Is Mango OK for Children with Nephrotic Syndrome

Many children pretty love to eat mango, so do children with Nephrotic Syndrome. Before giving these children some mango, most of their parents could not help but ask “is mango OK for children with Nephrotic Syndrome”.

For every kidney disease patient especially child, a healthy diet plays an important role in the whole treatment. Generally, whether patients can eat some certain food is decided by the food’s nutrition and medical benefits. The following is an overview of mango.

1. Improve children’s digestion

Most fruits and vegetables can supply enough fiber to patients’ diet. Mango is no different and usually provide 2.6g of dietary fiber in a cup serving. Enough fiber intake is able to improve patients’ digestion and make sure enough nutrition for them.

2. Help remit anemia

It is a known fact that mango is rich in iron, which is an important mineral to make red blood cells. For people with kidney disease including Nephrotic Syndrome, anemia occurs easily. EPO, companying with iron, is a good treatment to remit patients’ anemia.

3. Improve concentration and memory power

When children are suffering from Nephrotic Syndrome, they are more likely to feel depression and the disease may make them lack concentration in studies. Because mango contains glutamine acid which is good to boost memory and keep cells active, eating mango is good for these children.

4. Lower high creatinine level

When more than 50% of kidney function is lost, high creatinine level occurs easily. According to the research of Turkey, vitamin C has a benefit of lowering creatinine level. Mango just contains rich vitamin C, so it can help reduce patients’ elevated creatinine level.

From the above, I believe most of us have known the answer of “is mango OK for children with Nephrotic Syndrome”. The amount that children eat one daily is also very important, so parents had better consult doctor online to make sure how much mango these children can eat every day.