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Stage 3 Kidney Disease and Diet: What can I eat?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Mar 17 9:38am | Replies (756)Comment receiving replies
@kamama94
@gingerw
My journey with both CKD & type 2 Diabetes has taken a different approach over the last 2 months in such a way that I no longer take diabetic medication. I am now working with a former PA nephrologist who now is involved in functional medicine. She introduced me to Dr. Jason Fung , a nephrologist, who follows the approach of intermittent fasting. He has written, among others, The Obesity Code & The Diabetes Code. He claims that following a form of fasting, whether it be for 6 hours or longer, that our habits of eating can change without going through hunger stages. This has helped me immensely get off two types of insulin for diabetes, and stay in control with my dietitian. So following Libre 2, I am able to stay in the good zone range 95% of the time. My converted A1C is now about 6.3 where I struggled to get less than 7, but could not do it over the last few years. You can watch Jason Fung videos on YouTube. The idea behind this is we are so accustomed to eating 3 square meals a day, our habits cannot change, but it can. My go to snack is Costco celery sticks with Costco organic peanut butter, once or twice a day.
I now take supplements COQ10 & Resvertrol to give me energy throughout the day. Fortunately, I have never had heart problems so my blood pressure has always been consistently good. I have also increased my Ozempic from 1MG to 2MG, the Wegovy dose of once per week. I also take Miralax twice a day with Benefiber mixed in once with 60 ounces of lemon water per day. I use the powdered form of lemon called True Lemon. If you are taking statin drugs, try to reduce or eliminate them, but obviously follow doctor's orders.
Unfortunately, I cannot take diuretic medications like Farxiga or Torsemide as I get dehydrated quickly and do not enjoy going to the bathroom 6 times during the night and reduced eGFR.
For all of us, this is a journey. I wish I was as diligent as @kamama94 for following her nutritional parameters, but have a plan with my Mayo dietitian, Dr. Jason Fung, and my former PA nephrologist. My weekly visits to my acupuncturist with a Ph.D in Immunology helps tremendously.
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@collegeprof, thanks for your response and the info.
My neph told me about Dr. Fung and I've seen his videos.
However, I already do an intermittent fast but it's miserable because it's triggered by gastroparesis and I can't eat anything for hours, sometimes it goes on for days and I have to decrease or withhold insulin and add Boost and juices in order to keep from becoming so week I have to go to the hospital in an ambulance as happened to me this past February (again!)
A purgative given at the hospital got things moving again and IV fluids helped with the weakness and they sent me home the 2nd evening. Since then I've felt much better and am eating better and have much more energy. Blood sugars are much lower and we've had to titrate my insulin to 1 unit per 7 grams carbs and sometimes I have to skip the insulin altogether.
Docs and I have discussed the fact that with GP, absorption sometimes is fast getting glucose to the bloodstream and sometimes quite slow so I must monitor blood sugars closely and be alert to paresis symptoms to try to reverse it before it gets to the point of needing an ambulance.
I walk a daily tightrope because of these and many other comorbidities and when I do have to fast, it isn't by choice.
I'm so glad your diabetes has improved! Congrats on getting that A1C down. Keep up the good work and please stay in touch, I appreciate your posts and your feedback so thanks again!