Stage Three Kidney Disease and Popcorn

Popcorn is a common snack in our daily life and deeply loved by Children and young people. Popcorn is made of corn and has many health benefits. However, as a common and popular snack, is it suitable for people with stage three kidney disease?

Popcorn has an antioxidant called ferulic acid which also can be found in beans, corn, rice, wheat, barley and many other grains. Clinical studies show that ferulic acid has therapeutic effects in fighting against cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and so on. People with stage three kidney disease run a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, so in this light, it is beneficial for them to eat some popcorn. However, this does not mean the much popcorn that stage three kidney disease patients eat, the better.

Popcorn is made of corn which contain abundant vitamin, protein, fact and trace elements. For people with stage three kidney disease, they suffer from high sodium level, high potassium and high phosphorus level easily. In this light, it is very beneficial for stage three kidney disease patients to eat less popcorn.

Popcorn is beneficial for stage three kidney disease patients, but meanwhile it can cause extra kidney burdens if patients eat too much at one time. Therefore, it is necessary for stage three kidney disease patients to eat less popcorn. Besides, people with stage three kidney disease may have different illness condition and with different illness condition, they need to make different changes about their diet. In this light, whether a stage three kidney disease patient can eat popcorn or not actually depends on his or her illness condition.

Stage three kidney disease develops to kidney failure directly with improper diet, so it is necessary for patients to adjust their diet according to their doctor’s suggestions. For a stage three kidney disease patient, if he wants to eat popcorn, he needs to get the permission of his doctor firstly and only with strict dietary principles, can he get good recovery.