Indian food has evolved over thousands of years and curry food is one of the
characteristic. With a history dating back to thousand years, the fragrant aroma
of curry has charmed people over umpteen generations. Mouthful curry power
prompts many people throughout the world. However, can PKD eat curry food?
Curry is a traditional cuisine of tropical countries, where it was commonly
cook as home dishes. It is thought of as the key ingredient in many dishes of
Indian food. This important curry food in India or is prevailing in more and
more countries is actually a mix of different species. When people cook dishes,
they will use the curry as a seasoning to make the food tasteful and
delicious.
However, not every curry food can be a good choice for PKD patients. Thereby,
patients with polycystic kidney would better to avoid or limit curry power. The
following two kinds of curry food should not be in the diet list for PKD
patients.
● Hot and spicy curry food. In order to make the food memorable, some curry
food is added with much chilli or hot pepper which can stimulate your taste
sense and make you feel cool. However, this stimulus food also can affect your
renal cysts in polycystic kidneys and accelerate its enlargement.
● Curry food with many flavorings. Usually curry foods is made with various
flavorings, which may contain high salt, high fat and other more stimulus
substances. All these seasonings are harmful for your PKD for they can stimulate
your stomach and aggravate your kidney functions.
However, if you can cook curry food by yourself, it may show less harm to
your polycystic kidneys. When you cook curry food, you can choose less seasoning
and avoid chilli, the moderate or mild flavor will make curry food more healthy
for your polycystic kidney disease. If you are puzzled about other food, such as
Hamburger, you can mail to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com for more guidelines.
