Nowadays, most hospitals have a nutrition department to provide appropriate diets for each specialty and patient, thereby supporting treatment and helping to be more successful in treating diseases, especially chronic kidney disease, cancer, diabetes...
Today, October 21, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam Chief Nursing Club coordinated with Vinamilk and doctors and nutrition experts to organize a training course on "Nutritional care for patients with pathological conditions and continue to effectively implement Circular 31/2021/TT-BYT regulating nursing activities in hospitals".
There are 300 students who are experts, nutritionists, medical staff from hospitals and schools in the country. The purpose is to share knowledge and experience in nutritional care for each group of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic kidney disease, etc.
According to Dr. Hoang Van Thanh, Chairman of the Vietnam Chief Nursing Club, nutrition for patients, especially those with underlying diseases, is very important. A balanced and reasonable diet will help patients shorten their treatment time.
Green vegetables are foods often recommended for every meal, providing vitamins, fiber...
Nutritional control in chronic kidney disease
According to Dr. Luu Ngan Tam, Head of the Department of Nutrition, Cho Ray Hospital, the function of the kidney is to remove excess water and waste from the body; regulate minerals in the body such as sodium, potassium, phosphorus, calcium; synthesize and release endocrine factors to help regulate blood pressure, help absorb calcium...
Dr. Luu Ngan Tam said that for people with chronic kidney disease, it is necessary to limit protein in the diet, which will help improve symptoms of increased blood urea such as: nausea, headache, fatigue. Reduce phosphorus in foods such as: egg yolks, animal organs, dry foods...
For people with chronic kidney disease, use less than 5 grams of salt/day/person, do not add salt or fish sauce to meals. Limit fish sauce, pickles, and canned foods.
For a snack, you can have a bowl of sweet potato porridge - containing 60 grams of sweet potato, 15 grams of sugar, 20 grams of coconut milk - which will provide 1 gram of protein and 80 grams of potassium.
Or as a snack for people with chronic kidney disease, you can have a bowl of egg soup - cooked from 10 grams of eggs, 10 grams of straw mushrooms, 30 grams of tapioca starch - which will provide 1.9 grams of protein.
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