Foods to Avoid in Kidney Failure

What foods to avoid with Kidney Failure? We must be especially careful about our daily diet when our kidneys fail to work properly, because what we eat may cause direct damage on our kidney. Well, what foods to avoid in kidney failure? To help more kidney failure patients arrange a good diet, here we will introduce the dietary principles.
Foods to avoid and eat in kidney failure:
1. First of all, as kidney failure is always manifested as proteinuria, patients who are affected by this illness should limit protein intake to 0.2 grams per kilogram of body weight per day if they have not started dialysis.However, if they are on dialysis, they need to increase their protein intake to 1.2 grams per kilogram of body weight per day. They can eat some high quality protein like egg white, lean meat, fish and milk. Besides, try to avoid beans and bean products.
2. Second, avoid sated foods like slated eggs and processed foods, as they are high in sodium. Salt is a good source for sodium, but for kidney failure patients, high salt foods not only increase their blood pressure, also cause cause further retention of water and sodium. Besides, if they have swelling, they also need to limit fluid intake.
3. High potassium foods like banana, avocado, white mushroo and dried apricots need to be avoided if lab tests show elevated potassium in blood. High potassium level is harmful for our heart and this will increase kidney failure patients' risk for heart failure.
4. High phosphorus foods are also a taboo for kidney failure patients. When phosphorus level in blood is higher than the reference range, there will be difficuties for our body to ingest enough calcium.
Lastly, what foods to avoid and eat for kidney failure patients is closely based on their specific illness condition. Therefore, if you want to a personalized diet plan, you can contact me directly and I am glad and ready to help anyone with kidney problem.

What Is the Preventative Diet To Follow with Stage 4 Kidney Failure

What is the preventative diet to follow with stage 4 kidney failure? Daily diet needs to be arranged well when there is stage 4 kidney failure, as some foods do harm to our kidneys. Well then, what foods we should eat and avoid with stage 4 kidney failure?
1. Foods with high quality protein are suggested
A low-protein diet is always needed when kidney function is impaired. The metabolic product of protein is urea nitrogen which needs to be discharged out of our body through kidney. Therefore, high protein diet will add further burden on kidney. For stage 4 kidney failure patients, they need to ingest 0.4 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day. Besides, 60% of the protein they eat should be high quality protein which can be found in lean meat, fish, egg white and milk.
2. High carbohydrate foods are recommended
High carbohydrate foods can provide our body with energy. When there is no enough energy in our body, protein will be metabolized to support our body. Therefore, eating some high carbohydrate foods helps to reduce consumption of protien.
3. Follow a low-salt diet
Salt is rich in sodium and a high sodium consumption will cause worsening of high blood pressure and fluid retention.
4. Regulate potassium and phosphorus intake according to lab test
High potassium level and high phosphorus level are very common among stage 4 kidney failure patients. Hyperkalemia is very harmful for our heart and may cause arrhythmia and many other health tissues. And for hyperphosphatemia, it always affect our body from absorbing enough calcium and thus cause a series of bone problems like bone pain, fracture of bone and osteoporosis.
5. Replenish necessary vitamin
Due to diet restriction, stage 4 kidney failure patients may be lack of vitamin, so trying to eat more fruits and vegetables to replenish necessary vitamin is very important.