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Intelligent Approaches for Developing Knowledge-Based System for Diabetes Diet
Published in Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Innovative Smart Healthcare and Bio-Medical Systems, 2020
Ibrahim M. Ahmed, Marco Alfonse, Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem
The diet for a diabetic patient is in principle no different from the diet considered healthy for the population as a whole [11]. Diabetic diet is simply a balanced healthy diet that is vital for diabetes treatment. The regulation of blood sugar in the nondiabetic is automatic, adjusting to whatever foods are eaten. However, for the diabetic, extra caution is needed to balance the food intake with exercise, insulin injections, and any other glucose altering activity. This helps diabetic patients to maintain the desirable weight and control their glucose level in their blood. It also helps to prevent diabetes patients from heart and blood vessel-related diseases [12].
Clinical Problems Associated with Diabetes Mellitus
Published in Grant N. Pierce, Robert E. Beamish, Naranjan S. Dhalla, Heart Dysfunction in Diabetes, 2019
Grant N. Pierce, Robert E. Beamish, Naranjan S. Dhalla
Ingestion of large quantities of sugar is not diabetogenic.3 Rather, diabetes is associated with total caloric ingestion.3 Carbohydrate ingestion has been associated with depressed cholesterol synthesis in the diabetic rat.128 It has been recommended that carbohydrates should remain at least 50 to 60% of the caloric composition of the diabetic diet.101,102 Alcohol consumption is not advisable because of caloric considerations and the increased chance of hypoglycemia.71 Although the fat content of the diabetic diet in the past was substantial, only about one third of the total caloric intake should be fat.71 The increased importance attached to complex carbohydrates and protein in the diet of diabetics coupled with the atherogenic properties of fats have led to recommendations for a reduction in the fat content of the diet. The diet for diabetic patients should be 17% protein.71 However, recently it has become known that protein ingestion will stimulate insulin secretion and retard the rise in plasma glucose concentration in diabetic persons.106 This effect was demonstrated whether or not a carbohydrate load accompanied the protein106 It has been suggested, but still needs to be tested, whether the inclusion of protein in a meal may aid in glucose homeostasis in diabetic patients.106
Health Care in Prisons *
Published in Andrew Stevens, James Raftery, Jonathan Mant, Sue Simpson, Health Care Needs Assessment, 2018
Tom Marshall, Sue Simpson, Andrew Stevens
Again, self-care will be important in the management of diabetes. Patients with diabetes need to understand the importance of adhering to their diabetic diet, will need to monitor their own blood sugar and (in the case of insulin-dependent diabetes) may need to adjust their dose of insulin in response to this. They also need to be aware of the symptoms of impending hypoglycaemia so that they can take appropriate steps to avoid it. It may also be important for other prison officers and prisoners to recognise the signs of hypoglycaemia, so that they can act to prevent diabetic coma.
Perception of proposed preliminary food-based dietary guidelines for Lake Victoria region of Kenya: findings from a qualitative study among adult community members
Published in South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2023
EC Korir, PJ Tuitoek, D Marais
The ‘whole cereal grains’, translated to mean ‘locally milled flour’ was described as ‘heavy’, having ‘more energy’ with enhanced ‘satiety’. The high fibre content in the locally milled flour is likely to increase bulk in meals, delay digestion, give a feeling of fullness for a longer time and thus delay the onset of hunger pangs. Alongside the locally milled flour, traditional foods such as cassava and bananas were described as ‘natural’, ‘harvested directly from the farm’ ‘without chemicals’. Similarly, the use of water treatment chemicals was associated with harm. The ‘naturalness’ characteristic of food has been noted as important in people’s perceptions of healthy eating.19 Although the participants linked the dietary shifts to emerging diseases including diabetes, the consumption of traditional foods was viewed as a diabetic diet and not a healthy eating choice. It may be necessary to incorporate simple explanations of benefits accrued from adherence to the FBDGs when developing educational materials for the community.
Reduced Diabetes Medication Needs With a Plant-Based Diet
Published in Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2020
This reduced need for medication after changing to a plant-based diet has also been observed in three other subsequent studies (22–24). In 2009, Barnard and colleagues published a low-fat, plant-based diet intervention study including 49 patients in the vegan intervention group (22). For a total duration of 74 weeks, the authors compared a low-fat plant-based diet to a conventional diabetes diet proposed by the American Diabetes Association back in 2003. More than two-thirds of the included study subjects experienced an alteration in their diabetes medication and a net 74-week dosage reduction was observed in more than one-third of the included individuals (see Table 1).
A meta-analysis of the association between diabetic patients and AVF failure in dialysis
Published in Renal Failure, 2018
Yan Yan, Dan Ye, Liu Yang, Wen Ye, Dandan Zhan, Li Zhang, Jun Xiao, Yan Zeng, Qinkai Chen
About definitions. Diabetes mellitus was considered to be present if the patient was on a diabetic diet, current use of hypoglycemic medication, use of insulin or when the diagnosis was recorded in a medical status, or if the fasting plasma glucose exceeded 140 mg/dl. AVF failure was defined as primary non-function due to thrombosis (before puncturing) or non-maturation [3]. Vascular access thrombosis (VAT) was defined as a lack of blood flow diagnosed by palpation and auscultation. The presence of thrombus was confirmed by surgery or angiography.