08 Jan Children’s Nutritionist – Starchy Carbohydrates
High glycemic-load (GL) foods such as starches and sugars should be kept to a minimum. Starch foods include breads, rice, cereals, grains, potatoes and pasta. Sugary foods include cakes, biscuits, pastries and desserts. Your diet should contain some starches as a valuable source of energy; however intake of sugary foods should be minimized. Having an excess of starches and sugars in your diet has been shown to promote obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases.
Your daily consumption of allowable high GL foods should be limited to one to two servings daily (each providing approximately 30g of carbohydrate). If you are trying to loose weight limit the high GL serving to one a day. Serving sizes as follows:
High GL food servings
| Wholegrain bread | 2 slices |
| Crisp bread/wheat crackers | 2 pieces |
| Beans or lentils, cooked | 1/3 cup |
| Pasta, cooked | ½ cup |
| Noodles, cooked | ½ cup |
| Couscous, cooked | ½ cup |
| White rice, cooked | ½ cup |
| Brown rice, cooked | ½ cup |
| Potato | 1 medium |
| Potato, sweet | ½ cup |
| High fibre breakfast cereal | 1 cup* |
Choose high fibre, low sugar cereals. Breakfast cereals vary widely in carbohydrate content per cup. 1 cup serving for lighter cereals (puffed and flaked grains), ½ cup serving for denser heavier cereals such as oats.
Some healthier options, which have a lower glycemic load than their more highly processed alternatives, are detailed below.
| Breads | Multigrain, wholemeal, rye, spelt, Essene bread |
| Cereals | Wholegrain breakfast cereal, oats, bran |
| Pasta/noodles | Wholegrain pasta, low carbohydrate pasta, spelt pasta |
| Rice/grains | Brown rice, basmati rice, barley |
| Legumes | Lentils, beans |
Legumes also contain a proportion of protein and are excellent foods to incorporate into a vegetarian diet.
Note: Gluten containing foods
Many grains and related foods contain gluten. Check with your Practitioner if gluten containing foods are suitable for you. Grains which contain gluten include: Wheat, rye, oats, barley, spelt, triticale, semolina, bran, wheat germ, bulgur and malt.
Naturopathy Can Help With the Following Childhood Conditions
Fiona provides tailored health plans based on a multitude of factors relevant to your child’s symptomology (how they are feeling), pathology (how their body is responding), plus dietary and lifestyle factors.
- ✅ Digestive complaints – constipation, diarrhoea, loose stools, pain or bloating
- ✅ Allergies and allergic conditions – such as asthma, eczema or hayfever
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- ✅ Energy – poor energy or chronic fatigue
- ✅ Picky Eaters – fussy eaters
- ✅ Sleep – trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
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During your consultation, Fiona will seek information about your pregnancy, birth and post birth experiences. This will provide an integrated view to give a full picture of the foundations of your child’s health status. You can expect to leave your consultation with a thorough understanding of the potential contributing factors of the presenting symptoms. Fiona will provide you with a comprehensive treatment plan that incorporates possible herbal/nutritional medicine, dietary/lifestyle recommendations, recipes and handouts. Plus an overview of the consultation so you feel empowered to care for your child’s wellbeing with Fiona’s guidance. At The Children’s Naturopath, Fiona Stock an expert in childhood health, she understands children’s needs and considers working with kids and teens to be an absolute joy. She finds that children typically respond to naturopathic treatment very well – bouncing back to good health in no time. And she treasures the opportunity she has to teach kids about their bodies and engage them in their health journey, setting them up with strong foundations and knowledge for life.
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- ✅ Constipation
- ✅ Diarrhoea
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- ✅ Tummy Pain
- ✅ Eczema
- ✅ Asthma
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- ✅ Auto-Immune Disease
- ✅ Recurring Infections
- ✅ Fussy Eaters
- ✅ Sleep Issues
- ✅ Plus many more…
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