2015年11月7日星期六

Patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy Should Keep Proper Dietary Habits

No matter Kidney Disease or other diseases all require a proper diet. Proper dietary habits can decrease high blood pressure and help the patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy protect their residual renal function to some extent. The general dietary principles for the patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy are as follows:

1. The patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy should decrease and even avoid eating fatty meat. That is because fatty meat contains too much saturable fatty acid that can cause cholesterol level to increase.

2. The patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy should increase the calcium intake (at least 1000~1400 mg). The proper intake of calcium is beneficial to lowering blood pressure and the discharging sodium built up in body. The common foods with high calcium include nori, milk, and sesame and so on.

3. Increase the intake of fruits and vegetables. These foods contain abundant vitamin C, which can help protect the endothelial cells of arteries.

4. As high blood pressure is the cause of Hypertensive Nephropathy, the patients should eat more foods that can help decrease blood pressure. The common foods that have an effect in decreasing blood pressure including carrot, eggplant, and lotus root and so on.

5. The patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy should have smaller meals, more often. Also they should limit the calorie in foods and limit the calorie intake within 8.36 MJ per day.

6. In the late stage of Hypertensive Nephropathy, the patients usually have proteinuria and edema. In this case, they should limit their protein intake properly under their doctors’ guidance. Low protein intake can decrease the pressure in glomeruli and reduce the proteinurie thus delaying the renal function decline.

7. The patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy should limit their salt intake and keep their salt intake within 3 grams per day.


The above article has introduced the general principles for the patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy. However, the disease conditions vary with different patients. Therefore, they should make their personalized dietary principles based on their medical reports under their doctors’ guidance.

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