Should children with AGS consume a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet?
No. Most children with AGS need to consume high calorie diets to optimize growth and make up for the excess fat lost in their stools. Dietary recommendations for children with AGS will depend on several factors including stage and severity of liver disease and other organ involvements (such as kidney disease). Therefore, specific recommendations should come from your child’s physician and/or dietitian. However, because fat is the most concentrated source of calories, it is difficult to consume a high calorie diet that is low in fat and it is not recommended that children with AGS restrict fat. Also a low cholesterol diet is not necessary. People get cholesterol in two ways. The body, mainly the liver, produces varying amounts of cholesterol and foods can also contain cholesterol. Because children with AGS have a problem with their liver, eliminating cholesterol from the diet will not correct the problem. Reviewed by: Binita M.
