Diet is one of the most important treatments in maintaining diabetes and kidney disease. And snack foods is more and more popular in our daily life. Well, if you’ve been diagnosed with kidney disease as a result of diabetes, you may be confused which snack foods can be consumed.

Not only you restrict certain nutrients for kidney health but you must also consider carbohydrate consistency for blood glucose control. Here our dietitain can help guide you toward developing a diet plan to meet your individualized needs.

1. Several foods can be included in a renal and diabetic diet that satisfy your sweet tooth. Fresh fruit that is low in potassium can make for a healthful option. These fruits include apples, strawberries, pineapple, grapes and plums. In addition, animal crackers, vanilla wafers and graham crackers are kidney-friendly snacks that can include in moderation but may contribute high amounts of carbohydrates if you do not control portions.

2. For kidney disease with diabetes, they can choose some savory snacks which are in low sodium, such as unsalted breadsticks, air-popped popcorn seasoned with a sodium-free herb blend and so on. Because too much slat intake will aggravate high blood pressure and swelling. So keeping away from high sodium content is necessary.

However, everything has two sides and there is no exception for snack foods.

Some snacks provide too many nutrients that are otherwise restricted on a diet for people with diabetic kidney disease, such as too much sodium, phosphorus or carbohydrates. Those snack foods include chocolate, nuts, dark colas and so on.

If you were happen to be a kidney disease with diabetes, I am sure that you should know simple diet plan is not enough to repair kidney damage from the root. Well then, what else can you do? You might as well try Hot Compress Therapy, Blood Pollution Therapy or Circle Therapy, etc. Any questions, please email us to renal-disease@hotmail.com