Dietary Principle For Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients

2015-01-17 03:43

What are dietary principles for polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? Experts in Shi Jiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital point out that PKD patients should pay attention to both medical treatment and diet management. Well, what are dietary tips for PKD patients?

1. what PKD patients can eat?

Fruits and vegetables with high vitamin and iron

Foods that can dissolve stones like fungus

Foods that have diuretic properties

PKD patients can eat more basic foods. This plays a helping role in the treatment of PKD.

2. what PKD patients cannot eat?

Offal products

Animal offal products are not suitable for PKD patients, especially for animal livers. The main function of liver is to detoxify. Most metabolic toxins of animal accumulate in animal organs. If patients eat these foods, they will put a burden on kidneys and worsen the conditions.

High protein foods

No matter which kind of kidney disease you have, you should follow a low protein diet to avoid the synthesis of nitrogenous wastes and reducing the excretion of kidneys. High protein foods include tofu, soybean and other bean products.

Fermentation products

Fermentation products like fermented bean curb and rotten eggs should be avoided. This is because these foods can stimulate the growth of kidney cysts.

Alcohol

Liquor especially white spirit should be quit by PKD patients. Liquor has stimulating property on kidneys. It can stimulate the activity of polycystin and speed up the growth of kidney cysts.

Coffee and chocolate

PKD patients should avoid coffee and chocolate so as to avoid further kidney damage.

The above are precautions of PKD patients’ diet. How to eat is very important for PKD patients. If you have any doubt, you can leave a message to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com or consult our online doctor directly.

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