Re: Jean: Complex carbs, etc.

[Guest guest]

Jean - Totally agree abot the simple carbs! The great thing about

Whole Foods and Trader Joes (I don't know if you have them where you

live) is that you can buy foods like goldfish and pretzels that are

made without trans fats, and that are complex carbs, not the lowest

on the glycemic index but without sugars). But yes, we try and

avoid simple carbs as much as possible, and have taught to

read the label and look for the " Other " and " Sugar " under the " Total

Carbs " line item. Even our waffles are Nutrigrain wheat waffles,

which have 28 total grams of carbos and only 3 grams of sugar (but

are enriched wheat so not totally great).

We use the orange juice in the morning on purpose, to boost her

blood sugar levels right away, as when she awakes she is usually

pretty low.

That being said, when was younger, around age 3, and we were

desperate for weight gain, we would have given her ANYTHING she

wanted. The trap we parents fall into. I remember offering her

Reese's Peanut Butter cups daily, and I justified it because of the

calories and peanut butter.... HA!!!!

Salem

> > > >

> > > > The only side effect that has had is the one side

> effect

> > > > that has been found in many studies for RSS/SGA kids.

Growth

> > > > hormone raises insulin levels during treatment. So the

child

> > can

> > > > have sudden onset of hypoglycemia; it is important that the

> > > insulin

> > > > levels are monitored by the endocrinologist; and for us, we

> > ensure

> > > > that eats food (carbos) regularly about every 90

> minutes

> > > or

> > > > so.

> > > >

> > > > However, all of the recent studies have found that these

> insulin

> > > > levels go back down to pre-treatment levels within 6 months

of

> > > > discontinuing growth hormone (whereas the benefits of the

> lower

> > > > lipid levels, lower blood pressure, etc. -- the studies have

> > found

> > > > that these benefits have STAYED the better rate after GHT is

> > > > discontinued). Strange!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >