‘Every meal is a challenge’: Co Armagh dad highlights daily reality of rare PKU condition affecting NI families

A Co Armagh father has shared his family’s experience of raising a son with phenylketonuria (PKU) as pharmaceutical company ...
Medical News Today

What to include and avoid in a phenylketonuria diet

People with phenylketonuria cannot break down a substance in food called phenylalanine. Following a phenylketonuria diet is the main treatment for preventing serious symptoms. People with ...
MedPage Today

Long-Term Effects of PKU: Do Diet and Lifestyle Preserve Bone Health?

—Researchers in Germany recently analyzed several parameters related to bone metabolism in plasma, serum, and urine—as well as tracked dietary habits and lifestyle factors—in a cohort of adults with ...
Nature

Dietary patterns, cost and compliance with low-protein diet of phenylketonuria and other inherited metabolic diseases

Phenylketonuria (PKU) and several other inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) require a lifelong low-protein diet (LPD), otherwise they lead to many health complications. LPDs, however, carry a ...