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  • Maternal PKU – Part 2: Twins

    This is part 2 of Angela’s story on PKU and Pregnancy.... Read more

  • Maternal PKU – Part 1

    During a recent study day in London, Angela Thomas shared her experience of tackling the subject of PKU and Pregnancy.... Read more

  • Specific nutrition as an integrated part of pressure ulcer care

    Pressure ulcers are a common problem in all healthcare sectors, affecting quality of life and increasing healthcare costs. Providing sufficient amounts of protein... Read more

  • Targeting immunity: an illustration of HIV disease

    Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in progressive destruction of the immune system, ultimately resulting in opportunistic infections and AIDS. HIV-infection, affecting 40 million ... Read more

  • Immunopharmacology of non-digestible carbohydrates, a breakthrough for clinical nutrition?

    Early in human history, nutrition and pharmacology were closely linked as people derived their medicines ... Read more

Archive for the ‘General Nutrition’ Category

Crohns – Getting the diagnosis right

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease three years ago when I was 15, but I had been very sick for many years before I received that diagnosis. I always felt extremely weak and tired, was in a lot of pain, and had low blood counts. I also got dizzy a lot and would often have to throw up.

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What is the ketogenic diet?

Friday, July 4th, 2008

It’s Friday and I want to have some fun- so I’m going to post about the ketogenic diet. I’ll introduce the concept of dietary treatment of epilepsy now. I’ll discuss how these diets might be working in a later post. Of course, I’m no doctor and most of this info has come from research I’ve done on the web so please feel free to correct me if you don’t agree with anything. 

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A single mothers perspective on PKU. Part IV: What happens next?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Time seemed to have stopped after I was told that my baby had PKU. The midwife had gone and it had only just sunk in. I now had so many questions but where do I get the answers: there was no internet in those days.

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Phenylketonuria

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

HOW IS THIS DISEASE PASSED ON?

The metabolic disease phenylketonuria (PKU) is transferred to people through the genes they inherit from their parents. There have been cases of metabolic diseases being caused from the over consumption of a certain food and also via exposure to drugs that have caused a dormant gene to become active. This is exceptionally rare though and diseases such as PKU are detected at birth.

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PKU and other metabolic diseases, now and then…

Sunday, June 29th, 2008
    As part of meatbolic awareness week over in the UK, I thought I’d write this blog for people who want to know more about meatbolic diseases and what we, as medics, hope the future holds for them.

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Metabolic Awareness Week

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The 29th of June sees the advent of another Metabolic Awareness Week (from CLIMB) in the UK. As a dietetic student with a keen interest in this field, I wanted to take the opportunity of sharing my thoughts on the subject. I will write a series of articles over the coming days to help increase the exposure of Inborn Metabolic Disorders.

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Welcome to the Nutricia Blog

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

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