Our history started, as he was about one year.
He has had severe issues whith digestion an we had to go to the clinic.
They found no solution and so they suggested to try a “no-gluten-diet” for a while…

Therefore we were used to another way of eating and experiments.
It wasn’t as easy the first years. Living in the countryside…
His grandpa was offering a “brezel” to him every weekend he visited him… and is still doing so, even he dosn’t like it.

I’m only eating ketogenic for two months now.
But before I ate several years low carb. The switch wasn’t so hard.
But once a week, if my son asked for,
he got pancakes or special baked goods.
He loves bread whith cheese out of the oven whith lots of oliveoil.
It’s only like a treat now and then.

I have started to clean the cupboards.
The pure suggar and sirup was given away.
The christmas-presents…

The meals are usually the same for both of us.
We want to eat together.
I have found a cupple of recipes, that fit for both of us.
Searching, try an error… it was a lot of stress.
Adapting the recipes I found in the internet
so that they really fit to us.
It’s not the same if you had (want) to eat it
or if you are the teenager who could refuse it
and grabs for another choice.

I developed sweet buns, pizza, seed-crackers,
turnded my low carb muffins into keto muffins.
and a kind of bread…
He loves my food and want’s to eat it.

Now the problems:

I have changed his breakfirst
In winter he usally ate porride in the morning with lots of maplesirup.
I have slowly changed it to a mixture of nuts and seeds.
(thanks to ketoconnet)
Instead of the milk I pour hwc and water in it.
But the maplesirup… he insist on the topping.
at the moment he is using a leftover of goldensirup.
I put a little bit of sukrin gold in the porridge, so he needs less.
He doesn’t like the fiber sirup to the porridge.
But fortunatelly on yogurt.

But now he asked me just yesterday to buy ciabatta.
I will do it, because I will not upset him.
(I haven’t found a tasty bread yet…)
I think if I do not force him to this way of eating it is better for us.
He sees the improvement of the last two months and
he is even encouraging me to stay on the track.

In the cupboard there is still millet, rice, rice noodles, cornmeal.
A glas of honey and marmelade only used on sundays.
It will last for years, if he eats it as much as now…

I think, if I can manage to improve my health the long run,
he can make his decission.
He will be 15 this year… when health problems will start,
[and they will come - family tradition ;-( ]
he will know what to do and it will be only a little change for him.

Perhaps I wait a couple of months.
Then I will try to explain him, once again,
that I don’t like to buy him things,
I belive are not at all good for him…

But when he then starts a revolution against it?
I am worried.

Everyday I look in the cupboard the leftover starchy products ask me what to do…

(Sjur Gjøstein Karevoll) #13

I think for kids it’s more important to eat a healthy whole foods diet than to cut carbs entirely. Healthy humans do actually tolerate carbs pretty well as long as they eat a well rounded diet. I think it’s better for healthy people to focus on what they don’t eat but maybe should rather than the other way around. Having some bread or a chocolate bar every now and then isn’t damaging, it takes decades of poor nutrition and a diet mainly of easily digested carbs (sugar and refined starch) to develop metabolic syndrome. A diet of home made whole foods is a great shorthand for getting lots of relatively unrefined foods containing a complete nutrition profile, and I don’t think diet advice for healthy people needs to be any more complicated than that.

So what I’m saying is, don’t worry too much about what you’re kid eats at school, just make sure they don’t stuff themselves with sweets every time they leave the house, and make healthy meals for them at home. Human metabolism is pretty amazing and doesn’t need to be babysat unless it’s misbehaving.

(Ahmed Y) #14

Hey from London,

All my kids are keto babies (ages 1yr5m, 2yr8m, and 5yr). The results are amazing: focus level, energy level, physical performance (my youngest can do assisted pull-ups and figured how to walk up and down the stairs on his own; my eldest is the only one in her year who cycles with no training wheels to school). I’ve heard it’s controversial but the results and benefits I’m seeing are too obvious to me. While other kids are crashing in the afternoon, my child runs back home to do her homework (maybe it’s the ketones). They rarely get sick and if so, in the most shallow way.
With school lunch, my wife just made good friends with the Cafeteria lady and all we asked for is simple real food (grilled chicken or fish and green veg on the side with lots of butter and cheese). They give all the other kids skimmed milk but our child is delivered full fat. We found them to be super helpful and willing.

We explain everything to our kids with respect and always point out the ills of sugar and carb. We never talk down to them and approach it like we are all in it together (tribe mentality).

They eat so much animal fats and never processed foods (farm to plate is the best way to stay keto strict). Socially, the other kids never care what my kids eat because they are too busy having fun playing with them (keto kids are full of fun energy). In fact all our birthdays have no sugar, how? Kids love to play more than anything so we give them just that… last bday party was a superhero disco dance party. Keto gives them wings.

We’ve been strict keto now for over a year, I’d recommend it for every child in the world. My best friend also followed suit after seeing the potential and his 1yr old went from breast milk to lamp chops like a champ.

I’m super private and usually never share (people usually get super defensive about carb) so apologies in advance if the above offends anyone.

Hope this helps

(Lauren) #15

I have 5 kids, ages 2, 3, 9, 13, and 15. They do not exactly eat keto, but it’s not the SAD either.

They eat the keto meals I prepare. They eat lots of keto snacks, but I don’t limit their whole fruit and veggie intake. I do not count their macros. The older 3 eat school lunch about 50% of the time, by their choice. The babies eat what I put in front of them. The older 3 eat as they choose while out with friends or and grandma’s. Sometimes they stay keto, sometimes not.

I could easily turn into the keto nazi and make keto all they eat, but I am not going to. Seems like a slippery slope to disordered eating. My 9yr old has already dealt with pressure from school friends to starve herself b/c “fat girls can’t do gymnastics.” 9yr old weighs less than 60lbs…

Instead, we discuss proper (keto) eating and provide/model it. They see the change it has brought for me. I want them to learn healthy eating, and experiment with making and balancing their own choices outside of the home now. And not 20 yrs later when there is so mich damage, mentally and physically, to undo.

#16

My kids aren’t keto but we’ve made major changes. And luckily, they love keto foods. Breakfast is eggs or full fat yogurt with a touch of maple syrup and nuts or hemp hearts. And dinner is what I eat and sometimes they will get starch with it (sweet potato, rice, etc). They love a dinner of salmon with hollandaise and roasted veggies. Snacks are nuts, cheese, olives, pickles, veggies and dip, eggs, 85% dark chocolate, fruit. One of my kids is fed at daycare so I don’t control that. He eats a “balanced” meal there. But school aged kid get home packed foods which are slow carb (lentil soup, seaweed snacks, salami, cheese, eggs, etc) and is rarely allowed to buy school lunch, which is usually a form of bread and chicken nuggets and fruit in syrup.

(CharleyD) #17

I’ve just started reading my 6 year old The Case Against Sugar. All the diabetes history in the beginning puts him to sleep fast but I hope that some of it sticks in the subconscious :sleeping::thinking: