Phenylketonuria

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Today’s post has nothing to do with clothes, shoes, jewelry, or really anything fun.

Today I’m going to talk about Phenylketonuria or PKU, a condition in which your body can’t break down an amino acid called phenylalanine. Amino acids help build protein in your body. Without treatment, phenylalanine builds up in the blood and causes health problems.

Awareness of PKU is important to me because of my best friends in the world has 3 children with the disorder.

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