Best Diet to Lower High BUN Level

2014-04-06 03:47

As we know, diet plays an important role in kidney disease patients, which can slow down the progression of kidney failure. Then do you know a certain diet can also help lower high BUN level in blood. Here we will tell the best diet to lower high BUN level.

BUN, which is also called blood urea nitrogen, is a waste product of protein metabolism in blood, and it is mainly excreted by kidneys. When the kidneys are damaged severely, patients will suffer from high BUN level, and the unwell controlled high BUN level will also cause further damage to kidneys. So patients with high BUN level need to have effective treatment to lower their BUN level. A certain dietary treatment can work well on lowering high BUN level.

1. Limit the high-purine foods

Since urea nitrogen is the waste product of protein, and taking too much high-purine foods will produce more urea nitrogen, so patients with high BUN need to limit the high-purine foods, such as animal giblets, sea foods, lentil, peanut, etc.

2. Take more fruits high in vitamin C

As the recent study shows that vitamins especially vitamin C can help protect the kidney function, so patients with high BUN level are recommended to take more fruits which are high in vitamin C, and the suggested fruits include cranberry, pomegranate and kiwi fruits. When patients choose fruits, they also need to avoid the high potassium of high phosphorus foods , which will be helpful for their illness condition.

3. Consume more base-forming food

There are some vegetables which can help alkalize urine and reduce the side effects of high blood urea nitrogen. The common vegetables include Chinese cabbage, radish, carrots and potatoes, all these can help lower high BUN level for kidney disease patients.

4. Give up alcohol but drink more water

Patients with high BUN need to give up alcohol, which can help reduce the kidney burden and protect the residual kidney function. Besides, it they don’t have severe swelling and they can still urinate normally, they need to drink more water in a day, which can help increase the urine output and help discharge the urea nitrogen into urine.

5. Take proper amount of protein

As we know, protein is an essential nutrition for human beings, which can help strengthen the immune system and prevent infections. However, for kidney disease patient, they need to limit their protein intake, because too much protein intake will produce more urea nitrogen and it will cause the further damage to kidneys. So patients need to take proper amount of protein depending on their illness condition and they are recommended to take high-quality protein, which produce less waste products in body.

Above are the best diet for kidney disease patients to lower high BUN level, which can slow down the progression of kidney failure. Besides, patients also need to have medical treatment to repair their kidney damage and improve their kidney function, all these can help make a good prognosis for kidney disease patients.

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