Low Carb but Filling Kids Lunch Box Ideas?

I'm assuming its type 1 with fruit sugar sensativity?

My step dad is type 2 but is ok with fruit sugars, My daughter isnt diabetic (aged 6) but sugar sensative, and does need a high intake of fats and carbs due to a early diagnosed over active fast metabolism. Im dairy allergic (milk protein & lactose) and my little girl is also allergic to artificial sweetners.

The thing is you need to give enough carbs for a young child to efficiently grow whilst limiting the risk of slow release overload when the carbs turn into sugar and causes hypoglycoma(? or is it hyper? one is low sugar, the other high) as the body cant cope

Try exchanging the bread for less carb heavy bread/crackers such as rye or oat, they are also healthy fill ups, and release slower than wheat (or I have been told that atleast)

Most supermarket stock cox apples which are lower in concentrated fructose than raisins. They are also small.

Cheese gives a boost to calcium and if your smart you can make your own versions of those over fanciful 'lunchables' my kids go nuts for.

Other things might include wraps, but takes some practice to wrap up successfully!

my biggest help has been http://allrecipes.com/ - use the advanced search as it has tick boxes for diabetes so should be helpful to you too

when my son has a packed lunch( also type 1) i make a sandwich, put in a banana and a hobnob(twinks recipe of course)

he is also a slow eater, and wont go near certain foods now.

if he isnt eating his sandwich every day, i find that ds1 gets like that when he is getting bored of the same thing every day, maybe vary what you give him each day, maybe a different filling in the sandwich.

you could make up some pasta etc and keep it in a wee pot for him to have at lunch.

did you join the cwd email list, loads of parents on there with questions just like this one, loads of info about carbs etc

susie

I'd try to keep things to a single mouthful or two bites at most, so there's not too much to eat at once.
C0cktail sausages are good, or a normal cooked sausage cut ito bite sized pieces. You could make a "kebab" with them, alternating a piece of sausage with a cube of cheese or a cherry tomato.
You could cook a whole gammon joint from the supermarket & cube that up as well instead of slicing it as a change from sausage or chicken pieces.

Shortie wrote: »

Yes, sorry you're totally right thee that he needs plenty of carbs still

Thing is he's not old enough yet to change his doses etc and I can't expect the school to change the insulin daily for me (we were advised to keep things as simple as poss for school which I can understand why) and he has plenty of carbs for breakfast and dinner (weetabix, pastas etc).

I think it's because I don't want to keep changing the goal posts for the school that the lunchtime food Monday - Friday has become a bit of an issue for me...

I totally understand. I actually moved my daughters school to a more symathetic one for her needs (the old school gave her sugar free squash after I said she was sensative and wondered why she wasn't mixing with the kids when she was soiling herself, she was diagnosed and I hit the roof just after with official complaints)

The thing with diabetes, especially type 1 isnt exactly so much as just limitation, but moderation too.

If you are giving high carbs at breakfast and tea thats what his body will get used too, so at lunchtime all he needs is basically a little snack to top up the carbs mid day.

I suggest dont change actually, as this is the little 'routine' his body is settling into, and its not a bad one at all.

You might actually want to ask little man about the ideas and if he would like to try them, what seems like a boring sandwich, yogurt and a few raisins to you might be comforting and routine for him, opening up another level of emotional change which, as I have seen with my step dad, can effect blood sugar levels.

Your doing a good job btw! Im sure hes going to grow into a lovely young man