Abstract
Nutritional therapy of patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes is based on a healthy
balanced diet that is complemented by evidenced based guidelines for nutritional counselling
of comorbidities like obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia. Dietary recommendations
are further individualized based on medication (i. e. for prevention of hypoglycemia)
and according to personal preferences (e. g. regarding macronutrient composition).
Avoidance of long-term complications and improvement of prognosis are main objectives
of nutritional therapy in the vulnerable group of patients with diabetes. In normal
weight patients with type 1 diabetes, optimal glycemic control is the major target
of counselling. In patients with type 2 diabetes, reduction of cardiovascular risk
is also in the focus of therapy. In contrast to non-diabetic patients the treatment
of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes not only requires lowering of LDL cholesterol by
limitation of saturated fat intake but also needs a strategy for reduction of triglyceride
levels. Both therapeutic aims can be best achieved by a high fiber low glycemic load
diet with a high proportion of oleic acid.
Die Ernährungstherapie bei Patienten mit Typ-1- und Typ-2-Diabetes basiert auf einer
gesunden Ernährung (ausgewogene, energiemodifizierte und ballaststoffreiche überwiegend
pflanzliche Mischkost) und ergänzt diese entsprechend der Komorbiditäten der Erkrankung
gezielt durch evidenzbasierte Erkenntnisse aus der Ernährungstherapie von Hypertonie,
Dyslipidämie und Adipositas, um den bestmöglichen therapeutischen Nutzen zu erreichen.
Schlüsselwörter
Typ-1-Diabetes - Typ-2-Diabetes - Ernährungstherapie - Fettstoffwechselstörungen -
glykämischer Index
Key words
type 1 diabetes - type 2 diabetes - medical nutritional therapy - dyslipidemia - glycemic
index