Can Patients with PKD or Other Kidney Disease Eat Pumpkin

2015-09-02 03:22

Pumpkin is a very ordinary vegetable in our daily life, and it is used to make pumpkin light on the Halloween day. Pumpkin often appears on our tables as dishes with other cooking materials. However, if I have kidney disease or PKD, can I eat pumpkin in daily life?

Get a knowledge of pumpkin at first:

Pumpkin mainly contains the following elements:

polysaccharide, carotenoid, minerals like potassium, phosphorus, calcium and iron , protein, fat, vitamin B, C.

Good effects of pumpkin on our health:

1. rich vitamins and pectose can help eliminate bacteria and toxins in body like lead and mercury, cleaning our body inside. In addition, stomach can be protected from damage with pectose.

2. much cobalt in pumpkin is good for enhancing body metabolism, promoting production of blood, and do good to diabetes.

3. vitamin C can help prevent cancer and strengthen physical body.

4. necessary amino acid for our body is contained very much in pumpkin, which can help improve our normal function very well.

5. lots of carotenoid can be turned into Vitamin A in body, having good effects on our eyesight, bone growth and skin cure.

So many benefits does pumpkin have! Patients with PKD or kidney disease can eat some pumpkin in life, which can help alleviate weakness, lower risk of diabetes, and anemia, digestive problems. Nevertheless, it is known that patients with kidney disease or PKD should have a low protein, low potassium and phosphorus diet. Hence, due to much fats and protein, potassium in potassium, patients with kidney disease or PKD should control amount of pumpkin. If high potassium level occurs seriously, patients need to avoid pumpkin strictly.

To tell the truth, for diet about kidney disease, no matter pumpkin or any other food, they almost all contain elements which are no good to patients with kidney disease or PKD. Thus, how to decide which food can be ok to eat is very hard and blurring. It is very important for them to consult doctors before eating some kind of food. Besides, you are welcome to leave a message or contact our online doctor if you have any doubt or question, reply will be given most quickly.

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