Rare genetic disorder leads Holladay family to healthy eating habits

Published: Sunday, Dec. 2 2012 5:28 p.m. MST

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Making sure kids eat their vegetables is hard enough for some moms, but watching, weighing and measuring every morsel of everything they eat is another story.

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cuttinocat5

Seattle, WA

Great article! My wife and I are native Utahns living in Seattle, and we have a wonderful son who was diagnosed with PKU in January of 2012 (he's about 11 months old now). Articles like this are great for increasing PKU awareness and will More..

12:02 p.m. Dec. 3, 2012
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andyjaggy

American Fork, UT

What really got me was the limited spices and seasoning. Ouch. I could go meat/dairy/egg free if I had to, but I don't think I could give up my spices.

9:59 a.m. Dec. 3, 2012
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Eliot

Santaquin, UT

This is a very informative article on PKU which is one of the best examples of the benefits of metabolic screening of newborns. Genetic testing can also be done on prospective parents to determine if they are carriers. One part of this article that More..

1:12 p.m. Dec. 3, 2012
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