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Archive for November, 2008

Nutricia Ketogenic Diet Information Evening – 24/11/08

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Nutricia hosted a ketogenic diet information evening and cookery session at the Cooks Academy in Dun Laoighre on the 24th of November. The event was filled to capacity with a range of Health Care Professionals attending including, Dietitians, Clinical Nurse Specialists, a Consultant Neurologist and Diet Chefs. Mr. Kevin Rafferty, a dietitian from Nutricia Liverpool presented on “Nutritional therapy as a standard part of epilepsy care”.

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Scottish IMD day- Crieff Hydro Hotel 22/11/08

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

The beautiful Crieff Hydro Hotel was the location for what was hopefully the first of many meetings specifically aimed at people with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD) as well as their parents and carers. This meeting was to give people who live in Scotland, a chance to meet others who are similarly affected by IMD’s and Nutricia was delighted to support this event.

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Multiple Food Protein Intolerance – What is it?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

There are many misconceptions surrounding food allergies, often people have an intolerance rather than an allergy itself. A food allergy is an adverse clinical reaction to food due to any type of abnormal immune response to food protein.

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Crohn’s: Fight it with Diet

Monday, November 10th, 2008

An interesting article recently appeared in the UK based newspaper the ‘Mail on Sunday’ regarding the treatment of Crohn’s disease with diet rather than drugs. The article centres on the experiences of one man, John Maffioli.

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The life of Brugt Warnar with epilepsy.

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

My name is Brugt Warner and this is the story of me living with epilepsy. I was born on the 18th February 1943. You can see a copy of my birth certificate here:

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