Can Cystic Kidney Patients Eat Tomatoes

2016-01-04 07:08

Tomatoes are our daily food and popular with many people around the world. It also has many nutrients. Then can cystic kidney patients eat it? We will discuss this in detail for you, and please see the following:

Tomatoes contain: calorie, vitamin B, protein, fat, vitamin C, E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iron, carbohydrate, etc. Tomatoes can help lower blood pressure, promote digestion and improve bad appetite, eliminate toxins and prevent aging and cancer.

Thus, tomatoes are really good for our health. For patients with cystic kidney, tomatoes are also beneficial for them. And they can have some in daily diet. But if kidney damage or kidney failure happen on patients with cystic kidney, tomatoes should be avoided in daily meals. This is because tomatoes have high potassium, which can put pressure on kidney to worsen kidney function. Whether cystic kidney patients can eat tomatoes depends on detailed conditions of patients.

Apart from potassium, phosphorus, sodium, protein and fat also should be paid high attention to in diet for patients with cystic kidney. If kidney failure happen, these need to be limited strictly. A good management of diet is good for treatment, but medical treatment is the key, and Chinese medicine is a good option which can treat kidney cysts very well by inhibiting cyst fluids and enhancing permeability of cyst walls to let fluids flow out. In this way, cysts get shrunk from the root to prevent damage to other tissues. Chinese medicine is also effective to improve kidney function, making kidney function under recovery gradually. Hence, Chinese medicine is good choice for cystic kidney patients.

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