Diet Chart to Lower Creatinine Level

2015-03-10 08:26

Many kidney disease patients have asked he diet chart to lower high creatinine level for our online doctor. Because high creatinine level is often regarded as a severe sign for kidney disease patients, and patients may have some severe symptoms with it. So they need to keep a well planed diet to lower it and relieve their symptoms.

Then what should be the diet for high creatinine patients?

1. Low salt intake

For high creatinine patients, their kidneys have been damaged severely, so they may have the symptoms such as swelling and high blood pressure. In this condition, they need to limit the slat intake, which can prevent the worsen of their disease. So they should limit the salt intake and avoid the foods high in canned foods, processed foods, bacon, salty drinks, fast foods, etc.

2. Low protein intake

High creatinine level patients also need to keep a low protein intake, which can reduce their kidney burden and protect their residual kidney function. But they also need to take proper amount of high quality protein, which can produce less wastes in blood and satisfy the body needs. The recommended high quality protein include egg whites, milk, lean meat, fishes, etc.

3. Control the meat intake

Since the meat intake will produce more creatinine in blood, so patients also need to limit the meat intake or even keep a vegetarian diet.

4. Take proper amount of potassium and phosphorus

For high creatinine level patients, their severe kidney damage will cause electrolyte imbalance in blood, especially high potassium level and high phosphorus level. For these patients, they need to take proper amount of potassium and phosphorus depending on their own illness condition.

Above are some of the diet chart for kidney disease patients to lower high creatinine level. Since the specific illness condition will be different from case to case, patients need to make a well planed diet depending on their own illness condition. If you still have any questions after reading, you can leave a message below, we will contact you as soon as possible.

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