Foods to Eat When One Has Chronic Kidney Disease

It’s really hard to found out what foods to eat when one has Chronic Kidney Disease, because patients need to make different diet changes according to their illness condition, so no such a food list that is suitable for all the Chronic Kidney Disease patients can be founded in the internet.

When one has Chronic Kidney Disease, his kidneys are no longer working as well as they need to. There are totally five stages of Chronic Kidney Disease in clinic and with different severity of illness condition, patients need to avoid different foods and eat different foods. The following is the guidance for patients with different stage of kidney problem.

Foods to eat with Chronic Kidney Disease in early stage

In early stage of Chronic Kidney Disease, patients suffer no serious damages and they may only have mild symptoms like high blood pressure and bubbly urine. Under such a condition, they only need to pay attention to their sodium intake and protein intake.

Salt is high in sodium, so in daily diet, they need to add less salt while cooking and also try to avoid foods high in sodium like bacon, cured meats, snack foods, pickled foods, saltwater crab, sun dried tomatoes and salami and so on. Protein is the essential substance of a healthy body and a high protein intake will bring extra kidney burn and worsen kidney condition. Considering this, eat some high quality protein like egg white, fish and lean meat is very helpful. High quality protein can offer necessary nutrition and meanwhile produce less waste.

Foods to eat with Chronic Kidney Disease in early stage

Chronic Kidney Disease progresses to kidney failure stage gradually if left uncontrolled. For patients whose kidneys are damaged seriously, foods low in potassium and phosphorus are recommended. In daily diet, foods low in potassium include fresh blueberries, sweetened applesauce, mandarin oranges, grapes, lettuce, cucumber slice, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot and so on. Low-phosphorus foods include butter, cream cheese, sherbet, sorbet, fruit cocktail, canned peaches, canned pears, plums, pineapples, cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, eggplant, cauliflower, carrot, onion and tomatoes and so on.

Besides, if Chronic Kidney Disease patients have serious welling symptom, they also need to limit fluid intake, including soup. At last, if there are anything unclear about foods to eat when one has Chronic Kidney Disease, please feel free to consult our consultant online and we will try our best to help you solve any problems.