Is Beet Juice Good for Patients with Stage 5 Kidney Disease

2015-08-15 10:53

Beet is very popular with people around the world. And many people like to make beet juice to drink. Then, can patients with stage 5 drink beet juice in daily life? Let’s get to know beet firstly.

The contents of beet:

Water, sugar, cellulose, hemicellulose, and the original pectic substance and protein, sodium, potassium, fat, etc.

Heat (19.00 kcal) protein (1.80 g), fat (0.10 g) carbohydrates (4.00 g) dietary fiber (1.30 g) of vitamin A (610.00 micrograms) thiamine (0.10 mg), riboflavin (0.22 mg) Nick acid (0.40 mg) vitamin C (30.00 mg), calcium (117.00 mg) p (40.00 mg) k (547.00 mg) of sodium (201.00 mg), magnesium (72.00 mg), iron (3.30 mg), zinc (0.38 mg) copper (0.19 mg).

Beet can help improve bad appetite, alleviate headache, prevent anemia and cold. Blood pressure can be lowered, too. Iodine in beet can help prevent thyromegaly. Beet can help soften blood vessels, lowering blood pressure. Cancer can be prevented effectively with beet.

From the above, we can see that there are many benefits of beet for our health. Patients with stage 5 kidney disease can have high blood pressure, anemia, headache and bad appetite. Drinking beet juice or eating beet is very good for patients with kidney disease to relieve these symptoms. Nevertheless, patients with stage 5 should notice the amount, because it contains much sugar, which can make blood sugar get high. Patients with diabetes need to avoid beet strictly in daily life.

In a word, patients with stage 5 kidney disease can drink beet juice, but they need to control the amount. In addition, they should have a low phosphorus, low protein, low salt diet. If you have some question about diet for kidney disease, please contact our online doctor or leave a message any time. Reply will be given very soon.

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