Can I Eat Pizza With Stage Three CKD

Pizza, a word which brings water into the mouth of majority of people has been considered to be a junk food because of no reason. As we all know, chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients should follow a healthy renal diet. Well then, can patients with stage three CKD eat pizza?

Actually there is no specific answer to this question. Patients should eat pizza according to their own illness conditions. To be safety, you had better eat pizza moderately. Eating too much pizza can worsen your kidney condition.

Sodium in pizza

Frozen pizzas often contain over 900 milligrams of sodium per serving. The Institute of Medicine Recommends keeping your sodium intake below 1,500milligrams. Eating take-out or frozen pizza will cause you to exceed this target regularly, leading to water retention and increasing your risk of high blood pressure. Kidney disease patients should limit or avoid food with high sodium like pizza.

High fat and calories in pizza

Eating too many calories can cause weight gain. The high fat content in these pizzas comes largely from saturated fats, too much of which can raise your risk of heart disease. From this point of view, stage three CKD patients had better not eat pizza.

You can limit your intake of commercial pizzas. You can make homemade versions that satisfy your cravings and need to eat a healthier diet.

In addition to diet, you with stage three CKD also need to take medical treatment timely. Stage three kidney disease is a reversible stage. If you at this stage take effective treatment, it is possible for you to live a normal life. What is the effective treatment? The effective therapy for kidney disease in our hospital is Chinese Medicine Treatment such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Foot Bath and Steaming Therapy, etc. These therapies help repair injured kidneys and enhance kidney function. In this way, symptoms of kidney disease can be alleviated from the root.