The diet for IgA Nephropathy patients

Patients with IgA Nephropathy should keep some diet principles as follows.

1. The intake of protein should be mainly with high quality protein of high biological which contains basic amino-acid, like chicken, lean meat and milk. These kinds of food should be more than 60% of the diet. Patients should eat less food which rich in plant protein as far as possible. Patients who enter Chronic Renal Failure stage should be controlled with the intake of bean products.

2. Diet control can alleviate the symptoms of IgA Nephropathy and delay the damage of normal nephrons. At the same time, it is benefit to reduce the blood phosphorus and relieve the acidosis. However, low-protein diet should be made according to the personal condition. Also, patients should pay attention to the nutrition index detection, such as the quantities of serum albumin and total protein, thus to avoid malnutrition.

3. On the premise of high quantity of heat, patients should be given 0.6g/kg weight of protein which can meet patients body’s basic demand. In general, it is believed that it is necessary to control protein when GFR drops in 50m/min.

4. In order to provide the reference for patients, the intake of high quality protein should be calculated according to patients’ weight. High quality protein content is made of one egg white which approximates 6g of protein, 50g lean meat which approximates 10g of protein and 100g milk which approximates 3g of protein.

To keep a proper diet can relieve the process of illness condition. Patients can take Immunotherapy which will protect kidney intrinsic cells and repair the damaged cells. Renal cells which are differentiated from Immunotherapy can replace the necrosis of cells and then restore kidney function. IgA Nephropathy can be treated when kidney function is restored to a certain degree.

IgA Nephropathy patients would better not eat the following food.

Pluck, millet, edible mushroom, dried purple seaweed, bean products, orange, melon seeds, peanut and banana. It is strictly prohibited to use vegetable oil, fishy and spicy food, such as seafood, beef, mutton, frying, crab, garlic, raw onion, caraway, dog meat, wine, coffee, aniseed, and all stimulating food. The above food will overburden the kidneys. Patients can eat more vegetables and fruits.