Low Phosphorus Diet for Kidney Failure Patients

2014-03-16 06:58

The doctors often ask kidney failure patients to keep a low phosphorus diet in their daily diet, then do you know why? In this article, we will help answer this question.

Kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in our lower back, and it is the biggest metabolic organs in our body. The healthy organs can help keep the mineral trace element in a normal range, which can help satisfy the needs of body. So the mineral elements such as potassium, phosphorus, calcium, iron, etc can be kept in a normal range if the kidneys can function well.

Calcium and phosphorus are two common minerals for people to help build strong bones. However, when the kidneys are damaged and kidney function is reduced, the kidneys may fail to excrete the excess phosphorus out, which will cause high phosphorus level (hyperphosphatemia) in blood. Too much phosphorus in blood will cause the decrease of calcium level in blood, and this will cause bone problems for kidney disease patients.

Therefore, for kidney failure patients who have high phosphorus levels in blood may suffer from bone problem, which will make a poor life quality for kidney disease patients. In this condition, kidney failure patients need to limit the phosphorus intake, and keep a low phosphorus diet. Depending on the illness condition of kidney failure patients, the needed amount of phosphorus intake may be different from case to case, so patients need to have proper amount of phosphorus intake with the advice of professional kidney disease doctors.

Here we give some common foods which are high in phosphorus:

Milk, pudding or yogurt, hard cheeses, ricotta, fat-free cream cheese, ice cream, whole grains, quick breads, biscuits, cornbread, muffins, pancakes, dried peas, beans, organ meats, walleye, pollock or sardines, nuts, seeds, peanut butter and other butter, chocolate, colas and pepper-type sodas, flavored waters, bottled teas.

All these foods mentioned above are rich in phosphorus, so kidney failure patients need to avoid these foods if they have high phosphorus levels. However, since foods high in protein are also high in phosphorus, so kidney failure patients limit their phosphorus intake may also cause lack of protein in their daily diet and cause malnutrition. So patients can take some foods which are low in phosphorus but high in protein, such as: rice milk, refined grains, green peas, green beans or wax beans, lean beef, pork, lamb, poultry or other fish, etc, and these foods will be good for kidney failure patients with high phosphorus levels. But patients need to take proper amount intake of these foods, because too much low phosphorus level food intake will also cause high phosphorus levels.

In conclusion, kidney failure patients with high phosphorus levels in blood need to pay attention to their daily diet and keep a low phosphorus diet, which will be helpful for their illness condition and prevent bone problems. If you want to get more detailed diet plan, you can send your test report to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com, we will make a certain diet for you depending on your illness condition.

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