Every patient with PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) should pay attention to
what they eat for the food you eat may improve or worsen your kidney functions.
Most fresh fruit and vegetables are available and good for PKD patients.
However, some fruit should be on the avoided or limited diet list.
Hawthorn. Hawthorne can raise blood pressure to go up especially when it is used in combination with
beta blockers. Meantime, hawthorn can aggravate the cardio complication.
According to a short study, there are a majority of interactions with hawthorn
and other medications related to heart disease and blood pressure.
Kola nut. Kola nut contains much caffeine which can stimulate cyclic AMP.
This material can speed up the growth of renal cysts in number and in size.
Other foods containing caffeine should be on the avoided diet list for PKD
patients, such as chocolate, cacao, coffee etc.
Celery. Celery is alkaline which can make your kidneys ache when you eat raw.
Meantime, celery breaks the PKD diet rule of low sodium. It is the sole
vegetable which contains rich sodium.
Nightshades vegetables should be avoided, including tomato, eggplant,
peppers, potato etc. All these food are hard to be absorbed for PKD patients and
these vegetables can help form crystal oxalate which leads to achy joints.
Noni juice. In terms of the growers of noni juice, there exist some cases
which are harmful for kidneys. The reason is that noni juice has rich potassium,
which can stimulate the cysts in people with PKD to enlarge gradually.
They are the common fruit and vegetable for PKD patients to avoid. All
dangerous ones can not be listed completely here. If you need more information,
or not sure whether some foods are beneficial or not for your PKD recovery, you
can mail to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com for final answer. We are glad to help you.
