Is Mushroom Good for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Patients

2014-08-27 05:56

Is mushroom good for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) patients? As we know, all the kidney disease patients should pay attention to their daily diet, which can help reduce the kidney burden and protect the kidneys. So PKD patients should also keep a well planed diet, and they should know exactly what can take and what cant take in their daily diet.

Mushroom is a kind of vegetable, which can be cooked in diet. And it is favored by people because its high nutrition and delicious tastes. And taking mushroom has many benefits for PKD patients in their daily diet.

1. Lower high blood pressure

As we know, high blood pressure is a common symptom for PKD patients, and the unwell controlled high blood pressure will cause further damage to kidneys. Taking mushrooms has the function of lowering the high blood pressure for PKD patients, which will be helpful for them.

2. Relieve the swelling

Mushrooms also have the function of increasing the urine output, which will be good for PKD patients to relieve their swelling. As we know, when the PKD cause kidney damage, it will cause swelling easily in PKD. So taking mushrooms will be good for them to relieve the swelling in body.

3. Improve the appetite

When the kidneys are damaged by the enlargement of kidney cysts, patients will have a poor appetite and poor digestive system. Mushrooms are high in fibers, which can help improve the digestive system, and this can help improve the appetite for PKD patients.

4. Improve the anemia

When the kidneys are damaged from PKD, patients will easily get anemia, which will make the patients weaker and weaker. Eating mushrooms can help supply enough iron for PKD patients and improve the anemia.

In addition, there are also some other benefits of mushrooms for PKD patients, such as losing weight, anti-aging, anti-cancer, lowering blood cholesterol level, etc, all these will be helpful for the illness condition of PKD patients. However, since the own illness condition of patients will be different from case to case, so patients need to take it depending on their own illness condition. If you still have any questions, or you want to get the specific diet plan for your disease, you can ask the online doctor, or you can also send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

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