Can People Eat Banana with Kidney Failure

2014-03-27 03:58

Since kidney failure patients need to keep a kidney-friendly diet due to their low kidney function, so patients need to pay attention to their daily diet, and get well known about what can eat and what cant eat. Then is banana good for kidney failure patients?

Banana is a common and delicious fruit for people all over the world, and it is also favored by its high nutrition. The nutrition of banana is very abundant, about 100g banana contain 1.2g protein, 0.5 g fat, 19.5 g carbohydrate, 0.9 g crude fibre, 9 mg calcium, 31 mg phosphorus, 0.6 mg iron, besides, banana also contains other nutritions such as carotene, thiamine, niacin, vitamin C, vitamin E and abundant of potassium.

What are the benefits of eating banana for people?

Eating banana has lots of benefits for people. Banana is also called as “happy food”, because it can help brain excrete an element called serotonin, which can stimulate the nervous system, and this will make people feel happy, peaceful and sleepy, or even has the function of analgesic.

Beside, banana also contains high potassium, which has the function of lower high blood pressure. Potassium in blood can help prevent the sodium caused elevated blood pressure and damage blood vessels.

Can people eat banana with kidney failure?

From above, we can know the benefits of eating banana for people. However, kidney failure patients are often recommended not eating banana in their daily life, which is mainly due to the high potassium level in banana.

As we know, kidneys have the function of regulating electrolyte balance in blood. However, when the kidney damaged, the potassium level in blood will be elevated, which will cause some serious symptoms and complications, such as difficult breath, heart attack or even death.

In this condition, kidney failure patients with high potassium level need to avoid the foods which are high in potassium, which can help prevent the continue increase of potassium level in blood. Besides, patients also need to have effective treatment to lower their high potassium level, which can help reduce the kidney burden and alow down the progression of kidney failure.

From above, we can know, kidney failure patients with high potassium level should avoid eating banana, and they should have prompt and effective treatment to lower their high potassium level. If you still have some questions, or you want to get more foods which are high in potassium, you can contact with our online doctor, they can help you freely.

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