Nutrition for Glycogen Storage Disease - Baby Foods: Fruit, Vegetables and Cereal

These instructions are for caregivers of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia patients who have glycogen storage disease (GSD).

Important information:

Learn more about glycogen storage disease.

Patient instructions:

• Offer your baby a variety of foods from the lists below. Avoid any tomatoes, sweet potatoes and any vegetable packaged or prepared with sugar or milk.

• Remember to read the ingredient list on all foods to make sure the food is safe for your baby. Learn more about which ingredients to avoid.

Fruits:

Avoid fruits. They contain a lot of fructose, and your baby cannot have fructose.

Vegetables:

Gerber baby foods

• Carrots

• Garden vegetables

• Green beans

• Mixed Vegetables

• Peas

• Squash

Beech Nut baby foods

• Butternut squash

• Carrots and Peas

• Country garden vegetables

• Garden vegetables

• Mixed vegetables

• Tender sweet peas

• Tender young green beans

• Tender sweet carrots

Cereals and grains safe for your child:

Gerber cereals

• Barley cereal

• Oatmeal cereal

• Rice cereal

• Mixed grain cereal

Beech Nut cereals

• Barley cereal

• Oatmeal cereal

• Rice cereal

• Multigrain cereal

Cereals to avoid:

• Any cereals, boxed or in a jar, that are mixed with fruit

• Beech Nut Good Evening cereals

• Gerber grain and fruit cereals

Reviewed on January 18, 2023, by Heather McKnight, CRNP; Nicole Stewart, RN