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> My 6yr old daughter is a really fussy eater, it is worthy of mention
> that she is diabetic, so her diet is extremely important. At the moment
> her diet consists of:
> Baked beand on toast (maybe with suasages)
> Cheese sandwhichs (white bread, only one variety of cheese)
> Yoghurt (only froobes)
> apples
> bananas
> crisps
> chocolate
> sweets
> And thats about it, we have tryed being patient and hoping it will go
> away, enticement/reward, progress charts,lying,shouting,making the food
> look fun, helping to prepare meals, hiding food amongst other foods she
> likes, everything.
> We are extremely worried that her lack of a balanced diet and general
> dislike of food is detrimental to her health and have no idea how to
> tackle the problem.
> Any ideas?
>
Assuming you're asking this seriously, I will give you an honest, no-holds barred
answer. This diet is dangerous to a diabetic. You must know this. You need to realize
that YOU are the parent. This is a 6 yr old we are talking about. Stop providing
foods that are detrimental to her health. White bread, crisps, sweets, bananas. Stop
buying them. Prepare the foods she is supposed to eat and offer them. Keep high fiber
fruits and veggies available to her. Kids are not born with a taste for crisps. It is
developed after it's been offered by the parents. I'm not trying to come down on you
out of any malicious intent, but you seriously need to seek professional help with
her diet and get a grip on this problem NOW.

Buy groceries that are suited to her disease. No more white bread. (There is a whole
wheat bread that looks white, and is soft like white, yet has more fiber, and is
therefore less likely to cause spiking, particularly when combines with additional
fiber (fruits or veggies) and protein. )

Bananas may seem like a good idea, but they are notorious for causing high spikes in
BG levels. When you give her an apple, try including a tablespoon or two of peanut
butter. The fat in the pb and the fiber in the apple will keep the sugars from
causing much of a BG raise. The beans are good, as long as you're not buying premade
baked beans that include high fructose corn syrup. They're almost pure starch/sugar.

Make sweets that are healthy for her. Buy Splenda and experiment. Make her treats
based on something other than processed flour and sugar and avoid anything that lists
high fructose corn syrup as an ingredient. HFCS raises blood sugar more than other
sweeteners, including plain sugar. When you do use sugar, do it in small amounts, and
use unprocessed cane sugar. Evaporated cane juice is a good option. Use nut flours
and process oats into a flour consistency.


Seek out a nutritionist. Find out how long she can avoid eating and be safe. A child
her age is not likely to go hungry very long anyway. Keep an eye on her levels. You
are going to have to be much more pro-active than worrying. The time for worrying is
done; you need to ACT.

Good luck.

kimberly