On the menu: Pork pie soup
A cafe owner from the Leicestershire town famous for its pork pies has come up with a new twist on the famous delicacy - pork pie soup.
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The high fat diet changing a little girl's life
A 3-year-old with a rare condition which has stopped her developing properly has been put on a special diet by doctors - with remarkable results.
Up until now Fields Taylor from Asfordby in Leicestershire has not had the energy to walk or talk but that is all starting to change after introducing more fat into her diet. Jane Hesketh reports.
High fat diet helps little girl to move around
Dieticians at the Leicester Royal Infirmary have prescribed a Ketogenic diet for three-year-old Fields Taylor which is high in fats and low in carbohydrates and sugar.
It works by forcing the brain to use fat, rather than glucose as its main source of energy.
Fields' parents, Stevie and David, have noticed a difference in her in the 3 weeks she has been on the diet. They say:
"She is much brighter and more alert. She has more energy and is more physical. She's moving around independently of us, which is great"
The family are hoping to raise £5,000 to travel to Texas and meet the doctor who discovered the syndrome. They want to find out more about it so they can help their daughter lead a normal life
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High fat diet helps girl with rare illness
The parents of a 3-year-old girl from Leicestershire who is unable to walk or talk say she's made real improvements since being put on a high fat diet.
Fields Taylor from Asfordby near Melton Mowbray has an extremely rare condition called Glut 1 Deficiency. Only 500 people in the world have been diagnosed with it.
It means her brain is starved of energy because her body can't produce the glucose it needs to grow and develop.
High fat diet could help little girl with rare illness
Fields Taylor's parents hope a special high fat diet recommended by a dietician at Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital will stimulate the parts of her brain which are not working as well as they should.
Three-year-old Fields from Melton Mowbray cannot walk or talk because of her illness.
New diet hope for girl with rare illness
Three-year-old Fields Taylor has an extremely rare condition called Glut 1 deficiency which affects only 20 people in the UK and 500 people worldwide.
The condition means she cannot walk or talk but her parents hope a special high fat diet will help her.
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Soup made of pork pie report
A cafe owner from the Midlands town made famous by the humble pork pie has turned the popular delicacy into a soup. The idea came to Nigel Keep in a "eureka" moment, as he was lying in bed.
But how will the townsfolk of Melton Mowbray cope with their traditional classic being tampered with?
Pork pie soup proves to be a big hit
A cafe owner from the Leicestershire town famous for its pork pies has come up with a new twist on the famous delicacy - pork pie soup.
Nigel Keep, who runs a coffee shop in Melton Mowbray, came up with the idea while lying in bed one night. The dish has already proved a big hit with his customers as a "winter warmer" in the run-up to Christmas.
On the menu: Pork pie soup
by Peter Bearne
A cafe owner from the Leicestershire town famous for its pork pies has come up with a new twist on the famous delicacy - pork pie soup.
Read the full storyPork pie soup sells out in Melton Mowbray
A cafe owner in Melton Mowbray has made a soup from pork pies.
The soup uses two medium sized pies from Melton Mowbray Pork Pies, the home of the pork pie, and it has been selling fast.
Nigel Keep runs the cafe and came up with the idea.
He decided to try a new twist to the local delicacy and instead of croutons on the top of the soup, he uses the pies crust.
It's been so popular that he's been sending his creation to people in York and Bradford.
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