Can the Patients with Renal Failure Drink Milk

Patients with kidney disease are always told to limit the intake of protein, and especially the Renal Failure sufferers. Meanwhile, they have to take certain quantity of food with high-quality protein. In this case, many patients will wonder what kinds of foods they can eat and what should they stay far away from. As one of the most common drinks we take in daily life, milk becomes the focal point of this topic.
Can they drink milk when they are suffering from kidney disease? Is that suitable for them to drink milk if they are in thestage of Renal Failure?
Experts point out that 80% of the protein in milk is high-quality, and the construction of elements in it are very close to the structure in our human body, which are easy to be absorbed. Moreover, there are various kinds of microelements in milk which are important to keep balance of the nutrition in the body. Therefore, patients with renal failure can drink milk in their daily life, and even the patients with Diabetic Nephropathy can drink 250ml milk daily.
However, the function of milk in the body can act out more quickly and effectively if the patients can follow some tips when drinking milk.
Firstly, please do not take chocolate while drinking milk. Because the protein and Ca in milk with the oxalate in chocolate can react with each other and produce insoluble calcium oxalate which will affect the absorption of Ca, and cause some side effects.
Secondly, don’t add sugar when cook the milk, you can add some after the milk is prepared well to drink but pay attention to the quantity, especially for the patients with Diabetic Nephropathy.
Thirdly, boiling milk can make the milk sugar coking and lead to cancer, warm milk is enough for us to feel good.
Fourthly, avoid taking medicines with milk. Ions in milk combine with the medicine can produce salt which is hard to be dissolved, and then makes the medicines difficult to be absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract. That is to say, milk can reduce the function of the medicine in the body. Therefore, patients had better give half an hour’s interval between taking medicine and milk.
Drinking milk is helpful to the recovery from Renal Failure, but the patients should also remember when and how to drink the milk in a proper way, which will certainly do goodto your body. If you still have doubts and questions, please feel free to send me an e-mail at ckdsite@hotmail.com.
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