My boyfriend is diabetic his doctor recently told him not to eat protein ?

Question

What kinds of foods can I make for us that are lower in protein ? He is making an appointment with a dietician but in the mean time - I am not sure what I should prepare for us that wont harm him - I am not sure if this has anything to do with his kidneys ???? or what.

Please help if you have been through this or been told this any advise would be APPRECIATED

Answer 1

Let me see, your boyfriend is a diabetic and he has been asked by his doctor not to eat protein. what has the not eating protein got to do with his diabetes? You should made this sure with his doctors. Doctors at times does not know how to explain or inform to their patients what is going on with their health/condition.

I am not sure if you are aware that diabetes can lead to kidney failure. Once the kidney has a considerable damage, it allows protein molecules to pass through and be excreted in the urine. (the kidney does not usually allow protein molecules to pass through) I am just wondering if your boyfriend's doctor did a urine dipstick lately and found out that there is protein in his urine.

I don't advise patients to completely stop their protein intake. Protein is very important for people with kidney failure as well as for the diabetics. He needs to be seen by his dietician. There are some protein rich foods that he has to avoid but he does not have to avoid all foods that have protein as his doctor has advised to. I am just wondering if your boyfriend's doctor has been updated on how to care for patients with kidney failure. Ask your boyfriend to see his dietician and get back to us about the no protein diet.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

I would keep eating meat, but perhaps just chicken, turkey and fish. I'm diabetic myself and that is what I eat, but i do eat red meat sometimes, like this Sunday, I will eat it. The other things high in protein are nuts, beans, and lentils. My diabetes is completely under control eating this way, plus I also eat 5 to 7 servings of veggies and fruit a day. I never get tired of eating this way, but if I have a craving, I reach for the peanut butter or skinny cow ice cream.

Answer 5

Your boyfriend should consider getting a little more information from his doctor - maybe even a referral to see a dietitian. It is important to know if his kidneys are failing and he absolutely requires a low-protein diet, or if the doctor is just recommending watching the amount of protein intake as a precaution. The diets would be different in each case.

Answer 6

your boyfriend should be eating a healthy balanced diet imagine a plate in three sections the largest part should be vegetables the other two should be one carbs ie potatoes and the other protein ie meat but it is true that red meat raises your blood sugar level more than white meat so i tend to stick to chicken and also fish, i don't really understand why your boyfriend has been told to stop eating things like meat and fish ie protein because fish especially is very good for everyone not just diabetics. your boyfriend needs to go back to the doctor and ask why!

Answer 7

Well, the protein would have to do with his kidneys. Call the doctor's office and get some guidance. No protein at all seems kindof dangerous. How many grams a day?

Answer 8

If there is protein in his urine, he is clearly not eating enough protein! The organs, usually the kidneys for some reason, begin to "digest themselves". He needs to eat more protein, not less. He needs to see a real Internist, and he could contact the American Diabetes Association for more information. Most dietitians often don't know the simplest rules of human nutrition. One would think they were on the payrolls of the junk food industry...

Answer 9

It may have something to di with his kidneys. Your boyfriend needs to talk again with your doctor and get more information.

In the meantime, if it is not a big enough problem that they aren't sending him to a kidney specialist then I would wait to see what the dietician says.

Answer 10

I hate to disagree with your doc. His idea about diabetics not needing to eat protein comes from the false nutritional assumption that since proteins are highly caloric, in comparison to carbohidrates, it will disrupt the already compromised delicate energy balance within the diabetic's cells. This woul only be true if, and only IF, the protein sources you are using are from animal origin.

There is a sharp distinction between proteins from animals and proteins from vegetarian sources. The first ones are correctly classified in biochemistry as high-stress proteins, while the second group belongs to the low-stress group. The reason for this is the difference in molecular weight and aminoacid arrangements in the sequential order of the chimical struture within the two of them.

For example, animal proteins (APs) will always require a lot more magnesium to be properly handled by the cells and at the same time will require more oxygen, while vegetarian proteins (VPs) will work naturally OK without stressing the cell biology.

I see a lot of diabetics on a weekly basis, and contrary to the current medical dogma of not allowing the patient to eat much protein and denifinetly discard, to a large degree, fruits and carbohidrates, I do exactly the opposite.

If they have diabetes 2, and have been using medication for not more than 3 years in a row, I will definitely suggest them to eat VPs in combination with a large ratio of vegetables and fruits.

If you give your husband a lot of VPs without a proportional amount of raw foods (vegetables and fruits and raw nuts), you will be affecting his health for bad. In order to compensate the effect proteins may have in your system, you'll always need to adopt a highly enzymatic diet. The proportion I recommend my patients is 60/40 or 70/30; meaning: 60% raw foods, 40% cooked or proteinic food, and so on.

If you give him natural foods--not adulterated nor processed--, what will happen is that the body will not have to come up with its nutrients in reserve to cope with the impacting effect of proteins at liver, kidneys, and brain level.

Besides, make sure he observes a schedule for eating, and SKIP dinner always. Excercise will prove to be a mandatory tool in order to help him reverse his diabetes. And beware of dairy products. They do induce, produce, and promote diabetes!

There is an enormous amount of studies done in Germany, Japan and Italy indicating that diabetes 2 is reversible. Right now their eyes are upon Alpha Lipopic Acid (a carotenoid of vegetarian source), and vitamin C--believed to interfere positively with the cells' DNA of diabetics to help them reset the way they respond to ATP (energy factor) synthesis cell's detoxification through mithocondrias.

One last advice: if you will plan to give your husband meat, make sure it will not be more than 3 times a week, and they should be baked in the oven without the use of oils. Oils, when exposed to more than 5o centigrade degrees, will interfere with the chemoreceptors of insuline at cell's membrane level. Use them raw and sparingly.

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