CASE STUDY & SUCCESS STORIES
Name: Deven
Age: 57 yrs.
Sex: Male
BMI: 32 kg/m2
Case history: Devender is a Kidney transplant patient and approached us to lower his high sugar levels as he was afraid that the high dosage of medications that he was taking to control high sugar levels would impact his kidneys adversely. His HbA1c level was 7.4 however, this was being managed by taking 16 units of insulin in the morning, 10 units in the afternoon, and 10 units at the night. He used to suffer from UTI quite frequently which depicted that his overall immunity was very low.
Diagnosis: Blood reports, dietary recall and lifestyle pattern. His urine reports showed presence of pus cells in the urine thus, indicating diabetes-related kidney problems. In addition, his creatinine levels were 1.1 which indicated that his food habits and lifestyle was impacting his kidneys.
Treatment best clinical nutritionist / dietician in Hyderabad India: Since he got his kidney transplanted, we gave him low glycaemic load foods with whole grains. We suggested him to have only 0.7 grams of protein per ideal body weight in order to make his kidney feel lighter by reducing burden on it and at the same time ensuring that his body was getting adequate amino acids that would help with long term good health. We provided him with efficient & complete vegetarian protein diet that was available in his home. We further included good fats in his diet which helped him to remain full for hours. We advised him to have fruits that had low glucose such as papaya, berries, guava, apples, etc. combined with omega-rich seeds and vegan protein hemp milk to reduce his insulin spikes.
