2013-05-12

Diet Plan For Polycystic Kidney Disease


PKD is one of the most common inherited diseases, affecting up to 1 in 400 births, or 600,000 people in the United States. About one-half of PKD patients will end up with kidney failure, but dietary changes can help improve the overall health of most people with this disorder, possibly preventing further deterioration.
Diet for kidney patients:
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.

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