Diet for Patients with Kidney Failure

Kidney is an organ whose main function is producing urine and secreting. Once the kidney is damaged, the metabolism products such as creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, urea acid and so on will not discharge normally. With time passing by, more and more toxins will accumulate into the body, leading to uremia if not treated in time. What’s more, patients with kidney failure also want to have a detailed food list to assist the treatment and recover soon. The experts in kidney failure suggest the following the points:
Firstly, patients with kidney failure should take in good quality protein. What is good quality protein? It is protein which can produce less nitrogen in the metabolism. Nitrogen as we know should have been discharged out. When kidney is damaged, it can not filtrate the nitrogen normally. So patients should have good quality protein which can produce less nitrogen such as milk, lean meat and fish, etc.
2. Patients with kidney failure should also take in more energy. They can choose sweet potatoes, potatoes, apples and so on when they feel hungry. In addition, if the kidney failure is caused by Diabetes, they should control the intake of sugar.
3. Patients with kidney failure should also take in more food which contains vitamin, for in the process of suffering from kidney failure, they have lost vitamin. Especially for those who are under dialysis, in the process of dialysis, there must be lost of vitamins.
4. Patients with kidney failure should also complement some minerals. Most patients with kidney failure have had more or less disorder of electrolyte such as low calcium, high phosphorus and so on. In addition, if they have had little urine, they should keep low salt diet, and the total intake amount in one day should be less than 3g.
5. Patients with kidney failure should adjust the intake amount of water when patients have little urine, edema, high blood pressure, heart failure, and so on. In addition, patients who are under dialysis should also control the intake of water so as to prevent the deterioration of edema, heart failure, and so on. If the urine amount is more than 1000ml, and patients do not have edema, high blood pressure, heart failure and other complications, it is not necessary for them to limit the intake of water.
Last but not least, patients with kidney failure should also decrease the intake of fat for high fat in the blood is also a factor which leads to the progression of kidney failure. They should reduce the intake of saturated fatty acid such as animal fat, fat pork, and so on. In contrast, they can increase the intake of unsaturated fatty acid such as plant oil, fish oil, and so on. In addition, they should also take in less or don’t eat aninal’s internal organs.