We are delighted to announce that we have put funding in place for a brand new adult service at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin. This will not only benefit adults that are desperately wanting to try ketogenic therapy for their drug resistant epilepsy, but will also free up more places in the paediatric services [...]
Matthew's Friends Competition We are absolutely delighted to announce the launch of a brand new competition. Running until the 31st December 2016, we are giving one of our followers in the UK the chance to win an Amazon gift card worth £200!!! The winner gets: £200 Amazon gift card absolutely FREE & it could not be easier to [...]
Our Keto Cook Mo brings some new recipes from the Matthew’s Friends KetoKitchen and this series our charity founder and Matthew’s Mum, Emma Williams MBE, shows us her own Keto tips! Special guests feature also, to bring a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to any one starting out on their Ketogenic journey, or to inspire [...]
The Summer newsletter is now available to download. This edition includes features on the following: Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome: Diagnosis and New Treatments The Difference Our Keto Support Line Makes Ultragenyx Announce New Studies for Glut 1 You can download this newsletter, along with all previous newsletters at our newsletters page. > Go To The Newsletters [...]
We are very pleased and excited to announce the launch of the new version EKM (Electronic Ketogenic Manager)! Release Date: 31st May 2016 Through our charity fundraising and donations, we have been able to fund these updates and changes to EKM and benefit all patients on a prescribed Ketogenic therapy, including the introduction of EKM-Mobile. [...]
Saturday the 9th July 2016 is a momentous day for the Footprint family and Shenise in particular! On this day, Shenise takes to the skies to perform a 'wing walk' in an effort to raise money for a truly excellent cause. To make a donation, please visit the following link to submit your details - https://www.justgiving.com/shenisewingwalking For [...]
By Eric Kossoff MD The 14th Biannual International Child Neurology Congress was recently held in early May in the beautiful city of Amsterdam. Although traditionally there has not been much in the way of ketogenic diet content at this meeting (compared to American Epilepsy Society meetings for example), this year was an exception. On the [...]
The brand new 6th edition of this amazing book is now available to pre-order in the UK! (via the link below) Matthew’s Friends will be giving 6 copies away freely in celebration - watch this space to find out how! Huge congratulations to the team and thanks to our special friend Dr Kossoff for this [...]
1st Annual Conference on Nutritional Ketosis and Metabolic Therapeutics January 28-30th 2016, University of South Florida By Sue Wood RD An exciting new gathering in the world of ketogenic therapy; this conference brought together a range of speakers from the world of ketogenic research and the broadening field of clinical application. It was very ably [...]
Some friendly faces that may soon be familiar to many Ketogenic patients… a new team of four chefs will soon be supporting Nutricia KetoCal cooking days and meetings around the UK. The chefs visited us recently for a day in the classroom, learning all about the different types of Ketogenic Diets, ingredients and
