Foods Cannot Eat For Patients With Diabetic Nephropathy
2013-10-07 16:02
Diabetic Nephropathy is a secondary kidney disease caused by long-term development of diabetes. It can not be cured, but can be controlled effectively and also its progression can be stopped, at least delayed. To achieve this goal, knowing what foods can not eat is very essential for patients.
What foods can not eat for patients with diabetic nephropathy?
1. Foods with high salt or sodium: patients with diabetic nephropathy can not eat the foods which are containing high salt or sodium. Because salt or sodium can increase patients’ blood pressure. And it can build up in the body, leading to swelling in the body. So patients can not eat pickled or processed foods with high salt, such as pickles, ham, can, bacon, salami, etc.
2. The foods which can lead to hyperlipidemia: For patients with diabetic nephropathy, hyperlipidemia can cause arteriosclerotic heart disease and increase the burden of kidneys. For this reason, staying far away from foods high in fat like pork, plant oil, walnut meat, pine nut, sesame, etc. is necessary.
3. Foods with high sugar: Diabetic Nephropathy is a kidney problem secondary to long-term high blood sugar, so a tight control of blood sugar is very necessary. Seeing from this pint of view, high sugar foods like chocolate, honey, soda, juice, ice cream, cake, cookies, etc. should be removed from the recipe.
4. Alcohol: drinking alcohol is bad for patients’ kidney. Alcohol can further increase patient’s high blood sugar and increases the burden of kidney. Therefore, it is necessary for Diabetic Nephropathy patients to kick habits of drinking alcohol, so that they can protect their residual kidney tissues effectively.
For patients with Diabetic Nephropathy, knowing what to eat and not to eat is an important part for controlling Diabetic Nephropathy. If you are a patient of diabetic kidney problem and have further more questions about this part, you can leave message to us directly.
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