Can Kidney Failure Eat Parsley In Their Daily Diet

2014-03-10 02:04

Can kidney failure patients eat parsley in their daily diet? This is a common question for all the kidney failure patients, since a kidney-friendly diet plays an important role in slowing down the progression of kidney failure. However, since the illness condition will be different from case to case, so kidney failure patients need to eat parsley depending on their own illness condition.

What does the benefit of eating parsley?

Parsley is a common vegetable among people, and it is favored by people with its delicious taste and abundant nutrition. Here are some benefits for kidney failure patients to eat parsley in their daily diet.

- Natural diuretics

Parsley can be regarded as a natural and effective diuretics, which can help increase the urine output. As we know, for kidney failure patients, their kidneys have been damaged severely, so they may fail to excrete the wastes and toxins in blood and cause the fluid retention in body. Eating parsley can help increasing the urine output, which can help increase the excretion of harmful substances in body, and remove the excess water from body. All these can help slow down the progression of kidney failure.

- Control high blood pressure

Since high blood pressure is a common cause of kidney failure and high blood pressure is also a common symptom for kidney failure patients, so kidney failure patients need to firmly control their high blood pressure in order to prevent the further damage to kidneys. Parsley contains acidic composition which has the function of lowering high blood pressure, so eating parsley will be good for kidney failure patients with high blood pressure.

These benefits will be helpful for kidney failure patients, but it doesn’t mean all the kidney failure can eat parsley. As we know, high potassium or high phosphorus levels in blood are two common symptoms for kidney failure patients, which is mainly caused by the reduced kidney function, and high potassium level and high phosphorus level are both harmful for kidney failure patient, because they can cause severe heart problems or bone problems. Since parsley is rich in potassium and phosphorus, so kidney failure patients with high potassium and high phosphorus levels need to avoid eating parsley in their daily life.

From above, we can know that parsley is good for kidney failure patients, but it not suitable for all the patients. Therefore, kidney failure patients need to eat parsley depending on their own illness condition.

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