Do Fruits Increase Your Creatinine Level

Creatinine is a major indicator of kidney function. Once it is elevated, people will doubt if they suffer from kidney disease. If they does have kidney disease, they may avoid certain foods or fruits so as not increase creatinine again. Also it prevents further kidney damage.

Some fruits can increase creatinine level so people should avoid fruits that can cause high creatinine level.

With high creatinine level, they should avoid the following fruits.

1. High potassium fruits

Injured kidneys fail to balance minerals levels in the body, thus high potassium level in the body can occur easily. High potassium level can lead to irregular heartbeat and even threaten their life. From this aspect, kidney disease people should avoid fruits with high potassium level such as bananas, oranges, kiwi, nectarines, prunes and dried fruits.

2. Fruits with high phosphorus

To lower high creatinine level, high phosphorus fruits should be avoided. With damaged kidneys, excess phosphorus will also remain the body, and high phosphorus level may lead to many symptoms like itchy skin and osteoporosis. So fruits with high phosphorus level should be avoided so as not to cause more higher creatinine level.

High potassium and high phosphorus fruits can increase your creatinine level and should be avoided. Fruits with high antioxidant and low in potassium and low sodium. Besides, they follow a high fiber diet which helps reduce inflammation so as to improve kidney function.

More suggestions can be found in our website. Apart from diet management, we also provide Chinese herbs to lower creatinine level and improve kidney function. If you have increased creatinine and other kidney problems, you can leave us a message to kidneycares@hotmail.com or in the below box.