Apple Cider Vinegar and Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-04-07 08:58

Apple cider vinegar is a kind of beverage for people in their daily life, and it is made by apples through a fermentation process, which has many benefits for people. Then is apple cider vinegar beneficial for PKD patients? In this article, we will help you uncover the answer.

Apple cider vinegar contains lots of nutritions such as amino acids, mineral and vitamins, all these elements in it will be good for PKD patients, and it will be helpful in improving the illness condition of PKD patients.

1. Improve the immune system and promote the absorption of calcium

Apple cider vinegar is a kind of acid beverage, but it will become alkaline after the metabolism in body, so it can help neutralize the acid foods in body, and promote the absorption of calcium and some other nutritions. So drinking apple cider vinegar can help improve the acidic body for PKD patients. And the immune system of people with alkalosis is more better than the immune system of people with acidic body.

For PKD patients, they often have poor immunity or immune system disorder, which will cause further damage to kidneys, drinking apple cider vinegar will help improve the immune system and reduce kidney damage.

2. Prevent cold and infections

Drinking apple cider vinegar can also prevent cold and infections for PKD patients. As we know, cold and infections are two big risks for PKD patients to have severe kidney damage. Since apple cider vinegar contains lots of amino acids and acetic acid, which can help the metabolism in body and improve the immune system, all these can help PKD patients to prevent cold and infections.

Besides, apple cider vinegar also has the function of anti-age, anti-fatigue, strengthen heart healthy, regulating the discomforts in intestines and stomach and losing weight.

Attention:

Since there are so many benefits for PKD patients to drink apple cider vinegar, but this not means all the PKD patients can take it. Because apple cider vinegar also contains high potassium and phosphorus, which will be harmful for PKD patients who have high potassium level or high phosphorus level in blood. So patients need to choose apple cider vinegar depending on their own illness condition. They can ask the advices of their doctors firstly, and make a certain diet depending on their own illness condition.

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