Can patients with Kidney Failure eat spicy food? The principle for dietary
arrangement of patients with Renal Failure is that the intake of foods should
not increase the burden of the damaged kidneys. Some persons always like eating
a number of spicy foods in their daily meal, but is it proper for Kidney Failure
patients?
Experts in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital point out that spicy foods
including chilli, hot pepper, curry, mustard are stimulative foods that can
increase the blood pressure levels, and induce throat inflammation and allergic
reactions, so for patients with Kidney Failure patients whose renal function has
been severely damaged, you had better avoid eat them.
Besides, some dietary suggestions are given as bellow for your reference:
Firstly, patient with Kidney Failure need to reduce the protein intake in
daily meals.
In general, the proper amount of protein intake can be 0.5~0.6 grams per
kilogram. Therefore, for a 60 kg patient, daily protein intake can be 30~36
grams. You can choose some high-quality protein contained in foods like milk,
lean meat, eggs and so forth. Plant proteins such as beans and bean products
should be avoided which may aggravate the renal injury by increasing kidney
burdens.
Secondly, patient with Kidney Failure had better limit the intake of
water.
Since the renal functions have been damaged severely, so the kidneys are
unable to adequately excrete water, thus resulting in swelling, hypertension or
even short of breath. Proper amount of water intake can be 500ml more than urine
output.
Finally, patients with Kidney Failure should arrange a low-sodium diet.
To prevent aggravation of renal damages caused by excessive sodium intake,
you should limit the daily salt intake to less than 3g. Certainly, the specific
amounts depends on your individual disease.