In fast food restaurant, hamburger is our common choice. However, in terms of
its seasonings, hamburger is not a choice for Polycystic Kidney Disease
(PKD).
Why PKD patients can not eat hamburger?
As we all know that hamburger is very delicious which is always associated
with its various seasonings. However, hamburger contains rich potassium and
phosphorous, which can be deadly if you have advanced PKD. Thereby, hamburger
should in the avoided or limited diet list for PKD.
Meantime, the meat in hamburger usually are fried which contribute to
improving your cholesterol and creatinine, as well as increase the risk of hear
disease, obesity and depression. It is better for people with PKD quit or at
least eat less hamburger.
How to quit or eat fewer hamburgers?
Portion size is a critical factor in whether you can eat a hamburger, because
if you are overweight, losing even a small amount of weight can lower
cholesterol levels of PKD patients.
Saturated fat increases burden your impaired polycystic kidneys. You can
lower saturated fat by using extra lean ground beef instead of higher-fat meat
or fired chicken.
Prepare yourself with an alternative. If you are PKD patients, you’d better
make hamburger at home instead of eating at McDonald’s daily. When you make
hamburgers, you can prepare yourself alternatives without fried meat, butter or
cheese. However, in order to make your hamburger delicious, you can increase
vegetables in your hamburger.
Make a good plan and cut down hamburger slowly overtime. A good plan will
help quit hamburger as soon as possible. For instance, if you take hamburger
twice a day, then cut it down to once a day. And then twice a week and once a
week, until you can cut it totally out from your life. If you need more help
about diet for PKD patients, you can mail kidney-treatment@hotmail.com or contact our
online service directly.
