HeMan:

How do you make lactose-free ice cream?  Add lactase to it?

And strictly speaking, dextrose is glucose AFAIK...the stereoisomer is L-glucose, which is not found in nature.  Right?

I actually have a bag of dextrose (from the brewery store) that I use to sweeten things instead of table sugar.  No, it's not "paleo" -- but there are several sauces that taste better with some sweetness to them, and honey (as well as being basically HFCS, metabolically) just makes things taste like honey.  I'm definitely on the neo-paleo end of the spectrum vs. the re-enactment end of the spectrum.

I'm also physically active enough (as you are, from the sound of things) that some amount of carbohydrate keeps my glycogen stores up.  But I still get the majority of my calories from fat.

JS

PrimalNut:

Good question.  Anyone know any old mortuary workers?

Of course, the additional fat mass is a second uncontrolled variable.

JS

Susan:

Tell the doctors and nurses that since so much breakfast cereal is sugar-frosted junk marketed directly to kids (a fact they can't dispute), you've decided it's safer not to give her a taste for cereal — even "healthy" cereal — as a familiar comfort food.  It's a very short step from "healthy" Corn Flakes to Sugar Frosted Flakes, and subsequently to temper tantrums.

For the daycare provider, try to spin it positively instead of negatively.  Tell them that your child is much healthier, sleeps better, and behaves better at home when she always eats food containing complete protein (instead of the bread, cake, cookies, and other carb-heavy, no-protein snacks typically served to kids).  I'm not a fan of claiming gluten intolerance, because then they'll just serve Rice Chex and Corn Pops.

If they absolutely won't let you give your daughter snacks to take with her, then give them an ultimatum.  If they still won't budge, find another daycare.  They're not the friggin' Food Police.

Most importantly, be calm yet firm.  You'll be told over and over that you're ENDANGERING THE HEALTH OF YOUR CHILD!!1!!1! by not feeding her sugary pablum and gluten-based junk.  

First, you have the right to raise your child as you see fit.  Period.  End of discussion.

Second, if they persist in trying to make the "logical" nutrition argument, ask them "So what essential nutrients are in cereal that aren't found in far greater quantities in natural, whole, unprocessed foods (these are great words to use) like eggs, vegetables, and meat?"  "We're all supposed to avoid the center of the grocery store and eat more vegetables, right?  I'm starting her out with good eating habits, so her 'comfort foods' later in life are healthy — not candy, cake, cookies, or McDonalds."

You can make the same argument for "hearthealthywholegrains": what nutrients aren't found in far greater quantities in natural, whole, unprocessed foods?

But remember, it's not about logic.  You won't convince anyone that you're correct.  The best you can hope for is acceptance — convincing them that you're not insane – and that you're doing this for good reasons that don't involve being part of a weird religious cult.

JS

Walter Stuart:

One egg is a big improvement over zero eggs, to be sure.  

I agree with you.  Institutional diets are a crime -- and that goes for schools as well as hospitals and nursing homes.  We've turned the helpless and dependent into grain disposal units.  

As Dr. Anastasia quotes: "Mrs Carmody’s sugar is 33mmols. Of course she had toast and margarine, and marmalade, and cornflakes, and skim milk, and apple juice for breakfast. It’s a standard diabetic diet."

JS