Monday 11 November 2019

Dangers of Inadvertent Ketogenic Diet (KD) Intake in Children for Weight Loss

‘What’s sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander’
Dangers of inadvertent Ketogenic diet (KD) intake in children for Weight loss
The KD and other low carbohydrate diets like Atkins and paleo diets are being increasingly used for weight loss, lifestyle change and wellness. However, when used by young parents it could inadvertently be fed to their young children. We report here a case of a two-year old who was being given a low carbohydrate diet as that was the ‘normal’ diet in the household. The child presented with polyuria (passing excessive urine) which normalize after stopping the diet.
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