By Mary Susan Spears, MS, RD, CSP, LD It’s that time all school children and teachers look forward to every year: summer! Time for playing outside and trying to stay cool. The warmer weather makes it important for everyone to stay hydrated. After all, water makes up 60-75% of our body weight. We lose water
It’s the time of year when kids and teachers start dreaming of summer vacation… but parents of children on ketogenic diets need to think ahead to next fall to make sure their children can eat school lunches. Advance preparation in the spring can save time and headaches in the fall and help children eat a
It’s the final day of July and the first day of school is just around the corner! We understand that if you are a parent or caretaker of a child on the ketogenic diet the “to do” list prior to school starting is probably a mile long and overwhelming. Not only do you need to
Ketogenic diet therapy is getting a lot of attention these days and for good reason. There is increasing awareness of the diet not only as a treatment for epilepsy, but also for other medical conditions in both pediatric and adult populations. There is growing evidence showing the diet’s effectiveness in a variety of conditions including,
There was a big “meeting of the minds” for professionals at the 5th Global Symposium on Ketogenic Therapies in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The biennial meeting took place September 20-24, 2016 and was an important event for the field of ketogenic therapies. KetoVie was proud to attend as a sponsor. Themes for this event examined topics
These days, keeping up with every Tweet, post and video gone viral seems downright impossible. The amount of information online can be tough to navigate with so much out there. With that in mind, we compiled some helpful online resources for managing the ketogenic diet. Here are a few of our favorites: The Charlie Foundation–
Are the school bells ringing in your neighborhood yet? Do you have all your school supplies ready to go? Have the blinking lights for the school zones come back to life? It’s hard to believe the summer of 2016 is coming to an end. At KetoVie we want you and your student to have the best
School is out, flowers are blooming, fireworks are in the air and it couldn’t be a worse time to get sick. Let’s face it, we’ve all had those horrible summer sick days. Throw being on a ketogenic diet into the mix, and the result is far from a “summer break”. KetoVie’s ketogenic dietitian specialists, Rebecca