Polycystic Kidney Disease a life-threatening disease. Although it is a genetic disease, a proper PKD can help the patients slow down the disease progression and postpone the onset of the disease for those with the abnormal gene. The following article provides some healthy diet suggestions for the patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease. As follows:
First,Polycystic Kidney Disease patients should take more food as follows which are beneficial to their health and the treatment effects. Those foods are as follows:
1. Fruit and vegetables which contains much vitamin
2. Fruit and vegetables which is abundant with iron
3. Food which can help to dissolve calculus
4. Food which has a function of diuretic
5. Alkaline Food which has function in assisting treatment
In addition, Polycystic Kidney Diet(PKD Diet) should avoid those foods as below:
1. Pluck: pluck is not a proper diet for Polycystic Kidney Disease patients especially animal livers. Liver is an organ for metabolizing toxin and much toxin are accumulated in it. Polycystic Kidney Disease patients take this food it will aggravate burden to kidney. So Polycystic Kidney Disease patients should avoid eating pluck.
2. High-protein diet: Polycystic Kidney Disease patients should take low protein diet. Any high-protein diet will aggravate burden to the damaged kidney by metabolized into much of nitrogen products.
3. Wine: patients should avoid drinking wine, which can stimulate the secretion of sac liquid and promote the growth of cyst.
4. Stimulating food such as coffee, chocolate, hot pepper.
The above article has introduced the general diet principles for the patients with Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). However, the disease conditions vary with different patients. Therefore, the patients should make a proper diet plan based on their medical reports under their doctors’ guidance. Or if you like, you can send me an email and we would like to give you more diet suggestions on your own disease. Email: enfermedad-renal@hotmail.com.
