Nutrition guidelines after kidney transplantation

Role of dietary intervention and nutritional follow‐up in heart transplant recipients

“…All subjects received a dietary plan that was elaborated to fit an energy intake ≥25/kcal/kg/Ideal Body Weight/d, with 55% of carbohydrates, 15% of protein, and 30% of total fat (fatty acids <10% of calories and dietary cholesterol <300 mg/d according to the American Heart Association (AHA) step one diet guidelines) (14). The patients were prescribed to eat a low‐salt food in order not to exceed sodium content of 1.5 g/d, and they were asked to limit the amount of additional salt to 3 g/d (15). A critical point of our diet plan was to encourage all subjects to increase their physical activity level up to 30 min/d three times a week, and they were strongly recommended to modify some of their habits, as walking instead of going by cars, metro buses, and taking the stairs instead of taking the elevator.…”