A healthy diet can help slow down Renal Failure progression. For the patients
with Renal Failure, their kidneys can not function well thus causing
accumulation of water and metabolic wastes in body. Therefore, they have to pay
more attention to what they eat in daily life so as to prevent further damage to
their kidneys.
1. The patients with Renal Failure should limit protein intake
The end product of protein is urine nitrogen. In normal condition, it can be
excreted out of body by kidneys thus maintaining the normal level in blood and
putting extra pressure to kidneys. Therefore, the patients with Renal Failure
should arrange their protein intake properly. Moreover, as proteins are
important nutrients for building muscle and repair tissues, the patients should
have certain amount of high quality protein in their diet.
2. Keep an appropriate sodium intake
As the patients with Renal Failure lose the normal renal function in
excreting fluid, it is very likely to cause accumulation of water in body.
Moreover, high sodium intake is also a risk of high blood pressure. Therefore,
the patients with Renal Failure, especially for those with sever edema and high
blood pressure, should limit sodium intake strictly and avoid eating food with
high salt.
3. Keep proper potassium intake
When the kidneys fail or can not function well, there may be accumulation of
potassium, which will increase the risk of heart failure. Therefore, the
patients with Renal Failure should avoid eating foods rich in potassium. The
patients should remember that those foods are also essential for the body so
they should not be avoided when the potassium level in blood is in the normal
range.
4. Decrease phosphorus intake
High consumption of rich phosphorus food has many adverse sides on the
patients with Renal Failure. It can cause damage to arteries and degrade the
health of hearts. Therefore, the patients should limit phosphorus intake
strictly.
The above article has provided some tips for Renal Failure diet. However, as
the disease condition varies with different patients, it is very necessary for
the patients to make a personalized diet plan. If you still do not know what you
should eat and avoid, you can consult us on line or email to
kidney-treatment@hotmail.com. We will make a detailed dietary plan based on your own
disease condition.