A weird disease healed by creamcheese

or three-year-old Fields Taylor, cream cheese is a staple in her diet. Although this type of diet might sound disgusting to many people especially since it is for such a young girl, Taylor needs it to help her function as normally as possible. Taylor, who is from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire in England, suffers from a rare condition known as GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome.

GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome has only been confirmed in around 300 cases since its discovery in 1991. There are currently 25 people from the United Kingdom who has this genetic disorder. People with GLUT1 Deficiency Syndrome have a defect in the gene SLC2C1, which is responsible for producing the glucose transport protein type 1. This particular protein is in charge of transporting glucose, or sugar, from the blood and into the cells for energy. Since this defect prevents the cells from getting glucose, the brain ends up having no fuel to function. This leads to several symptoms that range from seizures and learning disorders to speech impairments and muscle twitches.