Is It Safe for PKD Patients to Eat Dragon Fruit

2015-08-30 02:49

Dragon fruit is a beautiful and delicious fruit. It is very popular worldwide and has lots of nutrition. Many patients with PKD have the doubt about whether they can eat dragon fruit. Now, let’s talk about this.

What the ingredients are in dragon fruit?

Dragon fruit contains much nutrition which is the followed:

Carbohydrate for 14%, glucose for 8%, crude fibre for 1.2%, large amount of anthocyanin, vitamin C, iron and much phytalbumin

Is it safe for patients with PKD to take dragon fruit?

PKD patients may have damaged kidney and declined kidney function. In this condition, wastes and toxins can not be removed thoroughly, and nutrition can not be observed normally. Thus, toxins, wastes and nutrition build up in kidney, which leads to kidney damage. There are many complications and symptoms in PKD such as hypertension，diabetes, edema, proteinuria and anemia.

With so much nutrition, dragon fruit has many good effects on PKD patients. The abundant anthocyanin in dragon can prevent angiosclerosis, lower blood pressure, inhibit inflammation. Iron in dragon fruit is also good for alleviating anemia. In addition, dragon fruit has the function of decreasing cholesterol, and detoxification.

However, although dragon fruit tastes sweetless, it contains much glucose which is bad for PKD patients with diabetes. Dragon fruit contains much water which accounts for 80%. So, patients with swelling are not suggested to eat it. In addition, dragon fruit has some phosphorus which has bad effects on patients.

In a word, patients with PKD should take dragon fruit with suggestions of doctor. It is very important that you should check the ingredients in food or consult a doctor before eating certain fruits and vegetables. If you have doubt about taking certain fruit or kidney disease, leave a message or contact online doctor anytime. Reply will be given fastest.

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