Does Diet Affect Creatinine Levels

Does diet affect creatinine levels? If your creatinine level is high and want to find out a suitable diet, go on reading to learn more information.

With declined kidney function, your creatinine level is easily affected by diet.

Creatinine is waste product of muscle contraction and to a small extent from meat you consume. Kidney is the main organ to remove it from body. When your kidneys work normally, creatinine level is kept into 0.5-1.3 mg/dL. Even when you do a lot of exercises and take a large quantity of meat, as long as your kidney function is normal, your creatinine level does not increase. But when your kidneys are unable to filter the blood adequately, improper diet can increase the production of creatinine so as to elevate your creatinine level. Therefore, with high creatinine level, you should pay attention to your diet.

Diet for patients with high creatinine level

-To limit meat intake. But you can take milk and egg white to supplement protein so as to satisfy the need of body.

-To eat more vegetables and fruits. They are high in vitamins, which can strengthen your immunity to help fight against the disease. They are also great source of fiber and other useful minerals, which are helpful as well.

-To restrict salt intake. Too much salt intake can increase your blood pressure so as to cause further damage to your kidneys. It can also retain water in your body to worsen your swelling.

Correct diet intake is helpful for you to control creatinine level, but it is not enough for you to have a good control of it. To lower creatinine level effectively, you should repair kidney damage and improve kidney function. In our hospital, we use Chinese medicine, such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. If you are interested in it, you can have a try.

Does diet affect creatinine levels? Yes, when your kidneys fail to work, it does. Therefore, you should pay attention to what you take. But it is not enough for you to just restrict diet intake to control creatinine level well. For more information on high creatinine treatment, please leave a message below or send emails to kidneycares@hotmail.com.