Is Pine Nut Good for PKD Patients

2014-05-27 03:58

Is pine nut good for PKD patients? This is a common question for PKD patients. As we know, PKD patients need to pay attention to what they eat, and they need to know the benefits of the foods they eat.

Pine nut is a kind of nut, and it is also be used as a herb, which has many benefits for people. Because it has a good taste, and it is high in nutrition, so it is favored by people all over the world. Pine nut is high in nutrition, about 100 g braised pork with pine nut contain 16.7 g protein, 63.5 g fat, 9.8 g carbohydrates, calcium 78 mg, phosphorus 236 mg, iron 6.7 mg, unsaturated fatty acid, etc, all these will be helpful for people’s health. And there are many benefits of eating pine nuts for PKD patients.

1. Protect the kidney cells

Pine nut is high in vitamin E, and it is also high in carbohydrates, which can help protect the kidney cells and protect the kidney function.

2. Prevent cardiovascular disease

The unsaturated fatty acid and large amount of minerals in pine nut can protect the blood vessels, which can help lower the blood fat, and it can also help prevent the cardiovascular disease. Since cardiovascular disease is a common complication for PKD, so eating pine nut will be helpful for them.

3. Relieve fatigue

Pine nut is high in minerals, such as calcium, iron, phosphorus and potassium, all these can help strengthen the bones, relieve the fatigue, which will be good for PKD patients.

Above are the benefits of eating pine nut for PKD patients, but patients need to eat it depending on their own illness condition. As we know, for PKD patients, the kidney damage can cause high potassium or high phosphorus level in blood, which will be harmful for their illness condition. So patients who have high phosphorus or potassium level in blood should avoid eating too much pine nuts.

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