Adriana Duelo
Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist
Born in Barcelona, Adriana Duelo is a graduate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University Ramon Llull, Master in Nutrition and Public Health from the UOC and Predoctoral Researcher in the University of Barcelona, in the Bioactive Food Amines and Polyamines group. She is a member of the International Society of DAO Deficiency Scientific Committee and participates actively in the clinical and scientific advances of this metabolic disorder of histamine. Both his final degree project (2011) and his final master’s degree (2017) were devoted to the DAO deficiency enzyme and its treatment. She is a member of the Dietitians and Nutritionists Association of Catalonia and the Health & Care Professions Council in the UK. She has worked in different organizations such as the Football Club Barcelona, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, SANOFI-Diabetes, ASICS, STADA, the endocrinology and nutrition CPEN Group and the medical sports centre Sportcat. Currently she manages the AD Dietistas team and she is the Founder & Global Director of the International Institute of DAO Deficiency. For 13 years, she has been dedicated to private practice specializing in histamine excess due to DAO deficiency and to scientific dissemination.
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Sara Sánchez
Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist
Born in Barcelona, Sara Sánchez has a degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Barcelona. She is a member of the College of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Catalonia. She has done her final degree project on the role of short chain fatty acids in the intestinal microbiota. She has participated, through a collaboration grant, in the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology of the University of Barcelona. Currently, she is pursuing a master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition and Endocrinology from the Institute of Nutrition and Health Sciences (ICNS). She collaborates with different health professionals to be able to approach food and nutrition in a multidisciplinary way, in addition to dedicating herself to private practice. She currently engages in private practice and collaborates with AD Dietistas creating and disseminating scientific content and attending patients with DAO deficiency.
Marina Berbel
Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist
Born in Barcelona, Marina Berbel is a graduate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Barcelona, post-graduate in Pharmacology, Nutrition and Sports Supplements from the University of Barcelona – IL3 and ISAK I. She is a member of the Dietitians and Nutritionists Association of Catalonia. She has worked in collaboration with the endocrine team for Teknon and Diagonal Clinic and she has participated in clinical studies on diabetes for companies such as SANOFI, ICON and Lilly. Currently she engages in private practice specializing in DAO deficiency and sports nutrition.
Hélène Mantecon
Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist
Born in Toulouse, Hélène Mantecon has a degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Navarra, Master’s in Nutrition and Health and a specialization in Global Health from Harvard University. She has more than 10 years of experience both at the hospital level and in private practice. She has also collaborated in nutritional programs in populations at risk on the African continent (In Central Africa: Burundi, Rwanda and Congo, and in the Sahel zone: Mauritania and Senegal). She currently engages in private practice specialized in DAO deficiency (but also in weight control, weight loss, eating disorders, nutritional education, food intolerances and pediatric nutrition), promoting good lifestyle habits and harmony between the person, their well-being and their diet. Hélène speaks fluent French (native language).
Maria Navas
Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist
Born in Barcelona, Maria Navas is a graduate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Barcelona and she has a Master’s degree in Microbiota, Prebiotics and Probiotics from the European University. Maria is a specialist in Women’s Hormonal Health and Digestive Pathologies. She currently practices in private practice and her practice focuses on hormonal alterations, fertility, pregnancy and menopause, as well as DAO deficiency and associations linked between this metabolic disorder and endometriosis. Maria speaks fluent English and French.
Gemma Peralta
Clinical psychologist
Born in Barcelona, Gemma Peralta is a graduate in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She completed a post-graduate course in Education of patients with chronic diseases in Grimmetz, Switzerland. His specialty is focused on psychological intervention in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, food intolerances, weight loss and the accompaniment to chronic diseases in private multidisciplinary units (FRCiF and MentBarcelona). She teaches at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in the postgraduate courses in Health Psychology and in the postgraduate course in Nursing Health Education at the University of Barcelona. Currently she is studying the doctorate programme.
Claudia Gómez
Clinical psychologist
Born in Barcelona, Claudia Gómez is a graduate in Psychology from the University of Barcelona. She did a master’s degree in adult clinical psychopathology, is certified by the EMDR Institute and is a specialist in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. On the other hand, she has a master’s degree in personal and executive coaching from the ESC. She is currently engaged in private practice at MentBarcelona and AD Dietistas. She also performs assisted therapies with horses and assisted coaching processes with both personal and corporate horses.