Can Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients Eat Fish

Fish is delicious and it is popular in all over the world in daily life. There are so many kinds of fishes, but the nutrition in them are similar with each other. According to the researches, the children who eat more fish are grow faster and with a wise brain. And the people who have more fish intake also are in good health and live a long life. Then can Polycystic Kidney Disease patients eat fish?

1. Fish provides anti-inflammatory fats called omega-3s. The healthy fats in fish can help fight diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Omega-3s also help lower low-density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol, which is bad cholesterol, and raise high-density lipoprotein or HDL cholesterol, which is good cholesterol.

2. Fish contains rich folic acid, vitamin B2, vitamin B12 such vitamins which are beneficial for eliminating edema, increasing urination, cleaning toxins and so on.

3. Fish is rich in magnesium which has the function of protecting cardiovascular system, for example, it can prevent high blood pressure and myocardial infarction such diseases.

4. The are many kinds of inorganic salts and vitamins which are necessary for human body.

5. Fish is rich in high quality protein which can support the normal activity of patients.

But there are something deserved to mention that for Polycystic Kidney Disease patients with serious kidney damage and accompanied with a lot of protein urine, water-electrolyte imbalance, acidosis and so on should decrease the fish intake for fish also rich in sodium and protein. Too much of them intake can lead to the further kidney damage.

So Polycystic Kidney Disease patients can eat fish according to their specific condition properly, and before eating something, they had better consult their doctors in case the unhealthy diet lead to the kidney function decline. And if you want to know more information about Polycystic Kidney Disease diet or want to ask for treatment suggestions, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible.

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