Is Avocado Good for Dialysis Patients

2015-02-06 06:36

Dialysis is a replacement treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidneys lost most of their kidney function. When patients are on dialysis, they need to keep a well planed diet, which can help reduce kidney burden. So dialysis patients need to know exactly what can eat and what cant eat in their daily diet. Then is avocado good for dialysis patients?

Avocado is a popular fruit for people all over the world, which is favored by people because of its high nutrition and delicious taste. And there are also some benefits of taking avocado for dialysis patients.

1. Prevent cardiovascular disease

As we know, cardiovascular disease is one of the common complication for dialysis patients, which can be life-threatening for patients. Taking avocado can help lower high cholesterol level and prevent atherosclerosis, which can help protect the cardiovascular system.

2. Lower high blood sugar

Avocado is low in sugar, which will be a good choice for dialysis patients who have high blood sugar.

3. Relieve constipation

Constipation is a common symptom for dialysis patients, which can be caused by many factors. Since avocado is high in fiber, so it will be a good choice for dialysis patients to help relieve their constipation.

Above are some of the benefits of taking avocado for dialysis patients. However, since the specific illness condition will be different from case to case, so it doesn’t mean all the dialysis patients can take avocado in their daily diet.

Precaution:

Avocado is high in potassium, sodium and some other microelements, so if patients take too much avocado, it will increase their kidney burden and worsen their illness condition. So dialysis patients need to take it depending on their own illness condition.

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