Nutrition interventions in early diabetic renal disease

Education and nutritional intervention play an important role in preventing and delaying the progression of renal disease in persons with diabetes. We need to identify those patients at risk or who have renal disease early, when interventions are most effective. Patients should visit a dietitian with expertise in diabetes to obtain an individual meal plan that focuses on those aspects that have the greatest impact on the disease: blood pressure control, blood glucose control, and moderate protein restriction.