With the improvement of living standards, people have gained more understanding of the treatment of diseases. Today, let's talk about the 24-hour "cleaning factory" in our body - the kidneys. It is the main excretory organ of the human body. Once a diligent "kidney baby" falls ill and experiences an inflammatory reaction, as a 24-hour cleaning worker, it will stop working. What should we do?
In fact, for patients with nephritis, not only in medical treatment, but also in dietary adjustments are important. Once chronic nephritis occurs, patients may experience some dietary restrictions. Unreasonable diet often exacerbates the renal burden on patients with chronic nephritis, leading to further damage to renal function, leading to continuous deterioration and progression of the condition, and becoming a stumbling block on the treatment path.
What kind of food should chronic nephritis patients not eat during treatment?
NO.1
Cannot eat high salt foods
The edema of chronic nephritis is closely related to blood volume and sodium salts. If patients with nephritis consume excessive salt and their urination function is impaired, it often leads to an increase in blood volume, exacerbating edema symptoms, and causing heart failure. Therefore, it is necessary to limit salt and give a low salt diet. The daily intake of salt should be controlled at 3-5 grams to prevent worsening swelling and increased blood volume, and to prevent accidents.
NO.2
Cannot eat or reduce high fat foods
Chronic nephritis patients have symptoms of hypertension and anemia, among which animal fat is detrimental because fat can exacerbate arteriosclerosis and inhibit hematopoietic function. Therefore, chronic nephritis patients should not consume too much. But in patients with chronic nephritis, without fat intake, the body will become even weaker, so vegetable oil can be used as a substitute in daily life, at around 50 grams per day.
NO.3
Avoid using strong seasonings
Strong seasonings such as pepper, mustard, and chili are detrimental to kidney function and should be avoided. Monosodium glutamate is the main component of monosodium glutamate. Eating too much can increase thirst and lead to excessive water consumption. Many patients with nephritis still need to limit their water consumption. Therefore, while limiting water consumption, the amount of monosodium glutamate should also be relatively reduced.
NO.4
Restricting foods with high levels of nitrogen and purines
In order to reduce the burden on the kidneys, foods that stimulate the kidneys should be limited: such as beans, sardine, chicken soup, fish soup, broth and other meat soups. Because these foods contain high levels of purines and nitrogen, their metabolites cannot be excreted in a timely manner during renal dysfunction, which has a negative impact on renal function.
NO.5
Restriction of plant proteins (non high-quality proteins)
Regardless of the stage and clinical diagnosis of kidney disease, the most important principle for nutritional treatment of kidney disease is to adopt a high-quality low-protein diet with sufficient energy. So patients with kidney disease need to strictly limit or avoid eating high plant protein foods. The human body has a low utilization rate of plant protein, and consuming large amounts can easily increase the burden on the kidneys and accelerate the deterioration of the condition. The main sources of non high-quality protein are: miscellaneous beans (red beans, mung beans, etc.), gluten, nuts, especially ordinary staple foods (rice, noodles, etc.).