Six Main Food Principles for Chronic Kidney Disease

Food for chronic kidney disease patients are as follows:
1. low protein diet
Low-protein diets may be helpful before you start dialysis. You may be recommended a moderate-protein diet (1 gram of protein per kilogram of body weight per day) for the final metabolism of protein is nitrogen, which will give kidney more burden when it fails. However, once you start dialysis, you will need to eat more protein. In fact, a high-protein diet with fish, poultry, pork, or eggs at every meal may be recommended. This will help you replace muscles and other tissues that you lose. People on dialysis should eat 8 - 10 ounces of high-protein foods each day.
2. low fat diet
Fats can be a good source of calories. Make sure to use monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (olive oil, canola oil, safflower oil) to help protect your arteries. For nephrotic syndrome patients, lots of protein can also worsen hyperlipidaemia.
3. low salt or sodium
Reducing sodium in your diet helps you control high blood pressure, keeps you from being thirsty, and prevents your body from holding onto extra fluid. You will probably need to eat a low-salt diet. For those who have serious edema or swelling, salt should be limited in particular for salt makes people have more water, which worsens edema or swelling.
4. fluid restriction
In the early stages of chronic kidney disease, you do not need to limit how much fluid you drink. As your kidney disease becomes worse or when you are on dialysis, you will need to watch how much liquid you drink. Too much fluid will lead to shortness of breath, an emergency that needs immediate medical attention. For those who have serious edema or swelling, fluid intake can also worsen edema.
5. low potassium and high calcium
Normal blood levels of potassium help keep your heart beating steadily. However, too much potassium can build up when the kidneys no longer function well. Dangerous heart rhythms may result, which can lead to death. In kidney failure stage, kidney fails to balance the eletrolyte, which leads to high potassium level in the blood and low calcium in the blood at the same time.
6. rich vitamin
Vitamin is mostly in fruit and vegetables.
When eating fruits:
· Choose peaches, grapes, pears, cherries, apples, berries, pineapple, plums, tangerines, and watermelon
· Limit or avoid oranges and orange juice, nectarines, Kiwis, raisins or other dried fruit, bananas, cantaloupe, honeydew, prunes, and nectarines.
When eating vegetables:
· Choose broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, eggplant, green and wax beans, lettuce, onion, peppers, watercress, zucchini, and yellow squash
· Limit or avoid asparagus, avocado, potatoes, tomatoes or tomato sauce, winter squash, pumpkin, avocado, and cooked spinach.