Abstract
Objective: To report a lived experience about an educational action regarding the cultural understanding and some typical foods of the Pará capital and its implication in the quality of life of patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus and Systemic Arterial Hypertension based on the Transcultural theory of Madeleine Leininger. Case detailing: It was made two activities 1) Education action with diabetes or hypertensive patients, 2) Education action with patients that are not diabetes or hypertensive. The team was very satisfied with the interaction of the patients towards the education action. The main challenge found up by the team was to keep the attention of the individuals during the education, especially because the ambient was noisy and it is a Basic Health Unit. It was necessary that the team kept a direct interaction, clear and dynamic. The nursing orientation was limited to talk about decrease of excessive and frequent consumption, besides restriction of ingredients like sugar or salty side dish. Final considerations: The nurse must form its orientation based on respect for the alimentary peculiarities of each patient and concomitantly guarantee the food safety of this patient, observing the risk of aggravation or development of DM and SAH.