How to Take Low-Protein Diet Scientifically for CKD Patients?

For CKD patients, they need to take low-protein diet, which can effectively relieve uremia, the complications of kidney failure and the progress of kidney function damaged. You must want to know what foods can eat and what should pay attention? Now, I will introduce some information about how to take low-protein diet scientifically for CKD patients?

The diet principles are very important for CKD patients, because low protein diet can easily cause malnutrition, further causes the serious disease. The diet principles are as followed:

1. Monitoring the nutrition condition of patients.

Chronic Kidney Disease patients are easy to get malnutrition, when the GFR < 60 ml/min. At this time, need to monitor the state of patients. In the first three months of treatment, the patients should have a check up every month. And then have examination a time every two or three months.

2. The time of low protein diet for CKD patients.

First, non-diabetic nephropathy patients should reduce the intake of protein from stage 1 CKD, while, diabetic nephropathy patients from stage 4 CKD. Second, non-diabetic nephropathy patients should be low protein diets from stage 3 CKD and diabetic nephropathy patients from the GFR decline.

3. Safe low-protein diet treatment.

First, should ensure enough calories supply. Second, the amount of protein should in the range of 0.6- 0.8 g/kg/d. Third, the proportion of quality protein should not less than 50%, usually in the range of 50% to 70%.

4. How to choose protein wisely?

The patients should choose vegetable protein less, such as rice, noodles, corn, cereal, etc. But choose more high quality protein, such as milk, egg, fish, poultry, and lean and so on.

Sometimes, patients eat excessive protein will increase the burden of kidneys, and lead to serious result. So patients should pay attention to low-protein diet. If you have something to know, please consult our online experts at any time.

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