Can Kidney Failure Patients Eat the Banana?

Do you like eating the bananas? The banana is the most common fruit in our daily life, which has abundant nutrition. And the main content of the banana is potassium. However, when you are diagnosed with kidney failure, you must be told to control your diets by the doctors. So you may have some confusion on eating food and fruit. There are numerous of food, and do you know what should you eat and what should not eat? Now, I will communicate the question of “ can kidney failure patients eat banana?”

The advantages of bananas

There are a lot of potassium in the banana, which can help you stretch the muscle of legs and prevent the leg muscle. At the same time, the banana has high medical value. If you eat the banana on breakfast, lunch and dinner respectively , you can reduce the probability of brain blood clots. And the banana also has the function of clean the intestines and stomach.

Not only the bananas, but also the banana peels have so many function to our health. Such as, low the high blood pressure, prevent the stroke, treat the skin disease and so on.

Can kidney failure patients eat the banana?

From above, we can know the banana is good to our health. However, the kidney failure patient can not eat too much bananas, because excess potassium may build up in the blood. And high potassium can affect the cardiac muscle, and can lead to irregular heart beat and even heart failure. If your potassium level exceeds 5 mmol/L, you will need to limit the intake of foods high in potassium. Apart from banana, these following foods are also should be avoided , such as: kiwi, prunes, oranges and so on. It is a wise choice for the kidney failure patients to choose fruits and vegetables low in potassium. And eat the bananas in the guidance of the doctors.

I believe you must want to know more diets for kidney failure patients. So you can ask for our online doctors who are so experienced. And they will give you the suggestions how many bananas you should eat. You also can send messages to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com.