How To Build Your Renal Diabetic Meal Plan

How To Build Your Renal Diabetic Meal Plan

I appreciate you signing up for our list!  Now, I want to tell you how to create your very own renal diabetic diet plan.

Think about what you need to eat.  Are you a small meals eater?  Do you eat breakfast?  Do you eat a large meal at lunch?  What are your favorite foods?

Start Out Thinking Like A Diabetic

As a diabetic, you should understand how many calories you need to eat.  If you are overweight (or want to lose weight), you should take your weight in kilograms (weight in pounds / 2.2) and multiply it by 25.  So, if you weigh 150 pounds, you find your weight in kilograms – 150/2.2 = 68.18 kilograms.  Then you multiply the weight in kilograms by 25 = 1704 calories per day.  So, now I know I need 1704 calories a day.  Well – round numbers – lets go with 1700.  This means that if you like to eat 3 meals and a snack, you will now divide that up through the day.

Save about 200 calories for your snack.  That makes it 1500 calories for the day.  Then you can eat 3 500 calorie meals, or two 250 calorie meals, and one 1000 calorie meal plus a snack.  Or however that works for your day.  If you like big breakfast and small lunches, work it that way.

Now, that you kind of know how you want to spread out your meals – what goes in each meal?

Now Think About Your Renal Part of the Diet

I believe you should look at your hands.  You have a palm that shows about 3 ounces of meat.  If you are on a renal diabetic diet and it’s early in your kidney disease – then 3 ounces is ok.  Even as you move to stage 3 and 4, 3 ounces a couple of times a day may be ok.  Remember, that protein is in a lot of foods.  So you are not just eating protein in your main entrée made of chicken or meats.

You also should think about how much carbohydrate you can eat.  I recommend trying for 3-4 servings of carbohydrate (or in the range of 45 – 60 grams) at a meal.  Whole grains and whole wheat are the best types of carbohydrates to eat.  These are more slowly absorbed.  Allowing your body more time to recover and adjust – your body then can release insulin and use the glucose better.

Think about the types of fruits and vegetables that you can eat.  As a renal patient, you should really limit certain types of fruits and vegetables because of the amount of potassium in them.  You should eat more of the whole fruits and vegetables (that have more fiber than processed ones) – apples, blackberries, grapes, mandarin oranges, peaches, pineapple, strawberries.  Eat more asparagus, green or wax beans, cucumber, mushrooms, peppers, lettuce and zucchini.

Another carbohydrate that you need to review and eat a minimal amount of is potatoes.  Potatoes have a high amount of potassium, and are probably more quickly absorbed so that you should eat smaller amounts of them and less often.  Eat more often the types of whole grain carbohydrates that are noodles and rice.  Brown rice is an excellent choice, and you can buy the “pre-cooked” version so that you do not have to cook it for 30 minutes.  Eating whole grain pasta is also a very good choice.  It’s going to be absorbed more slowly and raise your blood sugar more slowly.

I know that it’s hard to think through all the things that you have to consider for a renal and diabetes diet.

You have to think about how much carbohydrate you are going to eat at a meal.  In addition to that, you have to consider how much protein you eat now too!

You have a problem, and now you have a solution.  I want you to know that it’s easy to pick up our renal diabetic meal plan and get a meal pattern for the day as well as 7 different dinner meals that fit your needs every week.  You want it to be easy, so give it a try.  You also have our money back guarantee, and so it’s risk free. I want to help you out.  Go here to read about all the stuff you get and sign up now for your renal diabetic meal plan.

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  1. Peggy Russell says:

    I am so happy to have found your book on Amazon.
    I want to watch what I eat. Your diet will help me stay focused.