Is Flaxseed Good for PKD Patients

2014-11-09 03:18

PKD, which is also called as polycystic kidney disease, is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will finally cause kidney failure without effective treatment. In order to slow down the progression, PKD patients need to pay attention to their daily diet. So is flaxseed good for PKD patients?

Flaxseed is a kind of nut, which can also be taken as flaxseed oil, and the flaxseed is high in nutrition, which will be good for PKD patients to take in their daily life.

Here are some benefits of taking flaxseed for PKD patients.

1. Prevent cardiovascular disease

As we know, cardiovascular disease is a common complication in kidney failure, and the unwell controlled cardiovascular disease will be life-threatening for PKD patients. Flaxseed is high in Omega-3, which can help prevent the platelet aggregation, and this can help prevent the cardiovascular disease, which will be good for PKD patients.

2. Relieve constipation

Constipation is a common symptom in PKD when there are too much toxins and wastes building up in blood. Taking flaxseed can help improve the digestive system, which can help relieve the constipation.

3. Improve immune system and anti-inflammation

For PKD patients, their severe kidney damage will make them suffer from a poor immune system, which will easily cause infections or inflammations in kidneys, and this will be bad for PKD patients. Taking flaxseed can help improve the immune system and prevent the inflammations and infections in kidneys, which will be beneficial for PKD patients.

In addition, taking flaxseed also has the function of anti-cancer, lowering high cholesterol level, lower high blood pressure, etc, all these will be good for PKD patients. However, since the specific illness condition will be different from case to case for PKD patients, so they need to take proper amount of flaxseed in their daily diet depending on their own illness condition. Because too much intake can also increase kidney burden and cause kidney damage.

If you want to get more information about the treatment and diet suggestions for PKD patients, you can ask the online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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