Five Tips To Protect Kidney Function

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Kidney disease is mostly chronic, with a long history, ranging from months to decades, or even decades, which is often referred to as chronic kidney disease (CKD). If chronic kidney disease is detected in time, the patient's renal function should be in the normal range, and the glomerular filtration rate should not be below, that is, the kidney disease should be CKD stage 1; With good treatment, the renal function of patients is often abnormal, and the glomerular filtration rate is also lowered, that is, the renal disease may be CKD stage 2-3, or even CKD stage 4-5.

In patients with CKD stage 1-2, generally speaking, there is no need to adhere to a strict low-protein diet. As long as it is not a high-protein diet, when the kidney disease progresses to CKD stage 3 or even 4, the glomerular filtration rate of the patient is already low. Below 60ml/min, a low-protein diet must be adhered to at this time.

Adherence to a low-protein diet can protect kidney function and prevent or delay the progression of chronic kidney disease. Patients with kidney disease should pay attention to the following five aspects. Don’t let a low-protein diet go into the misunderstanding, but it is not conducive to the recovery of kidney disease.

1. Unlimited low protein is not necessary

Regarding the low-protein diet for patients with chronic kidney disease, many patients with kidney disease understand that the lower the better, this is obviously wrong, that is, the low-protein diet is not unlimited low, but should be calculated according to their own conditions. quantity. Patients with kidney disease can calculate the total amount of protein they should consume every day according to their body weight, the percentage of protein in the food, and the GFR level.

2. Low protein while ensuring energy

While emphasizing a low-protein diet, it is also necessary to ensure that the energy intake in the diet cannot be less, and the energy mainly comes from carbohydrates, which is also the premise and guarantee for the normal operation of the human body.

Rice, white noodles, lotus root starch, jelly, potatoes, vermicelli, vermicelli, potato foods, and low-protein rice are rich in carbohydrates.

In particular, the above foods other than rice and noodles are not only rich in carbohydrates but also have very low non-high-quality protein content, which is just more suitable for the low-protein diet principle of chronic kidney disease patients, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

3. Don’t let high-quality protein be too low

After progressing to stage 3 of chronic kidney disease, kidney patients need a low-protein diet. Here, it will be emphasized that "can not make high-quality protein too low" What does it mean?

We generally divide the daily intake of protein into two categories: non-high-quality protein and high-quality protein. Among them, the protein contained in food such as rice noodles is non-high-quality protein, and the protein in foods such as chicken protein, fresh milk, freshwater fish, and animal lean meat is high-quality protein.

Patients with kidney disease limit the total intake of protein per day, including both non-high-quality protein and high-quality protein.

There is also a requirement that the intake of high-quality protein should not be less than 60% of the total intake. That is to say, more than half of the protein ingested by Patients with kidney disease must come from protein in foods such as egg protein, milk, freshwater fish meat, or animal lean meat, that is, the intake of high-quality protein should not be too low.

4. Other dietary requirements cannot be ignored

In chronic kidney disease, when a low-protein diet is required, it means that the renal function of the patient has been significantly reduced. At this time, there are often various complications and other abnormal indicators, such as hypertension, hyperuricemia, and hyperkalemia. Symptoms and renal anemia, etc., so it is necessary to meet other dietary requirements at the same time.

5. It also needs to be combined with compound α-keto acid and Cistanche

Chronic kidney disease emphasizes a low-protein diet, and even when it does, it tends to be deficient in essential amino acids. Taking compound α-keto acid can supplement the essential amino acids needed by the human body, and correct the imbalance between essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids. At the same time, compound α-keto acid can also combine with amino acids in the body to generate essential amino acids and reduce waste excretion. Reduce the burden on the kidneys.

In addition, Cistanche is also a traditional Chinese herbal medicine for treating and nourishing the kidneys. Patients with kidney disease can consume Cistanche for a long time to relieve and treat kidney diseases and protect kidney function.

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