DIET GUIDE

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

• Reduce salt, avoid fast food.
• Reduce fat (fat, stomach, animal organs).
• Lose weight, exercise properly.
• Reduce alcohol and quit smoking.
• Get enough sleep, avoid stress.

DIABETES

• Do not eat candy, jam, or sweet soup.
• Do not drink fruit juice (orange, grapefruit), coca, carbonated soft drinks, milk tea,...
• Limit sweet fruits and starchy foods (rice, bread).
• Reduce salt, reduce fat, fast food.
• Reduce alcohol and quit smoking.
• Increase green vegetables, eat and take medicine on time, exercise moderately.

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

• Reduce salt, avoid fast food, canned food, frozen food, pickles, cheese, cured meats, soy sauce
• Limit foods containing potassium, dried fruit, yogurt, avocado, mango,...
• Limit meat, fish, animal organs, eggs, cakes, noodles, milk, beans, snacks,...
• Limit beer, coke, and carbonated drinks.
• Quit smoking.
• Lose weight, exercise regularly.
• Get enough sleep, be optimistic. 

FATTY BLOOD

• Reduce fat (fat, skin, animal organs).
• Reduce starch and sweets, do not drink fruit juice.
• Lose weight, exercise properly.
• Avoid fast food.
• Reduce alcohol and quit smoking.
• Increase green vegetables.
• Regular physical activity. 

NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE

• Do not eat candy, jam, or sweet soup.
• Do not drink fruit juice (orange, grapefruit,...).
• Do not drink soft drinks, instant coffee, or milk tea.
• Limit sweet fruits, diet foods, and fast food.
• Lose weight, exercise properly.
• Fibroscan measurement to assess and monitor liver fibrosis and fatty liver every 6 months.

What foods should be avoided with hepatitis B and C?

• Reduce sweet, fat, fast food.
• Reduce alcohol:
  • Men <3 cans/day.
  • Women <2 cans/day.
• Limit shellfish, snails, and animal organs.
• Regular monitoring every 6 months or when there is an abnormality.
• Use medication regularly as prescribed by your doctor.

DIET - EXERCISE GUIDE

VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY

• Avoid standing or sitting for long periods of time.
• Move your body every 3 minutes.
• Should elevate feet when sleeping.
• Lose weight, exercise.
• Eat more fiber, less salt, quit smoking.
• Avoid wearing high heels and tight clothing.

OSTEOPOROSIS 

1. Non-drug measures:

• Sun exposure, regular exercise.
• Eat lots of green vegetables, sesame, beans, calcium milk, soy milk,...
• Avoid falling.
• Limit alcohol and tobacco . 

2. Drug measures:

• Alendronate 70mg medicine, take 1 pill per week 30 minutes before meals.
• Ibandronic 150mg medicine, take 1 pill 30 minutes before meals every month.
• Zoledronic 5mg intravenously once a year.

3. Treatment monitoring:

• Take medicine continuously for 1 year as prescribed by doctor.
• Measure bone density 1 year after treatment, evaluate drug response and whether to continue treatment or stop the drug.
• If height loss >= 2cm, need to take spinal X-ray => detect vertebral collapse and treat promptly.

GOUT

• Limit alcohol and carbonated soft drinks.
• Limit red meat: pork, beef, goat, deer,...
• Seafood: shrimp, squid, fish.
• Organs (liver, kidney, heart,...), fertilized eggs.
• Fast growing vegetables: bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, mushrooms,...
• Lose weight, exercise properly.

DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL AND BUTT SPINE

• Avoid lying with your head high, bending over, lying in a hammock, or carrying heavy objects.

KNEE ARTHRITIS

• Avoid climbing stairs, walking a lot, squatting, kneeling, sitting cross-legged, and carrying heavy loads.

        => SHOULD: Sunbathe for 15 minutes in the morning/day 

CARPAL TUNNEL AND DE QUERVAIN SYNDROME

• Limited wrist movement: flexion - supination - rotation of the hand.
• Avoid frequent hand muscle movement.
• Should splint the wrist area