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What's worse than the well documented side effects of Ozempic!
@A DiabetesTeam Member Thank you White. As of now my kidneys are fine as my PCP gives me a blood work up every three months. Most medications have deleterious side-effects and if we choose to live in fear we wouldn't try any of them. But, it is always wise to monitor oneself. I'm being moderate but I am focusing on protein and fiber rich foods. If this causes a problem somewhere down the line of course I will address it.
As a now retire dialysis nurse. If you have kidney failure or are on dialysis you will have to be careful on how much protein to eat. Usually a Nephrology dietician can help you with that. Most protein sources such as meat have 0 to very low Carbs but read the nutrition label in case they added ingredients such as marinated meat.
This site you can look through the different tabs. As Kidney failure diet is total oposite to diabetic diet. Some examples are :
Diabetic diet = nothing white as in bread, pasta, potatoes, rice
Kidney diet = everything white
There are also other diet restrictions for renal failre so again look through the website I will post the link on the different stages. I know for a fact, as we dialysis nurse had to learn what to teach patients who were on evening shift dialysis about the restrictions in diet as most patients started dialysis in evenings and dieticians were not available, so we were taught the important potassium and phosphate restrictions and a few others.
Now some patients who started dialysis and were diabetic had kidney failure for up to 30 yrs prior to starting dialysis, the reason they postponed dialysis for so long is because they followed the kidney diet. If the kidney diet is started before stage 4 it work best. As you go up stages of renal failure the diet gets more restrictive, especially if you start dialysis as then you have even more restrictions. People with kidney failure (and especially those with heart diseases) require fluid restrictions, if on dialysis the fluid restrictions are even greater as in not having more then 1 litre of fluid per day, this icludes pudding, jello, ice cream, soups and some fruit (ex water melon is called that because of its high contents of water, it also has high potassium so dialysis patients should avoid these foods.
If you have kidney failure it would be good to follow the kidney diet to slow down the progression of this disease, if you are both diabetic and in renal failure it is extremely important to start the kidney diet, as kidney failure only progresses with time, but diabetes can be managed with medications, kidney failure cannot. So ask your doctor or nephrologist yo have you meet with a dietician (there are some specialized in kidney failure).
As I mentioned it is important to follow the kidney failure diet to prevent your kidneys from progressing towards requiring dialysis, if you find that diet difficult to follow, then your kidneys will fail further, you will one day have to make the choice as to protecting your kidneys and control diabetes wirth medications if need be, or end up on dialysis. Believe me the dialysis diet is extremely restrictive in so many foods and fluids.The protein will also be even further restricted if you end up on dialysis.
https://www.freseniuskidneycare.com/kidney-dise...
Unless you are having kidney issues !
@A DiabetesTeam Member...Adequate protein is essential for all body functions..
0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight is considered minimum especially for seniors. More would vary on personal health requirements and activity levels.
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