Thursday, June 4, 2015

Kidney Disease and a Low Protein Diet

If you are have been diagnosed with CKD you are not alone. Dr. Mackenzie Walser writes that it is important for anyone with kidney disease to begin a low protein diet. Calling it a "life saving" approach, based on his 30 years of work with kidney patients at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Walser recommends a very low protein diet, supplemented with essential amino acids to provide adequate nutrition. Based on many years of experience, Dr. Walser believes this diet will help people delay the need for dialysis and reduce many of the uncomfortable symptoms associated with chronic kidney disease.

The cornerstone of Dr. Walser's treatment plan is a very low protein diet supplemented with essential amino acids, that should be planned in accordance with recommendations from a nutritionist or another qualified health professional. You should not start such a diet or attempt any significant modification of your protein intake without consulting with your kidney disease specialist.

Evidence suggests that low protein diets may retard the progression of renal failure or delay the need for dialysis therapy." Again, even the moderately low protein diet recommended by the National Kidney Foundation needs to be designed by a kidney disease specialist.

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