STOWE, Vt. (WCAX) – In 2019, greater than 700 Vermonters have been identified with Lyme illness. A household in Stowe say they’re efficiently managing the tick-born illness with a strict weight loss program.
“It was this factor the place all of us stored getting it, so it was scary,” mentioned 11-year-old Julie Glowac of Stowe.
Julie and her 8-year-old brother Trevor have been battling Lyme illness for years, and now, the 2 are testing detrimental after years of therapy.
“It nonetheless makes me nervous generally realizing that it’s by no means absolutely gone. It’s all the time going to be in you. It nonetheless makes me nervous generally,” mentioned Julie.
“I don’t need to eat sugar — properly, I do need to eat sugar, however I can’t as a result of my Lyme illness would come again,” mentioned Trevor.
Christina Glowac, the pair’s mom, has Lyme illness, as properly.
She says a restrictive weight loss program is a big a part of therapy and has been particularly useful of their family.
“There’s a college of thought that if you happen to catch it and do one cycle of antibiotics, you’ll be higher, and that isn’t essentially what this appears like. It’s so much to deal with Lyme illness. We’ve carried out so much particular to weight loss program, we’ve carried out natural therapies,” mentioned Glowac.
Glowac says Trevor obtained identified when he was 4 years previous and didn’t fairly perceive why he might not take pleasure in conventional sweets.
She began calling wholesome meals ‘ninja meals’ to do away with the ‘Lyme Bugs’ and says the idea caught on quick.
“My brother had a tough time with the truth that he couldn’t eat some issues that he wished to eat,” Julie mentioned. “My mother discovered ‘ninja meals,’ which was a method for him to get enthusiastic about what he wished to eat.”
Glowac says she wished to determine the way to make desserts with the dietary restrictions they needed to observe.
“We actually spent a variety of time within the kitchen determining the recipes so he would eat them,” mentioned Glowac.
And thus, the youngsters’s guide ‘Ninja Meals’ was born.
The guide teaches readers the idea of ‘ninja meals’ and shares what meals are included in a restrictive weight loss program and which aren’t.
“They assist me perceive what I might eat and what I couldn’t eat,” mentioned Trevor.
It additionally shares dessert recipes so people can see the way to get inventive within the kitchen just like the Glowacs.
“We would like this to be in all of the ready rooms of the hospitals of the docs workplaces. I would like when kids meet with nutritionists, that is one thing they’re recommending,” mentioned Glowac.
“I assumed it was a enjoyable thought and that it might assist different children however not simply children with Lyme illness, children with most cancers and different sicknesses,” mentioned Trevor.
After being within the works for round a yr, Glowac says they’re midway in direction of their fundraising goal, and as soon as they attain that objective, they’ll have the ability to publish the guide.
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