What Are the Benefits of Drinking Green Tea for PKD Patients

2014-07-17 06:40

In hot summer, more and more people want to take a healthy drink, which will be beneficial for their health. Green tea is good choice for them. And it has many benefits for them. However, what are the benefits of drinking green tea for PKD patients?

As we know, PKD is a genetic kidney disease with numerous kidney cysts on kidneys, and the kidney cysts will be gradually increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage. So PKD patients need to choose a right drink for their condition, which can help reduce the kidney burden.

Green tea is high in nutrition, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, etc, which has many benefits for PKD patients.

1. Antioxidant

Green tea has the function of antioxidant, which can help protect the cells in body, and this can help prevent the kidney damage.

2. Heart health

Drinking green tea also has the function of protecting the heart health, which can help prevent the complication caused by PKD. The health heart can help improve the blood circulation and protect the kidneys.

3. Improves mood

Drinking green tea can help keep a good mood for PKD patients, which can make them positive. And a good mood will help patients defeat their disease.

4. Improve the immune system

Since green tea is high in vitamin C, so it will be good for them to improve their immune system, which can help prevent the infections and cold. And this can help protect the kidneys.

In addition, there are also some other benefits of PKD patients to drink green tea, such as losing weight, cancer prevention, cold fighter, improving memory, etc, all these will be good for PKD patients to take green tea.

However, since PKD is progressive, so in different stages, patients may have different requires to whether they can take green tea. So PKD patients need to first ask the doctor whether thy can drink green tea, which can help them make a good choice. If you still have any questions, you can ask the online doctor, or you can also leave a message.

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