Diet for Patients with Renal Insufficiency

Renal insufficiency nephrotic one, in addition to medical treatment, care essential diet on kidney disease in renal insufficiency is a more serious symptoms, kidney disease advanced disease in a class, so we must as soon as possible treatment, but we should also pay attention to some of life issues, including diet, then pay attention to diet in patients with renal insufficiency on it?

First, the kidney patients how to limit salt intake
No matter what kind of kidney disease, as long as there is swelling, it must limit salt intake. When edema, should be limited to 1 g per day or less serious even require salt-free diet. Urinary protein to be reduced, while edema, may be appropriate to increase the amount of salt, but should not more than 5 grams a day. Purpose low-salt diet is to reduce body water, sodium retention, edema and blood pressure drop so.

1 to 2 grams of salt per day (when the trumpet toothpaste cap filled about one gram), do not put the dish, put the dish because basically odorless, to change eating. Morning may sweets; noon to 1 gram of salt in small dishes, with vegetables dipped in to eat. Thus, the total intake of the 1st of the same, but it can taste salty, can stimulate appetite. But note that low-salt diet, can not eat pickles, pickles, mustard, salty bread, fritters, etc., do not eat seaweed, rape, spinach, fennel, celery, lily, radish. Because these foods hectogram sodium higher amount. These foods to eat more, will mean an increase in the amount of salt.

Second, kidney patients how to intake of vegetables, fruits
Kidney patients, if the general urine normal, no oliguria and renal failure, should eat more vegetables, fruits, in order to supply adequate vitamin. If patients decreased urine output, especially when less than 500 ml per day, they have selective consumption of vegetables and fruits. Because vegetables and fruits are generally rich in potassium, and patients with kidney disease oliguria, serum potassium levels were increased. Hyperkalemia, can lead to cardiac arrest, life-threatening.

Vegetables, fruits, grains are foods rich in potassium, which the high potassium fruits are watermelon, banana, pineapple, mango, dates, melons and the like; vegetables are higher in potassium amaranth, spinach, celery, carrots, bamboo shoots, potatoes and so on. Kidney patients in the oliguric stage should eat less, if the use of diuretics, serum potassium is low, you can not eat, especially fresh fruit juices rich in potassium, can be used as oral potassium purposes.

Cantaloupe are rich in potassium, per 100 g flesh contains 250 mg of potassium around. Body potassium ion content is too high, can trigger heart disease, bradycardia, conduction block and other life-threatening. Renal failure, glomerular filtration rate, tubular function decreased and potassium metabolism disorders, but not in time to excess potassium from the body, leading to hyperkalemia. Therefore, in patients with renal failure, should not eat cantaloupe.


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