Can Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Eat Egg White

CKD patients should limit protein intake, so do polycystic kidney disease patients. Controlling daily intake of protein has a lot of benefits of reducing microalbuminuria, slowing down the illness progression and increasing survival rate.

The intake of protein should depends on kidney functions. In the early stage of PKD, there is no or just mild damages of renal functions, there is no need to limit protein intake. However with the continuous enlargement and increase of these multiples cysts in the kidneys, renal functions will be lost little by little. At this time, patients should not have too much protein so as to reduce protein-related metabolic wastes and relieve burdens to the kidneys.

We know that egg especially egg white is high in protein, so can PKD patient have egg white or not? The answer is yes but they should not have too much at one time. The principle for eating protein is low amount but high quality. In this regard, egg white, fish, lean meat and milk are all good choice.

Egg is one of the best nutrition for human being and proteins in egg have the highest quality. Every 100g egg contains 12.8g proteins which are mainly ovalbumin and egg globulin. The proteins in 2 eggs amounts to that of 50g fish or lean meat. What is more, the true nutritive value of proteins in egg white is the highest among milk, pork, beef and rice. Besides, egg has rich vitamins and minerals, phosphorus, iron, etc.

Though egg is very nutritional and has a lot of benefits to human health, the nutrition in too much eggs can not be fully absorbed by us, this will on one hand cause waste of nutrition and on the other hand increase burdens to the kidneys. This is especially important for PKD patients and other kidney patients.

In a word, PKD patients can eat egg white which is good for them, but they can not have too much each time. Besides, fresh vegetables and fruits that are high in vitamins and iron are all good for them. Alkaline foods are also benefit to them.