Some Advices to the Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Scientific diet is vital to the treatment of chronic kidney disease. A healthy diet structure not only can slow down the deterioration of disease effectively, but also slow down the symptoms caused by chronic kidney disease. So patients should have an examination of diet structure systematically. According to their symptoms, they can make an analysis of the body to find which elements is too much or what kind of elements is lack of, and then find a suitable diet structure. For example, the patients with chronic kidney disease should eat more grains, vegetables and fresh fruit, but if the content of potassium in your body is above the normal level, you should avoid some foods high in potassium, such as buckwheat, bananas, tomatoes, etc.
These are some analysis towards diet demand of different symptoms:
1) The patients of chronic kidney disease with diabetes, heart disease or high cholesterol should reduce the intake of fat and cholesterol. Animal fat and internal organs all contain high cholesterol and fat, and the peanuts, walnuts, almonds and sesame seeds also contain high fat.
2) If there is a symptom of proteinuria, you need to limit the intake of protein to reduce the damage of kidney from proteinuria. Generally speaking, 0.6 / kg of protein one day can meet the body's physiological needs. The selection of protein should give priority to fish, lean meat, chicken, milk, and avoid intake of vegetable protein, which contains non-essential amino acids. If the phosphorous is too high and accompanied by acidosis symptoms, the intake of protein should also be limited, as the intake of protein is often associated with the intake of phosphorus and other inorganic acid ion.
3) If there are edema symptoms, the patients should eat some light food, because salt contains a lot of sodium. The too much sodium in the body can cause edema.
4) The patients should intake enough calories and vitamins to maintain the normal function of the body, and eat some food of high quantity of heat after exercise, such as rice, wheat, potatoes, apples, etc.
Generally speaking, the patients should supplement the kind of elements they are lack of, and limit the intake of those elements of high proportion. The aim is to keep each function of the body in a normal level.