Can I Eat Pumpkin with PKD

Pumpkin is of high nutritional value and it contains a lot of nutrition such as starch, carotene, protein, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, etc. Besides edible value, it also has high level of medical values such as detoxification, alleviating cough, dieresis and resent studies have found that pumpkin also has the functions of dissolving stones as well as preventing and treating arteriosclerosis and gastric mucosa ulcer.

Pumpkin is very conducive for PKD patients and they should have more of it.

1. Pumpkin has the function of dissolving kidney stone which is a common complication of PKD. Kidney stone will cause acute and sharp pain and worsen the illness condition of PKD, therefore proper prevention and treatments for kidney stone is also one important part for treating PKD. Besides pumpkin, black fungus is also good for dissolving stones in the body. Black fungus is rich in various minerals and trace elements which can have strong chemical reactions with all kinds of stones and make the stones dissolved and discharged out of the body.

2. It has been proved that pumpkin is very effective on preventing and treating high blood pressure which is a major risk factor and aggravating factor for PKD. It can help prevent vascular arteriosclerosis and control the blood pressure so as to slow down the progression of PKD.

3. Long term intake of pumpkin can help build up physical strengh and improve immunity so as make people stronger and healthier and become less susceptible to various infections and viruses.

4. Pumpkin contains a lot of beneficial ingredients such as polysaccharide, amino acid, active proteins, carotenoids and various trace elements. The pumpkin polysaccharide is a non-specific immunity intensity and it can improve the immunity and promote the formation of cell factors and intensify the complement activation.

Though pumpkin is good for PKD patients, they should avoid pumpking pie whipped cream.