Amerykanska organizacja The Partnership for Essential Nutrition, OSTRZEGA
przed bezmyslnym stosowaniem niskoweglowodanowych diet u dzieci, bowiem
badania naukowe potwierdzaja, ze tzw. diety ketogeniczne czyli diety o
niskiej
podazy weglowodanow maja negatywny wplyw na rozwoj i fukcjonowanie
rozwiajacego sie dzieciecego mozgu. Stosowanie niskoweglowodanowych diet u
dzieci wplywa negatywnie na prawidlowy przebieg procesow zapamietywania oraz
wielkosc mozgu.

Calosc informacji, lacznie z linkami do publikacji naukowych mozna znalesc
po ponizej podanym linkiem:

http://www.essentialnutrition.org/lckids1.html

Research on carbohydrates and children

A low carbohydrate, ketogenic diet may influence brain function and brain
development in children. Studies on the treatment of uncontrolled seizures
in
children have demonstrated how severely limiting carbohydrates can affect
brain activity. Epilepsy is a rare condition that is characterized by brain
seizures; some children who experience epileptic seizures in childhood
outgrow
the condition later in life. Usually, children’s seizures can be
controlled
by medication. But some seizures are resistant to medication. For these
children, a specially formulated low carbohydrate, low protein, very high
fat
ketogenic diet has been used to help control their seizures.7

However, a ketogenic diet may also cause adverse effects, including
gastrointestinal problems, vitamin/mineral deficiencies, dehydration and
hypoglycemia.7 It may also increase the risk of kidney stones in children.8
At
6 months, a high-fat, ketogenic diet increased total cholesterol,
LDH(bad)cholesterol and triglycerides, and lowered HDL (good) cholesterol
levels in children.9 In rats, a ketogenic diet impaired memory and decreased
brain growth, raising concerns about the long-term effects of the diet on
brain development in children.10