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Suggest Protein Supplements

My father in law is suffering from constant convulsions and little food intake after amputations of left leg from knee surgically after diabetic foot.His creatinine is 3.95 how to nourish him?he has lost lot of wt, whether Nutralite protein powder would help such patients?
Mon, 13 Oct 2014
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As far as good reputed brands are concerned, you can go for Resource High Protein. There is one specially formulated for diabetic patients like Resource Diabetic (Nestle product), Nourish DM (Claris Lifesciences ltd.). These two specially cater to the nutritional needs of Diabetes patients. You can give any of the two supplements. Avoid giving ones not meant specially for Diabetes patients as they will not take care of blood glucose levels.



Read the instructions carefully on the tin for preparing the formula and prepare feeds in a clean hygienic manner to avoid contamination of the supplement. You can give the supplement in milk or water (boiled and cooled). if he is lactose intolerant, then prefer water for dilution.



Moreover encourage him to eat food besides giving these supplements as nothing can replace nutritious and wholesome food. Supplements are only meant to meet the additional requirements for nutrients when food intake is sub-optimal.
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Suggest Protein Supplements

As far as good reputed brands are concerned, you can go for Resource High Protein. There is one specially formulated for diabetic patients like Resource Diabetic (Nestle product), Nourish DM (Claris Lifesciences ltd.). These two specially cater to the nutritional needs of Diabetes patients. You can give any of the two supplements. Avoid giving ones not meant specially for Diabetes patients as they will not take care of blood glucose levels. Read the instructions carefully on the tin for preparing the formula and prepare feeds in a clean hygienic manner to avoid contamination of the supplement. You can give the supplement in milk or water (boiled and cooled). if he is lactose intolerant, then prefer water for dilution. Moreover encourage him to eat food besides giving these supplements as nothing can replace nutritious and wholesome food. Supplements are only meant to meet the additional requirements for nutrients when food intake is sub-optimal.