Is Keto (Ketogenic Diet) Safe for Kids – Dr. Berg

Hi , guys .

I had another question .

Is keto okay for kids to do ?

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Now if you think about it , the most popular diet for epilepsy for children is the ketogenic diet because it really is effective .

And the problem , though , I see with that diet is they did a lot of liquid fat , that you would drink all this oil .

I don't recommend that .

The type of ketogenic diet that I recommend is very nutrient dense .

It's with lots of vegetables .

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So the essence of keto really is low carb .

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Low carb .

Now an average , child that's between 1 3 years old has 12 teaspoons of sugar .

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That's a problem .

An average 4 to 6 year old has 21 teaspoons of sugar .

So keto is very , very healthy because our bodies were not designed to run on that much sugar .

It's gonna set them up for blood sugar problems .

I mean , that was me growing up .

I ate tons of sugar .

I probably I would just raid the cupboards with sugar .

I mean , I would constantly be eating sugar .

So keto is extremely healthy if you do it correctly .

But you need a lot of vegetables .

Now , kids like sweets , or especially if you start them out like that , so you're gonna have to make little , alternative healthy snacks , pleasure foods .

Like , they're called keto bombs .

I'll put some links down below .

Recipes with alternative types of sugars that kids will love .

And if you combine that with a minute fasting and have the , these healthy desserts at the end of the meal , not with a snack and just have 3 meals a day .

I think it's gonna be really healthy for your child .

The problem is starting kids out on an unhealthy sugar diet , it's hard to change , especially if they're teenagers .

But you have to do different things like bribing them and giving them things like , and I'm just kidding , by the way .

Giving them things like alternative sweeteners , like , keto bombs that are like little cookies that have no sugar , but they're sweet .

They won't know the difference .

So I would start to use that .

So it is something that's healthy and natural and I highly recommend it .

Thanks for watching .

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