Diet for Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

Question:I am 60 years old, I have been taking medicines for diabetes these years but blood sugar hasn’t been controlled very well. I was diagnosed with nephritis and sometimes suffered abdomen pain problem. Now I wonder how to treat diabetes and diet for me.

Answer: Without good control of blood sugar, diabetes can lead to many acute and chronic complications, such as eye disease, kidney disease, coronary disease, nerve and vascular disease. Once such complications occur, the disease will aggravate and it will increase difficulty in treatment. Thus, diabetes patients should insist diet, medication and exercise. They should also monitor blood sugar to prevent complications.

1. Give up smoking and drinking habit and don’t eat fruits and sugar foods. Limit staple food less than 300g every day. Combine coarse grain and flour and rice and try to eat more coarse grain as possible.

2. Supply fresh vegetables rich in dietary fiber. Due to less staple foods intake, fresh vegetables intake can be 500-1000g.

3. Limit salt intake.

4. Choose superior protein like animal protein.

5. Avoid stimulating foods such as mustard and chilli.

6. Under a certain total heat intake, milk, lean meat, eggs, fish, chicken, tomatoes, green vegetables can be chosen.