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This is part 2 of Angela’s story on PKU and Pregnancy.... Read more
During a recent study day in London, Angela Thomas shared her experience of tackling the subject of PKU and Pregnancy.... Read more
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I thought I’d share my experiences with going off diet and my experiences with the diet in general.
As a kid, I was eating mainly carbs and fats and lots of fruit, but very small amounts. I was a tearaway with ADHD so I was burning through energy like no tomorrow. As a result, I was a pretty lean kid and my dieticians expressed concern that while I was a tall child, I was pretty light.
Tags: back on diet, PKU, Thoughts on PKU
Nutricia held another of our low protein cookery days on the 14th January 2009 at The Cookery School, London. The aim of the day was to provide Health Care Professionals (HCPs), with practical tips and advice to pass on to the patients they have who follow a restricted, low protein diet. The group was made up of mainly dietitians but there was also a dietetic chef who didn’t have much experience in this area.
Tags: cooking metabolic, Diet Tips, metabolic, metabolic awareness, metabolic disorder
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.
Tags: Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Low Protein, metabolic, metabolic awareness
On the 28th September 2008, over 100 children converged at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, to participate in a special day. What made the day so special was that the children participating had all been affected in one way or another, by an Inborn Metabolic Disease.
Tags: Add new tag, IMD, metabolic awareness, metabolic disorder
This is part three in the series for Metabolic Disease Awareness Week. It focuses on Maple Syrup Urine Disease or as it is commonly called MSUD.
MSUD has an incidence rate of 1 in 250,000 people in the UK (this is similar to the US): it is inherited in a autosomal recessive manner. This means that the parents of the affected child carry a genetic trait that causes MSUD. There is a 25% chance of having a child with MSUD if both parents are carriers.
Tags: Add new tag, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, metabolic disorder, MSUD
This blog is a place for patients, parents, families/friends and healthcare professionals to share their knowledge and their experiences of living day to day with the conditions that Nutricia provides treatments for.
It is also a place for people to openly discuss their thoughts on these conditions and how they have been affected by them.
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