Is Grapefruit Good for PKD Patients

2014-04-18 09:08

Grapefruit is a common fruit for people, which is favored by its high nutrition and delicious tastes. Then is grapefruit good for PKD patients? In this article, we will tell whether eating grapefruit is good for PKD patients or not.

Grapefruit is high in nutrition such as rich protein, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, organic acids, etc, all these will be good for the overall health of people. However, for PKD patients, because of the kidney damage, they may have some limitation in eating grapefruit.

First we will introduce the benefits of eating grapefruit for people.

1. Prevent cardiovascular disease

Since grapefruit contains natural element of potassium, which can help lower high blood sugar, and it contains less sodium, so it is a good choice for people with cardiovascular disease and kidney disease.

2. Lower high blood sugar

Grapefruit contains high vitamin C and type of insulin, which have the function of lower high blood sugar, lower high blood fat, etc. All these will be helpful for PKD patients to prevent the kidney damage caused by high blood sugar.

3. Anti-inflammatory

The grapefruit also has the function of anti-inflammatory, which can help prevent the possible infections to kidneys and prevent kidney damage. Thus can help slow down the progression of kidney failure for PKD patients.

Besides, there are also some other benefits of eating grapefruit for people, such as prevent cancer, prevent a stroke etc.

Since there are so many benefits of eating grapefruit for people, but this doesn’t mean it will be good for all the PKD patients. Because the illness condition will be different from case to case for PKD patients. So grapefruit will not be good for all of them.

Because grapefruit is high in potassium, so PKD patients who have high potassium level should not eat it. Because the high potassium level in blood will cause heart problems and cause further damage to kidneys.

Therefore, PKD patients need to take grapefruit depending on their own illness condition. You can ask the advice of their doctor, who can help them effectively.

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