Is Ketchup Suitable for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Ketchup is commonly seen in our daily life and no matter what people cook, they would like have some ketchup for delicious taste. For Chronic Kidney Disease patients, there are too many limitations for them to protect the kidney function and improve the life quality. Then, is ketchup suitable for chronic nephritis patients?

Ketchup is rich in nutrition, such as B vitamins, dietary fiber, mineral substance, protein and so on. Ketchup has moderate health benefits. Ketchup is a source of lycopene, an antioxidant which may help prevent some forms of cancer. Besides, Ketchup, much like marinara sauce and other cooked tomato foods, yields higher levels of lycopene per serving because cooking increases lycopene bioavailability. The taste of ketchup is delicious and stomachic, which is very good for patients.

What’s more, it is especially suitable for patients with Chronic Nephritis, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and so on. This may because the lycopene can inhibit the growth of bacteria and clear away the free radical. And then the patients disease condition may be delay and controlled. If you like it, you can take it to supplement the vitamin and other microelement. Besides, it can also increase the immunity and reduce the refections.


now, you must have a clear knowledge about the ketchup for Chronic Nephritis patients. and the diet plan should be decided by the specific physical condition of patients, for example, the dialysis patients can increase the nutrition intake. Now if you want to know more information about the foods intake for CKD patients, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.