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mneville
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Our CF center had a speaker from a CF center in Mt Sinai do a presentation the other night. Her whole beginning was about how many extra calories and fat a CFer with PI needs. All info about how the BMI affects the FEV ect..High fat, high calories, supplements, G tubes...
Then she took a drastic turn and said, "now what has all this high fat, junk food done to the CFers?" And she talked all about CFRD and its prevalence that seems to be tied to the high fat junk food diet. So she proposes the Mediterranean Diet. No processed foods, no trans fat ect....
Even our CF doc and nurse were blindsided by her turn around. Those without CFRD- are you warned by your docs about the high fat causing CFRD? I am totally confused because Aidan eats alot of Fat. As a result, he is at the 90% in weight as a Double Delta. Do I cut back on the fat? A two year old doesn't eat alot so I try to pack as many calories in a bite as I can. At our trip to Warwick, he also told me that I should be more concerned about CFRD than CF and don't worry about the high fat diet??
Megan
Then she took a drastic turn and said, "now what has all this high fat, junk food done to the CFers?" And she talked all about CFRD and its prevalence that seems to be tied to the high fat junk food diet. So she proposes the Mediterranean Diet. No processed foods, no trans fat ect....
Even our CF doc and nurse were blindsided by her turn around. Those without CFRD- are you warned by your docs about the high fat causing CFRD? I am totally confused because Aidan eats alot of Fat. As a result, he is at the 90% in weight as a Double Delta. Do I cut back on the fat? A two year old doesn't eat alot so I try to pack as many calories in a bite as I can. At our trip to Warwick, he also told me that I should be more concerned about CFRD than CF and don't worry about the high fat diet??
Megan