Healthy Diet Plan for FSGS patients in Their Daily Life

Healthy Diet Plan for FSGS patients in Their Daily Life When people are attacked by FSGS, they would suffer more. The injured kidneys fail to support the normal metabolism of human body, so the improper foods intake may increase the metabolism burden of kidneys, and lead to wastes retention in body. All in all, a scientific diet is helpful to prevent some symptoms and protect the kidney function. How to eat? Let us have a study.

Protein intake.

Protein food is necessary for overall health including muscle maintenance, fighting infections and so on. For FSGS patients, they usually are bothered by the protein urine. But it does not mean that we need to take excessive protein food for it can burden the kidneys and lead to more serious protein urine. At this time, the high quality protein should be given to support the body tissues, vegetables protein such as bean and bean products should be avoid and animal protein including egg white, lean meats, milk, fish and so on can be given properly.

Sodium intake.

Kidneys are responsibility for adjusting water-electrolyte. When FSGS patients suffer from the water-sodium retention, they maybe suffer a lot from edema and high blood pressure, so FSGS patients should say “no” to salty food, including salted drinking, pickles, walnuts, and sated cashew nuts etc. Low sodium food, such as rice, cereals, plain breads, is eatable for suffering people.

Fat and cholesterol intake.

Much intake of fat and cholesterol is bad for the blood vessels which has a close relationship with the development of FSGS. Animal oil should be in place of healthy oils, such as olive, canola, safflower, sunflower etc. In addition, you should remember to limit saturated fats (animal fat) and eliminate trans fat (partially hydrogenated oils found in processed and fast food).

In addition, FSGS patients with renal insufficient should limit foods with high potassium, phosphorus, fluids and so on to prevent the serious complications. All in all, the diet plan should be changed according to the physical conditions of patients at the suggestions of their doctors.

Now if you want to know more information about the healthy diet plan for FSGS or ask for treatment suggestions, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.