Dietary Approaches for Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes

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Butler, T., Georgousopoulou, E. N., & Mellor, D. (2018). Dietary approaches for patients
with heart failure and diabetes. Practical Diabetes, 35(4), 127-130a. https://doi-
org.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/10.1002/pdi.2179
Butler, Georgousopoulou and Mellor (2018) had conducted a research where they had
discussed the importance of effective dietary patterns among people suffering from
cardiovascular disorders along with diabetes. It has been found that the Mediterranean diet also
called the DASH diet pattern helps the patients with heart disorders by not only preventing the
disorder but also effectively managing hypertension and reducing the risk of heart disorders
among vulnerable patients. The researchers are of the opinion that that this form of diet helps by
sodium restriction as well as fluid restriction which help the patients in getting relief from the
symptoms. Diet that consists of low carbohydrates should be consumed by this set of patients.
the diets should include different dairy products like that of yogurt and cheese and also limit the
inclusion of processed meat and shifting towards white meat and fish help in ensuring positive
health outcomes in the patient. Moderating the intake of alcohol and undertaking physical
activities along with intake of proper diet can help the affected individuals in effective
management of heart disorders and diabetes successfully.
Sagar, V. A., Davies, E. J., Briscoe, S., Coates, A. J. S., Dalal, H. M., Lough, F., ... Taylor,
R. S. (2015). Exercise-based rehabilitation for heart failure: Systematic review and meta-
analysis. Open Heart, 2, 1-12. Retrieved
from http://openheart.bmj.com/content/openhrt/2/1/e000163.full.pdf

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As per the work of Sagar et al. (2015), comparisons between that of the no-exercise
control group and that of the experimental groups have shown that exercise interventions that are
conducted single-handedly as well as being a component of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation
programs can contribute to in reduction of not only the rates of hospitalization but also in the
improvements of the health-related quality of lives. Moreover, the authors have also concluded
that the benefits of the exercise based cardiac rehabilitation were indeed independent of the
different types of exercises that were included in the cardiac rehabilitation. This can help in
showing that the benefits of the exercises were not controlled by whether the interventions were
only exercises based or formed part of the comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program. It also
did not matter whether the interventions were any aerobic exercise only or aerobic and resistance
exercises, average dose of the exercise interventions and many others. Further, the authors have
been also seen to form the opinion that exercise based cardiac rehabilitation programs mainly
contribute in the development of the health-related as well as quality of lives. It had been also
found by the authors that magnitude of the reduction in rate of hospitalization and development
of health related quality of life showed better outcomes when they were conducted in the
settings of the homes rather than any form of hospital settings.
Jiang, Y., Shorey, S., Seah, B., Chan, W. X., San Tam, W. W., & Wang, W. (2018). The
effectiveness of psychological interventions on self-care, psychological and health outcomes
in patients with chronic heart failure—A systematic review and meta-
analysis. International journal of nursing studies, 78, 16-25.
doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.08.006
Jiang et al (2018) had provided an interesting insight in the study. They are of the opinion
that professionals caring for patients with heart disorders undertake patient education sessions to