The Keto Cookbook is a must-have for all families, caregivers and related professionals – who need a thorough understanding of the keto diet and it’s application to help reduce seizures in children with epilepsy and certain other neurological conditions.
Co-authored by Dawn Martinez and Laura Cramp, RD, LD, CNSC, The Keto Cookbook is written with the same precision and detail that reflects the awareness, skill, and extensive experience of both women who make up the diet.
Dawn is the mother of Charlotte, who has Dravet syndrome, and who has responded so successfully to the keto diet after exhaustive and unsuccessful attempts with AED anti-epileptic drugs.
Laura is an expert dietitian at The Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., who works not only with patients and their families, but also with therapy on the intricacies of using a ketogenic diet to treat epilepsy and reduce seizures. Advises professionals and hospital food staff.
Gone is the myth that this diet is useless, tasteless, boring and unappealing! Beautifully illustrated recipes for 96 different delicious meals and snacks are proof of that. All Recipes:
– Keto Approved
– Give calorie count
– Give exact ingredients for diet in 4:1 ratio
– are further described with symbols denoting other aspects of the recipe, such as “quick”, “vegan”, “freezes well”.
The actual diet, though all important, is only one of many aspects for keto families to address and fully understand.
Other chapters that cover all the contingencies to make the rigorous demands of the ketogenic diet as manageable as possible include:
– Stocking the pantry for emergencies presented by unforeseen calamities of the daily schedule such as major emergencies like power-out, flood, snowfall etc.
– Maintaining a supply of instant snacks and frozen meals that can be made quickly…
– kitchen presentation by removing any temptation from poking fingers
– Equipping the kitchen with essentials for food preparation to cut time without precision
– Presenting sample papers at airports, schools, hospitals, etc. to facilitate the situation
I highly recommend “The Keto Cookbook” because in the world of the ketogenic diet, it will be hard to match the combined knowledge and experience of the authors, who have written accurately and professionally, but based on heartache and love.
It is hard to imagine the joy in the family of a child with uncontrollable seizures when the keto diet is successful in reducing or eliminating the seizures. From watching helplessly as their child slowly deteriorates and lags behind in development, to seeing the success of the diet – the child re-emerges with their previously known personality, making strides in development, speech and other important milestones. The stones are an unimaginable tension that is replaced by the unimaginable joy they were involved in.
Source by Rosie West
