Re: Pediasure Sugar-- Sabina

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Hi there Sabina,

I was at first worried about this too before we started doing the

hi cal shakes/smoothies with Olivia. The difference for us is that

Olivia's not getting these shakes multiple times a day. For

instance if a child is bottle fed and you're giving them 4+ cans of

pediasure a day instead of formula then they're getting a ton of

sugar. We use the shake at bedtime only to ward off the dreadded

Hypo-g episodes. I'm hoping that our thinking is correct on this

and we're also hoping that we don't have to worry about IR yet

because Olivia's so underweight, she's around the negative 50%ile

height for weight, once she starts gaining sufficient weight we'll

probably cut down on the shakes.

What a great question to ask though, I'm interested in hearing

other responces to it too!

Leah, mom to 9years and Olivia 4.75years, 19lbs, 33 " , RSS,

OI, lots of meds

> Hi all

> I thought I would write about the conflicting information I get

here

> about sugar. As Jodi said here and I read many times elsewhere

> pediasure has sugar and too much sugar is not good (although the

> enternal formula has much less sugar than the retail variety) and

is

> discouraged. On the otherhand, almost all the mega calorie

> shakes/drinks/snacks that are discussed and recommended are mostly

> loaded with sugar too (for example, shakes made with ice cream).

Does

> Dr H recommend these high sugar ice cream shakes etc.?

> Sabina mother of Naomi