Kidney Dialysis Food Lists-Sodium

2015-10-16 06:18

No matter for kidney disease patients or dialysis people, low sodium in diet plays a very important role in helping treat disease and improve kidney condition. Here we introduce low sodium food which can be ok for dialysis patients and high sodium food that should be avoided in daily life.

Food low in sodium

1. meat

meat that gets cured, smoked, or processed should be avoided, because these always contain high salt. In addition, boiled egg and tofu have less sodium, which can be eaten.

2. bread and starches

Corn pops, wheat cream, pasta, rice, bread with no salt.

3. vegetables and fruits

Fresh vegetables, canned ones with no salt, and frozen ones without sauce. In general, most of fruits have a very low sodium level.

4. dairy food

milk, cream cheese, sour cream, and yogurt.

Food high in sodium

1. bacon, most canned food, corned beef, smoked meat or cured ones, hot dogs, ham and fish sticks,

2. bread and starches

plain and butter milk, potato, noodles, biscuit,

3. vegetables and fruits

sauce, tomato juice, canned food, frozen ones with salt, pickled vegetables. As for fruits, we do not put salt in fruits in general, and fruits all contain very low sodium.

4. dairy food

cottage cheese, blue cheese, processed cheese.

5. others

baking soda, olives, pickles, nuts with salt, soy sauce.

Sodium can increase blood pressure and contribute to retention of fluids in body, causing swelling in body. It is highly suggested to have a low salt diet in daily life for us to prevent high blood pressure which is a leading cause of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease, and the other one is diabetes. Blood sugar level need also be controlled well. If you have any question or need more information about dialysis, kidney disease, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime, reply will be given for you very fast.

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