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Diet for healthy living

By Dr R Jasani

Now a days there seems to be some kind of promotion or advertisement about how to have good health using some trantric locket or taking a wonder pill that will sort out all of your life’s problems. What exactly does the phrase 'healthy living' mean? In the simplest of sense, it means...

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Diet Myths: For CKD patients

By Dr R Kumar

Myths: CKD patients should eat less. Fact: CKD patients do not need to eat less food, they only need to have correct amount of food suitable to their stage of kidney disease. Myths: CKD patients should stop protein intake. Fact: CKD patients can eat protein but amount of protein s...

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Tips for Hypertension

By Dr R Jasani

Avoid adding salt to chapattis, rice, salad, curds, etc. You can add few drops of lemon juice, vinegar, amchur, salt free tamarind pulp, salt free raw mango pulp, green chillies, mixed herbs or oregano to make food more palatable. Avoid papads, pickles, jam, jellies, sauces, etc. ...

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Tips for weight reduction.

By Dr R Jasani

Include plenty of salads and green leafy vegetables in the diet. Do not sieve the wheat flour while kneading the dough. It is advisable to include 1 – 2 servings of fruits daily in the diet. Fruits like apple should be eaten with the skin. Prefer whole fruits instead of frui...

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Tips for Diabetes

By Dr R Jasani

Avoid the use of sugar. Jaggery or honey should not be used as a substitute for sugar. Avoid all food items made up of sugar, jaggery and honey, for example, sweets, chikkis, desserts, ice-creams, chocolates, etc Reduce the consumption of rice. Instead of white rice, brown rice shou...

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Tips for Cardiac Ailments

By Dr R Jasani

The consumption of oil, ghee or butter per person per month should be restricted to half kg.  Avoid all fried items like sev, gathia, chips, vada pav, samosas, etc Avoid greasing the chapattis or bhakharis or parathas with oil or ghee. Do not add oil or ghee to rice or khichd...

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Tips for Gout

By Dr R Jasani

Also known as hyperuricemia(high uric acid in blood) Avoid chicken and mutton ( including recipes like gravies, soups, broths, sausages, etc) Avoid the following vegetables – french beans, broad beans, papdi, dried peas. Avoid fruits like chickoo and sitaphal. Avoid pulse...

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Tips for Potassium Restriction

By Dr R Jasani

Also known as Hyperkalemia Avoid using coconut based or cashewnut based gravies for vegetables.  Avoid fruit juices and coconut water Avoid using coconut based or cashewnut based gravies for vegetables. You may leach high potassium vegetables before cooking them. For leach...

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Diet Myths: For healthy lifestyle

By Dr R Jasani

Myths: Fruits contain more proteins Fact: Fruits do not provide proteins. They provide only carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Myths: Banana is a rich source of calcium. Fact: Banana is not a rich source of calcium. Best sources of calcium are milk and milk products. Myths: ...

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Diet Myths: For Diabetes Patients

By Dr R Jasani

Myths: Jaggery and honey can be used to replace sugar. Fact: In diabetic patients, jiggery or honey cannot be used as replacement of sugar as they add to equal amount of calories. Myths: Diabetic patients should avoid rice products like kurmura or poha. Fact: Diabetic patients nee...

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Diet Myths: For Renal Stone

By Dr R Jasani

Myths: Patients with stone should avoid foods containing seeds Fact: Foods containing seeds like tomato, guava, brinjal, ladies finger, etc need not be avoided by patients having kidney stones as seeds do not increase the potential of stone formation. Stones are of different types for e...

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Diet Myths: For Dialysis

By Dr R Jasani

Myths: Beetroot, dates, etc contain iron and hence they help in increasing level of hemoglobin. Fact: Beetroot, dates, etc do not contain iron, hence they cannot help in increasing hemoglobin. Myths: Salt substitutes can be used in kidney patients. Fact: Salt substitutes like low ...

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Diet Myths: For kidney transplant

By Dr R Jasani

Myths: Transplant patients need to avoid high protein foods. Fact: After transplant, body needs more amount of proteins to help in healing and hence, protein does not need to be limited. In Fact, for the first six weeks, protein consumption needs to be increased. Myths: Transplant...

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Tips for low sodium diet.

By Dr R Jasani

Tips for decreasing dietary sodium. Avoid adding salt to chapattis, rice, salad, curds, etc. You can add few drops of lemon juice, vinegar, amchur, salt free tamarind pulp, salt free raw mango pulp, green chillies, mixed herbs or oregano to make food more palatable. Avoid papads,...

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Diet for hypertension

By Dr R Jasani

What is hypertension? Hypertension refers to raised blood pressure. The optimal level of blood pressure in adults is < 120/80. There are several factors that increase risk of hypertension, they are: Family history, Overweight, African American ancestry, Excessi...

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Diet for Hemodialysis

By Dr R Jasani

What is hemodialysis? Hemodialysis involves clearing of blood toxins with help of a machine wherein the impure blood goes into the machine, it gets purified and then is sent back to the body. This procedure is carried out thrice in a week for a period of four hours. In this procedure, b...

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Diet post kidney transplant

By Dr R Jasani

What type of diet should be taken post kidney transplant? Diet for first six weeks post kidney transplant: Nutritional demands of the body are different during the first 4 - 6 weeks post kidney transplant. During this stage, body requires higher proteins as well as c...

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Diet for peritoneal dialysis

By Dr R Jasani

What is peritoneal dialysis? Peritoneal dialysis (PD) involves removal of toxins by utilizing the natural peritoneum membrane of the abdomen. The peritoneum of the abdomen acts as a filter to flush out the toxins of the body. Peritoneal dialysis is of two types – contin...

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Diet for healthy living

By Dr R Kumar

What is food?  Food mainly refers to all edible items. It is a basic necessity of life. What is nutrition? It is the science of food and its interaction in our body to promote & maintain good health. What is the role of food in our body? ...

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Diet for Diabetes

By Dr R Jasani

What is diabetes? Diabetes refers to the condition in which there is either absence or inefficient response of hormone insulin in the body.  This leads to increased blood sugar. There are several factors that increase the risk of diabetes, including: Age above 45 years, Ind...

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Tips for high fibre diet

By Dr R Jasani

Tips for increasing dietary fibre Include plenty of salads and green leafy vegetables in the diet. Do not sieve the wheat flour while kneading the dough. It is advisable to include 1 – 2 servings of fruits daily in the diet. Fruits like apple should be eaten with the skin. ...

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About Dialysis Diet

By Dr R Jasani

Food is the basic necessity of life. It includes all edible items. The science of food and its action in our body is called as nutrition. It includes the study of body demands at various stages of life and during various disease conditions. In this booklet, let us try to understand nutriti...

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Myths and Facts

By Dr R Jasani

Myth: Beetroot, dates, etc contain iron and hence they help in increasing level of hemoglobin. Fact: Beetroot, dates, etc do not contain iron, hence they cannot help in increasing hemoglobin. Myth: Salt substitutes can be used in kidney patients. Fact: Salt substitutes like low so...

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Diet for CKD

By Dr R Jasani

What is CKD? CKD refers to Chronic Kidney Disease. It involves a slow but progressive and irreversible loss of kidney function. As kidneys perform several functions and the most important being the removal of unwanted and waste materials from the body, in case when the kidney...

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