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Dr. Meng-Fan Lu is a Registered Dietitian and member of the International Medical Association, with 10+ years of experience in clinical nutrition and functional health.

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[New knowledge sharing from the 2025 Chronic Kidney Disease Nutrition Care and Pharmacy Market Trends Seminar~] probiot...
08/07/2025

[New knowledge sharing from the 2025 Chronic Kidney Disease Nutrition Care and Pharmacy Market Trends Seminar~]
probiotics have the potential to delay kidney disease TYCA06 BLI-02 VDD088
I was very happy to be invited by Huaxin International Pharmaceuticals a while ago to participate in the "2025 Chronic Kidney Disease Nutrition Care and Pharmacy Market Trends Seminar" hosted by the Chinese Store Management and Development Association. I took classes with many pharmacists. The seminar course invited Dr. Cai Xinyu, who specializes in probiotics, to share the precise nutritional control of chronic kidney disease and the current status of kidney probiotic applications. I felt that I benefited a lot after the class!
When I was still in the National Taiwan University Hospital, I was responsible for a chronic kidney disease health education clinic every week. I came into contact with countless chronic kidney disease patients. In order to take better care of kidney patients, I also obtained the qualification of a kidney specialist nutritionist.
After several years of outpatient experience, I know that kidney patients have many troubles in life and diet, including what to eat and what not to eat, blood potassium and blood phosphorus control, etc. As the saying goes, "long illness makes a good doctor." Kidney patients need sufficient professional knowledge to take good care of themselves, but there is a lot of wrong information on the Internet. As a professional, I think it is very important to convey correct knowledge to kidney patients. Therefore, when I received the invitation to this seminar, I was naturally eager to learn new knowledge~
According to a large-scale study published in 2016, the global prevalence of chronic kidney disease is about 13.4%. Kidney disease can be divided into stages 1-5, with stage 1 being the mildest and stage 5 being the most severe. The global prevalence of stage 3-5 chronic kidney disease is about 10.6%. Let's look at the situation in our country. According to the data of the Taiwan Nephrology Society, one in eight adults in Taiwan has kidney disease, and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in adults over 20 years old has exceeded 12%.
Many people think that once kidney disease is confirmed, dialysis must be performed. This is very wrong information, because kidney disease is divided into 5 stages, and the last stage is the stage of dialysis preparation and dialysis. Therefore, for the care of patients who have not yet undergone dialysis, policies such as low-protein diet and reducing the production of renal toxins are all aimed at delaying the course of kidney disease.
Studies have found that the richness and diversity of intestinal bacteria in patients with kidney disease are significantly lower than those in healthy people; dialysis patients also have fewer beneficial intestinal bacteria than healthy people, so the idea of ​​applying probiotics to patients with chronic kidney disease has begun to emerge. A study in 2018 proposed the gut-kidney axis hypothesis:
1. Metabolic pathway: nutritional imbalance > intestinal bacterial imbalance > toxic substances produced after metabolism > damage to the intestinal barrier > increased endotoxins and nephrotoxins > attack on the kidneys
2. Immune pathway: intestinal bacterial imbalance > increased immune response and cytokines > promotion of kidney inflammatory substances > attack on the kidneys
If the good bacteria in the intestine can be increased and some kidney-protecting metabolites can be produced, kidney damage may be delayed.
During the seminar, Dr. Cai proposed three strains with such potential:
1. Bifidobacterium longum BLI-02: has high antioxidant capacity, is not easy to produce indole nephrotoxin, inhibits a variety of pathogens, and reduces infections caused by weak resistance.
2. Lactobacillus acidophilus TYCA06: has good acid production ability, is not easy to produce indole nephrotoxin, has the function of regulating intestinal flora, and can improve the inflammatory response of chronic kidney disease.
3. Bifidobacterium bifidum VDD088: has high intestinal adsorption capacity. Studies have found that patients with stage 3 kidney disease can delay the deterioration of renal function by taking it for 3-6 months, and improve the side effects of long-term medication.
Probiotics have been really popular in recent years, but because there are many strains, each with different functions, if you want to take probiotics, I always recommend doing your homework first. The probiotic strain combination of this seminar has also applied for patents and conducted many clinical studies, so before choosing, you should pay attention to the strains, whether the formula is low in sodium, phosphorus and potassium, check whether there are any clinical studies, etc., and you can also ask your attending physician whether it is suitable, instead of just buying it because the advertisement is attractive and the price is cheap.
Even these strains can only delay the course of kidney disease, not treat it! But even if they can delay the process, it is already amazing to me! So I will share what I have learned with flour~

[Thanks to GIGABYTE for the invitation~ ]Yesterday I gave a speech at GIGABYTE to share the topic of weight loss.The col...
08/07/2025

[Thanks to GIGABYTE for the invitation~ ]

Yesterday I gave a speech at GIGABYTE to share the topic of weight loss.
The colleagues who came to listen were very enthusiastic! The response was super good~~~~
Especially when I shared how Mianba had gained a few kilograms since he met me,
the whole audience burst into laughter~~~~~
Someone even called on me: "You have the responsibility to help him lose weight!"
(Mianba said that he got fat because he helped me and the kids eat leftovers)

The audience response to the recent speeches was very good.
Yesterday before going home, I sent a line message to Mianba saying:
"I feel good after the speech!"

Sincerely welcome invitations from all companies to give speeches!

