Food to Avoid with High Creatinine Level and High Urea

2014-05-04 01:08

Human can not live without food. Healthy diet can help slow down kidney disease, while unhealthy diet can worsen your medical condition. In the following, there lists some food to avoid with high creatinine level and high urea. Hope it is helpful for you.

High protein food

When protein is break down, it can produce many wastes like urea and creatinine. Too much intake of protein can add burden on your kidneys. Therefore, you should avoid high protein diet. But to satisfy the need of your body, you should eat some high quality protein according to your remaining kidney function.

High sodium food

High creatinine level and high urea indicate that you suffer from kidney disease. Kidney disease is often accompanied with high blood pressure and edema. Because your kidneys can not filer sodium and excess fluid from the blood. Too much intake of sodium can worsen fluid retention and high blood pressure. Table salt and processed food are all good source of sodium.

High potassium food

Though potassium can counteract the effect of sodium, but too much intake of potassium can cause abnormal heart rhythm, slow heart rate, weakness, etc. White beans, dark leafy greens, baked potatoes, avocados, bananas and so on should be limited if your potassium level is higher.

High phosphorus food

Kidneys can not remove phosphorus from the blood, resulting in high phosphorus level. High phosphorus level can cause skin itch. Therefore, you should high phosphorus food such as cheese, nuts, pork, beef, beans, etc.

There are also other food that you should avoid, such as high fat food, high sugar food, high calory food, etc.

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