3 simple questions on Phenylketonuria?

What can a PKU patient eat?
What can't a PKU patient eat?
How does a PKU patient control his disease via diet?

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Phenylketonuria (PKU) diet

A low-protein diet is the main treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU). This is because people with PKU lack an enzyme to properly process the amino acid phenylalanine, a component of protein. PKU diets generally do not contain high-protein foods such meat, eggs, and nuts, or bread and wheat products.

The PKU diet may result in certain nutritional deficiencies. It is important that everyone with PKU see a specialist for nutritional counseling. This is especially important for those considering pregnancy.

Read food labels carefully. Phenylalanine is present in all protein foods and in some nonprotein foods, such as soda pop and artificial sweeteners (for example, aspartame [such as Nutrasweet]). All foods that contain phenylalanine should have "contains phenylalanine" on the label. http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/...

What is Included in a Low Phenylalanine Food Pattern?
The diet for PKU consists of a phenylalanine-free medical formula and carefully measured amounts of fruits, vegetables, bread, pasta, and cereals. Many people who follow a low phenylalanine (phe) food pattern eat special low protein breads and pastas. They are nearly free of phe, allow greater freedom in food choices, and provide energy and variety in the food pattern.

What is Not Included in a Low Phenylalanine Food Pattern?
Foods that contain large amounts of phe must be eliminated from a low phe diet. These foods are high protein foods, such as milk, dairy products, meat, fish, chicken, eggs, beans, and nuts. These foods cause high blood phe levels for people with PKU.

A low phe diet helps most young adults with PKU to feel better and improves attention span, concentration, and memory. In general, young adults who have made these changes report that they think and feel better. The effort that it takes to bring down blood phe levels is well worth it for everyone, no matter how long they have been "off diet."
http://depts.washington.edu/pku/diet.htm...

All those can really be answered at once.

A PKU patients can't eat anything with Phenylalanine in it. They CAN eat anything that doesn't have it. They can control their disease via diet by checking the label as every product containing Phenylalanine is required to state that.

All products containing Phenylalanine should have a label that says something along the lines of
"Atention Phenylketonurics: This product contains Phenylalanine"

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It sounded very explanatory to me.

http://www.newbornscreening.info/Parents...

one simple rule is that most any thing with protien is a no. so no milk, meats, nuts, beans, ect one thing that they can is phenex

I don't know what a PKU patient CAN eat but the things they can't will usually have a warning on it. I don't know if that helps.

well first off, its not a disease, it is a metabolic disorder.
the diet is controlled by a strict low protein diet (the amount of protein varies from person to person)
after meals a special formula is given, which contains all the goodness that is lacking from the diet)
To ensure there is not to much phenylalanine in the blood, regular blood tests are taken, again, the amount varies.
fruits, vegetables, low protein breads, pastas and rice milk make up most of their diet, avoiding almost all animal products such as meat, cheese ect.
there is low protien flour and egg replacer which can be ordered allowing you to make biscuits, cakes ect.
I hope this has helped you...