1.Choose high protein and low salt diet
Patients with SLE with kidney damage often lose a lot of protein from urine, which can cause hypoproteinemia, so they must supplement sufficient high-quality protein, drink more milk, eat more soy products, eggs, lean meat, fish and other protein-rich foods. Application of hormones or patients with kidney damage is also prone to water and sodium retention, causing edema, so choose a low-salt diet.
2. Choose a low-sugar and low-fat diet
Since patients with SLE take glucocorticoids for a long time, it is easy to cause steroidal diabetes and Cushing’s syndrome, so it is necessary to control the diet appropriately and eat less food with high sugar content. As SLE patients have reduced activity and poor digestive function due to the disease, they should eat light and easily digestible food, and should not eat greasy and fried food containing more fat. In addition, calcium should be supplemented to prevent osteoporosis caused by glucocorticoids; eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, etc.
3. Why should SLE patients take potassium supplements?
Potassium is the main ion of intracellular fluid, which plays a very important role in maintaining human health. Patients with SLE are prone to symptoms of low blood potassium, such as weakness, bloating, insomnia, muscle paralysis, irregular heartbeat, etc., due to the influence of disease, medication and diet, so they need potassium supplementation. Foods rich in potassium include: green leafy vegetables, bananas, oranges, almonds, potatoes, soybeans, drupes, etc.
4.What are the dietary restrictions?
(1) Eat less mutton, dog meat, horse meat, donkey meat, venison, etc.
(2) Spinach can aggravate proteinuria and tubular type of lupus nephritis and easily cause urinary calculi.
(3) Cauliflower may aggravate hair loss.
4) Shiitake mushrooms, celery, grass head (southern clover, purple clover) can increase photosensitivity.
5) Hot and spicy foods such as chili peppers, green peppers, garlic and onions should not be eaten in large quantities.
(6) People with hyperlipidemia should eat less pork, lard, offal, chicken fat, fatty duck, fatty goose, fatty beef, mutton, scallops, etc. Foods with high sugar content also need to be avoided.
(7) Sea shrimp, sea crab and other seafood that can easily cause allergies should be eaten with caution.
(8) Alcohol (including medicinal wine and tonic wine) and smoking should not be consumed.
5.What should SLE patients do when they have a strong appetite and increased food intake after applying hormones?
After taking large doses of glucocorticosteroids for a period of time, some patients may have a strong appetite and increase in food consumption, followed by weight gain and body fatness, which makes many patients, especially young patients, have concerns before using hormones. The ways to cope with this are.
1) Diet should be chosen with a balanced diet rich in vitamins and high quality protein, such as more vegetables, fruits, lean meat, eggs, etc.
2) Avoid stimulating foods and spicy foods. To avoid the already strong appetite increased again.
(3) When you have a strong appetite, you should not eat as you like, but arrange three meals a day in a reasonable way, with a good mix of meat and vegetables, and the amount of food eaten at each meal should be the same as the amount eaten when you are not sick. To prevent excessive weight gain in the short term.
(4) When hungry, supplement with vegetables and fruits with low sugar content.
5) Diet should be regular, avoid overeating.