What Oil Is Good for PKD Patients

It has been proved that omega-3 fatty acids, especially flaxseed oil is good for PKD patients. Flaxseed oil can help prevent and treat kidney inflammations, alleviate symptoms and might also can slow down illness progression of PKD.

Compared with conventional medicines and treatments, diet therapy is often neglected by patients because of its slow effects, but it is good to be used as adjuvant therapy which can help consolidate curative effects of prescribed medicines and treatments and slow down illness progression. The effects of proper diets have been confirmed in alleviating PKD and delaying dialysis and kidney transplant.

PKD patients should have low-fat diets to help control high blood pressure and high blood fat. In this regard, plant oil is better than animal oil. Oils that contain less saturated fatty acid and more unsaturated fatty acid such as safflower seed oil, Inca fruit oil, tea oil, olive oil, corn oil are good for PKD patients. Unsaturated fatty acids have the effects of regulating blood-lipid, lowering cholesterol and triglyceride, eliminating blood thrombosis and enhancing immunity.

Omega-3 fatty acids are also good for PKD patients. Foods that contain rich omega-3 fatty acids include cold-water fish such as sardines, salmon, mackerel and anchovies and other plant oils like flaxseed, linseed, pecans and walnuts. Omega-3 fatty acids have a lot of benefits---anti-hypertension, anti-inflammation and lipid-lowering.

Besides proper oil, PKD patients should limit protein intake so as to produce less nitrogen-containing wastes and relieve burdens to the kidneys especially when GFR falls below 60 and patients have elevated creatinine and obvious clinical symptoms.

Do not have coffee, chocolate, strong tea or other caffeine-containing foods and drinks because caffeine can promote cell proliferation and secretion of cyst fluid and speed up cyst enlargement and much worsen illness progression.