Can People with Kidney Disease Eat Dark Chocolate

Can people with Polycystic Kidney Disease eat dark chocolate? My son is diagnosed with kidney disease, and he pretty loves to eat dark chocolate. We are told that eating foods mistakenly can cause some healthy problems, so we want to know the answer whether people with kidney disease can eat dark chocolate.

We know many other kidney disease patients are also faced with this question. Dark chocolate is made from cocoa beans, so the nutritions in these beans determine the answer. Compared from milk chocolate, dark chocolate contains less fat and sodium but more sugar.

Eating moderate amount of dark chocolate can increase flavone in the blood, so that it can help prevent heart disease. According to research, dark chocolate is able to increase the activity of nitrogen oxides so as to extend patients’ blood vessels and as a result, patients’ blood pressure can be reduced.

Dark chocolate also has a function of diuretic that means it can make patients produce more urine and then remove more wastes from the body. The minerals in this food can help improve the immunity. For people with kidney disease, their immunity is usually lower than general people’s. In view of this, consuming some dark chocolate is good for kidney disease patients’ overall health.

However, not all people with kidney disease can eat it, because it also contains some minerals that are not good for them. For example, the caffeine in it can inhibit patients’ appetite and prompt the growth of kidney cysts.

In addition, some other people may also have to avoid it. To guarantee your healthy, you had better consult your doctor or the kidney experts online to ask whether you can eat it. Remember that don’t eat anything blindly.