Some Misunderstandings About Kidney Disease

Diet management is an extremely important link in the treatment of chronic kidney disease. Many nephrologists place it on the same level as drug treatment. "Keep your mouth shut and open your legs" is not only for diabetic patients but also for chronic kidney disease patients. very important. However, there are three common dietary mistakes among people with kidney disease.

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Myth 1: People with kidney disease can only eat vegetarian food?

Some kidney disease patients spontaneously eat vegetarian food after being diagnosed with kidney disease and do not eat meat, eggs, and milk. As a result, the nephropathy was not well controlled. Instead, malnutrition such as anemia, fatigue, lack of energy, and poor sleep quality soon appeared. In fact, animal protein is rich in inorganic salts, iron, vitamin B12, vitamin B1, and other essential nutrients for the human body. No matter how poor kidney function is, it is necessary to supplement 1 to 2 taels of lean meat every day. If you really don’t like eating animal protein, So you should add an appropriate amount of soy products every day.

Myth 2: Can't eat soy products with kidney disease?

As we all know, the protein includes animal protein and vegetable protein. Although soybean is a vegetable protein, its protein content is very high. Every 100 grams of soybean contains 36.3 grams of protein, which is more than the same weight of lean pork and beef (16.7 grams of protein respectively). and 20.2 g). Therefore, it is called high-quality protein together with animal protein.

For kidney friends with proteinuria, it is recommended to focus on high-quality protein, so they can eat soy products. But it should be noted that there are many types of soy products, soybeans, black beans, and green beans and their soy products are high-quality protein. And mung beans, red beans, peas, broad beans, and kidney beans are starch beans, and their nutritional value is equivalent to ordinary grains. Kidney friends must pay attention when choosing.

Myth 3: The more protein in your urine, the more protein you should supplement?

Many kidney friends think that there is a lot of protein loss in the urine, so they should eat and supplement more. However, with the increase in protein intake, the amount of urinary protein leakage also increases, the kidneys are in a state of high filtration, the burden on the kidneys increases, and the decline in renal function accelerates. serious.

Currently, low-protein diets are recommended for patients with kidney disease, that is, protein intake is restricted while ensuring sufficient calories (30-35kcal/kg·d). At the same time, with the gradual decline of renal function, the requirements for protein intake are more stringent. It is advisable to reduce protein intake from the first and second stages of chronic kidney disease. Generally, protein of 0.8 g/kg/day is recommended; for chronic kidney disease stage 3, protein intake is recommended to be 0.6 g/kg/day, and compound alpha-keto acid tablets should be supplemented; In stages 4-5 of kidney disease, patients should restrict protein more strictly, recommend protein 0.4g/kg/day, and supplement compound alpha ketoacid tablets. In a protein diet, about 50% of the protein should be high biological value protein.

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Modern medical research has also shown that many compounds in Cistanche have a good curative effect on kidney disease. Including, kidney damage caused by acute kidney disease, chronic kidney disease, nephritis, renal failure, polycystic kidney disease, etc., 

Cistanche can improve the function of the liver, thereby reducing the working pressure of the kidneys. After the liver chemically decomposes harmful substances in the human body, the residual waste is transported to the kidneys through the blood, and physically excreted through the urine. The liver and kidneys interact with each other. A large number of clinical trials have proved that after taking a sufficient amount of Cistanche for one month in patients with kidney disease, the blood pressure is reduced, the urinary protein index is reduced, and the GFR is significantly improved.

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