[Nutritionist, can I add sugar to my cooking? ]This is a question I was asked by a aunt when I was giving a speech at th...
08/07/2025

[Nutritionist, can I add sugar to my cooking? ]

This is a question I was asked by a aunt when I was giving a speech at the National Taiwan University Cancer Hospital last month.

Auntie: "Nutritionist, can I add a little sugar to my cooking?"

Me: "A little bit should be fine. I also add some sugar when I cook. How much do you add?"

Auntie: "I also add a little sugar when I stir-fry vegetables."

Me: "😲😲😲"
Not only was I surprised, many of the audience members around me also had this expression, and some of the audience members laughed.

Auntie saw our reactions and laughed embarrassedly.

Me: "Why do you need to add sugar to stir-fry vegetables!?"

Auntie: "It won't taste good without sugar!"

Me: "Don't you add salt? You can also use garlic to stir-fry it."

Auntie looked embarrassed, obviously she felt that it would not taste good without sugar🤣

Me: "So you put sugar in every dish?"

Auntie nodded in thanks.
Me: "I think it's OK to add sugar, but maybe not in every dish, and not too much. But the actual situation will be clearer if you go to the clinic for consultation."

Many people who strictly control sugar may say "Of course not!" when it comes to whether sugar can be added to dishes, but I think it depends on the situation.

Adding sugar can enhance the flavor, which people who cook should know more or less, or improve the astringency of some vegetables. In addition, some dishes will lack a flavor if sugar is not added. In these cases, I will still add sugar depending on the situation. I will add about 1 teaspoon for the amount eaten by the whole family.

And I never drink sugary drinks and rarely eat desserts.

As for adding sugar to stir-fried vegetables (and every vegetable, not just spinach, which can remove the astringency by adding sugar), this is really a bit difficult for me to understand. At the moment, I forgot to ask the aunt if she is from Tainan🤣

[Knowing Insulin]Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in Taiwan, with a prevalence rate of about 11%. Cur...
08/07/2025

[Knowing Insulin]
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in Taiwan, with a prevalence rate of about 11%. Currently, there are more than 2.3 million diabetics in Taiwan, and my own father is also one of them. I have met countless diabetic patients in clinics or outpatient clinics. Often, these patients would avoid insulin as soon as they heard that they had to take insulin. At this time, I would tell them that insulin is not such a terrible thing. If blood sugar is not well controlled for a long time, it will cause subsequent diseases, which is more terrible😱
🌟When can I consider using insulin treatment?
1. Using more than 3 oral hypoglycemic drugs, the blood sugar control target is still not achieved (HbA1C is higher than 7%)
2. After initial diagnosis, the glycosylated hemoglobin is too high (HbA1C is higher than 9%)
3. When obvious symptoms of hyperglycemia appear and blood sugar needs to be controlled as soon as possible, such as a large increase in appetite, frequent thirst and need to drink a lot of water, a significant increase in urine volume, and rapid weight loss
When the above three conditions occur, it is actually a good time to intervene with insulin. Many people think that insulin is the last resort. In fact, when oral medication alone cannot control blood sugar well, the earlier insulin is used, the better the effect will be, and the more likely it is to switch back to oral medication.
Some patients are afraid to use insulin because they are afraid of pain, but now the insulin needle has been improved to be very thin, and most diabetics say that they don’t feel anything when injected! There are also insulin pens, which are more convenient to use~
There are three major benefits of using insulin treatment:
🌟Restore stable blood sugar early
🌟Reduce overstimulation and loss of pancreatic islet cells
🌟Protect pancreatic islet cell function
Therefore, it is recommended that diabetics discuss with your doctor and use insulin treatment at the right time. I hope that all diabetics can stay away from subsequent diabetes complications~~~😄

[ This child will make a living with his mouth when he grows up ]When I was born, my parents took my birth date and eigh...
08/07/2025

[ This child will make a living with his mouth when he grows up ]
When I was born, my parents took my birth date and eight characters to a fortune teller to choose a name. At that time, the fortune teller said this:
"This child will make a living with his mouth when he grows up."
Off topic: When I told this story to my father, he rolled his eyes and said, "Who doesn't make a living with their mouth?"
As a result, I became a nutritionist when I grew up. I really talk all the time when I work! I talk to patients in the outpatient clinic and bedside health education, and I also talk to the audience when I give speeches. My mother once recalled what the fortune teller said and felt that it was very accurate😆
I like to give speeches very much. It's amazing that I don't feel nervous when giving a speech to hundreds of people at a time. I even feel very happy. But when I was a child, I would be so nervous when performing on stage at a piano performance, even if there were only dozens of people below, so I didn't become a pianist in the end but a nutritionist (what conclusion!?).
I have given hundreds of speeches so far, and each one has become my experience and nourishment. In fact, it is easy to see whether the audience is interested when giving a speech on stage. Usually, when the audience feels uninterested, they will start to scroll through their phones. 😆 When I was a rookie at the beginning, I watched the audience's reactions and feedback, and slowly adjusted. I hope that every lecture of mine can make the audience learn knowledge without being bored. I also like the audience to ask questions after the lecture. Usually I know from their mouths whether the content of my lecture meets expectations~
Last week, the speech of the National Health Administration was due to the typhoon, and it was rainy and windy. I didn't expect that hundreds of audiences would still come despite the wind and rain. I was really moved. What's more touching is that I saw that among the audience, there were cases I had consulted in the outpatient clinic, nurses I knew in the ward of the National Taiwan University Hospital, and students who had previously interned at the National Taiwan University Hospital. Thank you very much for coming to participate. It gave me a lot of energy~~~🥰

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