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The Daisy Garland in the Media

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ITV 'This Morning' Feature 10 June 2009
Hugo and his mum Esther appeared on ITV's 'This Morning' Programme on 10th June 2009 with Dr Chris, discussing the ketogenic diet.

BBC News Feature 20 May 2009
We are very pleased to have been featured in a BBC news feature again. The item was aired three times today: lunchtime, teatime and in the evening.
BBC text: "A high-fat diet is helping a nine-year-old girl from Devon with a severe form of epilepsy enjoy a better quality of life, her family says."

BBC News Feature 19 May 2008
We have had a really nice news item aired on the BBC. It features Daisy Dietitian Alison Hill working with Lucy Murphy and her family in Devon and explaining some aspects of the Ketogenic Diet - as well as a brief appearance by our own Sara Garland.

BBC Spotlight Southwest News Interview 5 June 2007
Sara, Daisy’s mum appeared on the 6.30pm local BBC News, raising awareness of The Daisy Garland charity and getting the word out that we are now ready to fund another ‘Daisy Garland Ketogenic Dietitian' here in the South West.
The article was linked up to the success story of a local child who has been on the Ketogenic Diet for several years and is doing incredibly well. It’s sad to think that this family had to travel all the way to Great Ormond Street to start this diet.

Daily Telegraph Article June 4th 2007

We are also delighted to report that Daily Telegraph senior feature writer Cassandra Jardine has won the Epilepsy Scotland Journalist of the Year Award for her health feature 'A diet to ease the trauma of epilepsy', highlighting the Daisy Garland Ketogenic Diet.
Read more at allmediascotland.com and visit epilepsyscotland.org.uk for more information on their work.

Mail On Sunday YOU Mag Health Feature 10 June 2007

The Daisy Garland mentioned by the Mail On Sunday YOU doctor, Dr Andrew Weil.

Lucy Murphy, The Daisy Garland and The Ketogenic Diet

Lucy Murphy, 9, eats a very fatty diet to reduce her epileptic seizures The Ketogenic Diet was first developed in the 1920’s at The Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, USA. It is a mathematically calculated doctor-supervised diet which alters the body’s chemistry by simulating the metabolism of a fasting body.
The diet is high in fat and low in protein and carbohydrate, and is formulated to sustain the state of ketosis within the body. Ketosis occurs when the body principally burns fat instead of the more common energy source, carbohydrate. Ketones (the ash or residue left after the fat is burned) are concentrated in the blood and inhibit seizures. The Ketogenic Diet is a recognised and accepted therapy for children with hard to control, drug resistant epilepsy, and is recommended as a treatment in the NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) Guidelines. Trials have been run at Great Ormond Street Hospital with great success.
Sadly, due to lack of NHS funding, this diet is not widely available in the UK. To date we have funded 6 ‘Daisy Garland Ketogenic Dietitians’, with more planned to follow.

The Daisy Garland funded dietitian Alison Hill has been working with Lucy Murphy and her family in Devon.

You can help!

The Daisy Garland is a family-run, registered charity. We work incredibly hard, raising funds in order to place our 'Daisy Garland Ketogenic Dietitians' countrywide. We have no overheads or expenses, so every penny goes directly to helping children with epilepsy.
Every donation is gratefully received and if you Gift Aid your donation we receive a further 28p for every £1 you donate. Gift Aid forms are available here.