Diet to Follow When Your Creatinine Is Elevated

2014-04-15 08:06

When your creatinine is elevated, what diet to follow? Healthy diet can help reduce creatinine production and increase its elimination.

Creatinine is a by-product of normal muscle contractions, which is a waste product filtered from the blood through the kidneys. When your kidneys are damaged, creatinine can not be removed from the blood, as a result, your creatinine level increases. The following helps improve kidney function so as to lower creatinine level.

Vegetables and fruits

Too much intake of meat can also make your creatinine level elevate as well. Therefore, you should take more vegetables and fruits instead of meat. Fresh vegetables and fruits are high in vitamins, which can boost your immune system and protect you from aliments, such as cold, flu, fever, etc. Besides, they are also good source of fiber, which can reduce your risk of heart disease.

Herbal tea

Herbal tea is diuretic, which can increase your urine output so that more creatinine can be passed out of the body in the urine. Tea such as nettle leaf tea and dandelion tea are all good for your kidneys.

Low sodium diet

Though low sodium diet can not lower creatinine, it helps reduce blood pressure to prevent further damage to your kidneys. Table salt and processed food are both good source of sodium.

Carbohydrate

Carbohydrate can supplement enough calories for your body and reduce proteolysis. It is also helpful in lowering creatinine level. Wheat, rice, cereal, potatoes, sweat potatoes and so on are all belong to carbohydrates.

Low protein

Proteolysis produces a lot of wastes, which can add workload to your kidneys and cause kidney damage, thereby you should follow a low protein diet. To satisfy the need of your body, high quality protein like egg white is preferred.

The above is general diet guideline to lower creatinine. If you would like a personalized diet plan, please contact online doctor.

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