List Of Dietary Taboos For Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome. Do Not Touch These Daily Foods And Drinks.
When summer comes, the streets are filled with a wide variety of fruits and fresh vegetables. Watermelons that are full of water and appear moist, tomatoes that taste sour and sweet, and cucumbers with a crisp texture all arouse people's appetite. Many patients with nephrotic syndrome have difficulty suppressing their greedy desires. However, many people do not know that just this bite Eating it is very likely to quietly add unnecessary burden to the already overburdened kidneys. If the diet is not well controlled, it can easily lead to recurrence of the disease. Many people are unable to clearly define which foods can be eaten in daily life and which foods need to be avoided.
Don’t blindly eat more fresh fruits and vegetables in summer
Many people think that eating more fresh fruits and vegetables in summer is not harmful to the body. In fact, people with nephrotic syndrome should pay special attention to their intake. Just like the watermelon that everyone often eats, it can indeed clear away heat and relieve summer heat and help improve edema. However, eating too much will lead to a significant increase in the frequency of going to the toilet. Frequent urination will directly increase the workload of the kidneys. At the same time, if the large amount of sugar in watermelon accumulates in the body, it will become a potential factor affecting the stability of the disease.
Not only watermelon, there are many summer fruits with high water content and high sugar content. It is not recommended to eat too much at one time. You can eat less in daily life to satisfy your cravings.
When choosing vegetables, you also need to avoid types with relatively high purine content, such as spinach and celery. The related metabolites in these foods cannot be excreted normally by damaged kidney function, but will have a negative impact on kidney cells.
Strictly control sweets and fat intake
Among many patients who like to drink milk tea and eat sweets every day, they did not change this habit after getting sick. In fact, they ate the extra sugar, and these extra sugars were converted into endogenous triglycerides in the liver. Almost all people with nephrotic syndrome have problems with hyperlipidemia. Elevated levels of such triglycerides can easily aggravate the symptoms of hyperlipidemia, further increasing the risk of atherosclerosis and glomerular damage and sclerosis.
When controlling fat in daily life, do not choose animal oil for cooking. Instead, use vegetable oils such as fish oil, soybean oil, rapeseed oil, etc. that are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which can meet daily cooking needs without adding extra burden to blood lipids.
If there is a need to lose weight, you must adhere to the principles of low fat, low sugar and sufficient high-quality protein on daily basis. You must not rely solely on dieting to lose weight, otherwise the body's resistance will be reduced.
Monitor protein intake in stages
Many people who are sick fall into the misconception of protein supplementation when they first get sick. In fact, in the early stages and before renal failure occurs, they can follow the daily intake of 1 to 1.5 grams per kilogram of body weight and eat more high-quality protein such as fish and lean meat to help the body improve the condition of hypoalbuminemia.
However, if you are in the chronic non-polar stage, if protein intake is not controlled, it will lead to an abnormal increase in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate, putting glomerular capillaries in a high-pressure state, increasing urinary protein excretion, and accelerating the process of glomerulosclerosis. , at this time, the intake must be reduced to 0.7 to 1 gram per kilogram of body weight per day. For patients with chronic renal damage, the protein intake should be reduced to 0.65 grams per kilogram of body weight per day to adapt to their current renal function status. Do not blindly supplement protein in large amounts.
Details of salt and drinking water adjustments for different groups of people
Patients with obvious high-grade edema should control their daily salt intake to less than 2 grams. They should use less pungent condiments such as pepper, mustard, and chili peppers, and use as little MSG as possible to prevent excessive intake of extra water due to thirst after eating. When the body is in a stage of severe edema, it is also necessary to limit the intake of liquids and protein foods.
Before children's blood pressure drops to normal standards, they must strictly follow the low-salt dietary rules, and do not add no salt at all from the beginning, so as not to affect the child's appetite for meals. Instead, they can switch to a low-salt approach and make the transition step by step to ensure the basic daily intake and help the child maintain a normal rhythm of growth and development.
For patients who have been diagnosed with membranous nephropathy, the daily salt intake must be maintained within two to four grams. Each gram of salt will take away about 110 ml of water. Excessive salt consumption can easily lead to a rapid increase in blood volume. While aggravating edema symptoms, it may also induce heart failure. The risk is quite high.
At the same time, it is also necessary to avoid meat soups with high purine content, such as chicken soup, fish soup, and broth, in order to reduce the metabolic burden on the kidneys.
When cooking, you can slightly adjust the cooking techniques and focus on improving the color and aroma of the meal. Instead of relying on adding more seasonings to enhance the flavor, add a certain amount of candied fruit to supplement the staple food to supplement carbohydrates, so as to maintain the daily heat energy required by the body. Gradually adjust the diet structure to adapt to the requirements of disease control, thereby reducing unnecessary extra burden on the body.
