Dietary Taboos For Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome: Low Protein Should Eat Enough High-quality Protein

When it comes to kidney disease treatment, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind must be to go to the hospital, take medicine, and go for regular check-ups.

Yes, formal medical treatment is indeed the mainstay.

However, many people do not understand that proper diet is never a supporting role. It directly determines whether the treatment can achieve good results.

In our body, the kidney is one of the busiest metabolic organs. It relies on it to process everything you eat every day.

Whether you eat right or not is directly related to the workload of the kidneys and how the disease develops.

The clichés of low-salt and low-fat are just the basics.

What I want to talk about now are these two dietary rules. They are the kind of points that are easily overlooked, but are particularly important.

In particular, many patients with kidney disease repeatedly think about whether they can eat this and whether they can eat that every day, but they miss out on really important aspects.

If you insist on doing these two things well, the effect of reducing the burden on the kidneys will be very obvious.

1. Low protein does not mean not eating protein, it means being “economical”

Many kidney friends, once they hear that they need to follow a low-protein diet, they dare not touch eggs, milk and meat, just for fear of causing trouble to the kidneys.

This is actually a very big misunderstanding.

Under the premise of controlling the total amount, the key point of a low-protein diet is to ensure that the protein consumed in the diet is high-quality protein. In this way, on the one hand, it can reduce the burden generated by the kidneys when filtering waste in the body, and on the other hand, it can not cause the body to collapse due to nutritional deficiencies.

According to clinical nutritional standards, for patients with chronic kidney disease, it is usually recommended that the total amount of protein consumed per kilogram of body weight per day is within the range of 0.6 to 0.8 grams.

For example, for a person who weighs 50 kilograms, it is enough to control the overall amount of protein in a range from 30 to 40 grams a day.

If you eat too much, the waste products such as urea nitrogen generated by the body's metabolism will increase. The kidneys will have to work extra hard to excrete these wastes, and as time goes by, the damage will only become more serious.

On the contrary, if the intake is too little, the human body will suffer from imbalanced nutrition and reduced immunity, which will adversely affect the stability of the disease.

So how to distribute these 30 to 40 grams?

This type of protein is highly absorbed and utilized by the human body and produces less metabolic waste. It is best to account for more than half of high-quality animal protein because it is this type of protein.

For example, an egg contains about seven grams of protein, a 250 ml bag of milk contains about eight grams, and one or two pounds of lean meat contains about nine grams.

You can arrange it according to this amount on weekdays, and the remaining protein needs can be supplemented in small amounts from staple foods, vegetables and fruits.

Remember, the correct way to reduce the burden on the kidneys is to control the total amount and provide sufficient quality.

2. Vitamin B1 and folic acid are “invisible helpers” for patients with kidney disease.

When kidney disease develops to a certain stage, various complications will easily come to your doorstep.

To delay the disease and reduce the risk of complications, in addition to properly controlling protein, salt and fat, two key nutrients must be supplemented in a targeted manner.

Many people have never heard of it, let alone persisted in doing it.

The first one is Vitamin B1 .

Clinical studies have confirmed that for patients with early-stage diabetic nephropathy, proper vitamin B1 supplementation can reduce urinary albumin excretion, help prevent renal cell metabolism disorders, and has no adverse effects on blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipids.

If you are a patient with diabetic nephropathy, you may be able to supplement vitamin B1 preparations in an appropriate amount under the guidance of a doctor, but you must never increase the dosage at will.

For ordinary patients with chronic kidney disease, food supplements are enough. They should eat more eggs, celery leaves, and the skin of whole grains, which are mild and safe.

The second one is folic acid .

A common complication when kidney disease is in the middle and late stages is renal anemia. Once this occurs, people may feel unusually tired and dizzy, and it will also have a reverse impact on kidney function.

Many patients do not start taking folic acid supplements until their anemia becomes severe. In fact, they have missed the most appropriate prevention period.

Regardless of whether you are in the early or middle stages of kidney disease, it is recommended to eat more foods rich in folic acid, such as green leafy vegetables such as cabbage and rapeseed, as well as soybeans, cauliflower, cabbage, strawberries, etc., to reserve folic acid in the body in advance, which can greatly reduce the probability of renal anemia.

I would like to remind you that although the folate content of animal livers and kidneys is very high, the purine content is also very high. For patients with kidney disease, eating them can easily induce hyperuricemia, which will in turn aggravate the damage to the kidneys. Do not touch them.

3. Only by avoiding these pitfalls can dietary conditioning be truly effective.

In addition to the above two core principles, there are some details that are prone to errors.

For example, there are some people who think that drinking soup is nutritious, so they like to drink Laohuojing soup. However, the content of purine and phosphorus in the soup is often very high. In this regard, it is not friendly to patients with kidney disease.

There are some people who, after hearing that a certain type of food is good for the kidneys, eat in large quantities regardless of the cost, but ignore the control of the overall quantity, which ultimately leads to the opposite consequences.

Kidney disease diet regimen It doesn’t mean you can’t eat anything, but you need to learn how to eat.

The total daily calories must be sufficient and correct, and staple foods must not be missing. You can choose wheat starch, sweet potatoes, yams, etc. to replace part of the staple foods. It is necessary to reduce the intake of plant protein, thereby freeing up space for high-quality animal protein.

Vegetables and fruits also need to be eaten, but you need to pay attention. If your blood potassium is on the high side, you must avoid high-potassium foods such as bananas, oranges, and potatoes.

Everyone's situation is different. It is best to have blood tests done regularly and make adjustments to your diet based on the test results.

In addition, a low-salt diet is not just as simple as not adding extra salt. Soy sauce, oyster sauce, pickles, bacon and other major sources of hidden salt should be paid attention to.

The daily amount of salt should be controlled within the range of three to five grams. You can season it with onion, ginger, garlic, lemon juice and vinegar to gradually develop the habit of light taste.

Ultimately, the management of kidney disease is a long-term battle. Medical treatment is the most important force to move forward bravely and charge in front of the battle. Dietary care is to stabilize the rear and provide protection.

Don’t just focus on superficial behaviors such as low-salt and low-fat. You must correctly consume high-quality low-protein, supplement vitamin B1 and folic acid, avoid common dietary misunderstandings, and integrate these scientific principles into three meals a day. If you continue to do this for a long time, the pressure on the kidneys will be greatly reduced. With regular treatment, the disease can be better controlled.