Thursday, May 1, 2014

Food for kidney patients

In kidney disease, special attention must be paid to diet. Proper diet can significantly slow down the deterioration of kidney disease and the start of hemodialysis.

People who have kidney disease should not eat foods rich in potassium, because it can be life threatening.
Sick kidneys have the ability to eliminate the rule of potassium from the body. High values ​​of potassium in the body can cause fatal cardiac arrhythmias.


Any person who has a diagnosis of kidney disease is wondering what to eat, how to slow down kidney damage and prevent dialysis?

Diet for kidney patients
The following is a list of foods that are harmful to the kidneys:


Nutrition for kidney patients should be carefully planned and controlled.
People who suffer from kidney disease (acute or chronic renal failure, elevated levels of urea and creatinine) should be adjusted diet that will not further burden their kidneys or exacerbate underlying disease.

The main goal of customized food for renal protein intake is reduced, a reduced intake of fluid and salt in order to reduce the load of diseased kidneys.

Protein intake should be limited to about 40 g per day.

Food for kidney patients
Kidney patients can eat the following foods: chicken, turkey, unsalted cheese, fish, egg, yogurt and skim milk.
Daily energy intake should come mainly from carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates.
For kidney patients are recommended: corn, corn bread, pasta, unsalted biscuits, rice.
Vegetables that should eat kidney patients include: cabbage, zucchini, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, green beans, carrots, beets, green and red peppers, roasted potatoes, onions and garlic.
Fruit not eat kidney patients include: pears, apples, oranges, strawberries, grapes, raspberries, blackberries.

Food for kidney patients should be prepared without added salt, so it is advisable to use as a flavoring herbs.
In patients with no urinary excretion of reduced and in which there are islands and high blood pressure, can allow the use of a moderate salt.

In cases of increased serum potassium values, exclude from your diet foods rich in potassium as PTO are: tomatoes, spinach, lentils, beans, bananas, figs, apricots.

Foods that should be excluded from the diet are: industrial soup (soup out of the bag), cubes of soup, meat products, canned products, alcoholic and sweet fizzy drinks.