2013-04-03

Food for Polycystic Kidney Disease


Five low and one high: low potassium, low salt, low phosphorus, low fat, low protein, high vitamin.
1. Low potassium-- high potassium content of foods should be forbidden: all kinds of edible fungi, potato, Chinese yam, cabbage, date, banana, orange, white fungus, peach, apricot, spinach, rape, etc.
2.Low salt—high salt content of foods: MSG, soda cracker, fine dried noodles, soy sauce, etc. the patient whose blood pressure is not stable or has severe edema, should avoid salt. In general, every patient takes salt less than 3g every day.
3. Low phosphorus—high phosphorus content of foods: marine food products and marine plant, such as: seaweed, laver, animals’ bowels, sesame, tea, honey, yolk, etc.
4. Low fat Note: It is forbidden to use animal oil while cooking. Take vegetable oil mainly, don’t take fatty food. It is better for the kidney patient to corn oil contained unsaturated fatty acid.
5. High-quality protein—can take right amount of egg white, milk, and fine lean meat, the amount of intake should be less than 100g. Can’t take vegetable protein, such as bean and each kind of bean products, bean curd, and bean milk. Can’t take every kind of nuts, such as peanut, melon seeds, and walnut.
6. High vitamin-- take more vegetable and every kind of fruit, like pear, apple, cucumber, tomato, etc.
Note: avoid spicy food (such as onion, ginger, garlic, etc), avoid smoke and liquor, and avoid dog meat. While being oliguria, the patient needs to control the water intake. In general, the water intake should less than the urine volume on the day before.
You told to me that you have already let your mom follow a diet without salt and much protein, that is very good for her, but now enough. Without effective control, I am afraid that your mom will also finally suffered with renal failure just like your grandma. I also attach an attachment in email about our hospital, you can have a look, this is the largestest kidney disease specialized hospital in china. We have much experience on treating PKD.

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