What are the Proper Diet Principles for PKD

PKD is a congenital and hereditary kidney disease, however there are many factors that can induce the phenotypic transformation of the cyst epithelial cells, stimulate the growth of the cysts and aggravate the illness conditions. Diet is one important factor for preventing the progress of PKD and consolidating the curative effects. There are certain foods that PKD patients should avoid and there are some foods that they should have more.

Foods that PKD patients should avoid or limit:

1. Alcoholic drinks. Alcohol, especially white wine should be get rid of because alcohol will stimulate the activity of the polycystic protein and speed up the growth rate of the cysts.

2. Fermented foods. It mainly refers to moldy fermented foods such as fermented bean curd and rotten eggs.

3. High protein foods. PKD patients and other kidney patients should have low-protein diets to reduce the synthesis of nitrogen metabolites. High quality protein such as milk, egg white and lean meat are preferred.

4. Too salty foods. Salty foods (including pickle) are easy to cause edema.

5. Spicy foods. Spicy and excitant foods such as hot pepper, crab and other sea products which can cause disorders and imbalances in the body and is not conducive for the recovery.

6. Animal internal organs. Animal internal organs especially livers are not appropriate for PKD patients. As we know that liver has the functions

Foods that PKD patients should have more:

1. Fruits and vegetables that are rich in vitamins and iron such as radish.

2. Vegetables and foods that have the functions of dissolving stones such as black fungus.

3. Foods that have the function of diuresis.

4. Alkaline foods play auxiliary role in treating PKD.

5. Egg, bone marrow, black sesame seed, cherry, mulberry and Chinese yam all have the function of tonifying the kidney.

Reasonable diet is very crucial for controlling the continuous deterioration of PKD and it can consolidate the curative effects. Proper foods and drinks and make the effect can doubled with half the efforts.