Alkalescent Foods are Conducive for Polycystic Kidney Disease Patients

Under normal circumstances, both the blood and body fluids are weak alkaline and the PH value is between 7.35 and 7.45 and this condition is the best internal state for human health. Therefore it is conducive for our health to have more alkalescent foods in our daily diet. It has been proved that alkalescent foods are good for the recovery of PKD and can help slow down the progression of PKD into renal failure.

The common alkalescent foods include:

1.       Vegetables: Wax gourd, tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumber, turnip, spinach, cabbage, cabbage, rape, celery, lotus, onion, eggplant, potato, etc.

2.       Fruits: Apples, pears, bananas, peach, strawberry, plum, plum, persimmon, grapes, orange, grapefruit, lemon, etc.

3.       Bean and bean products: bean curd, peas, soybean, green beans, etc.

4.       A mushroom, bamboo shoots, chestnuts, tea, coffee, wine and so on, especially algae such as kelp, laver which contain much higher minerals than fruits and vegetables.

5.       Sweet potato is strong alkaline food so PKD patients should have more.

At last I want to mention that not all the above listed foods are suitable for PKD patients. There are some restrictions on the foods of PKD patients.

PKD patients should have low-protein, low-salt, low-fat and high-vitamin foods. Hot and excitant foods such as hot pepper, tobacco and alcohol should be avoided. Coffee, chocolate and strong tea should also be avoided. As for the intake of protein, vegetable protein should be limited or avoided. High quality protein such as milk, lean meat and egg white are good choice.

Diet Principles for Kidney Cyst Patients

It has been proved that improper diet can cause kidney cysts and worsen the illness conditions, so it is very important to have reasonable diets so as to help consolidate the curative effect of the treatment and help prevent further kidney damages and speed up the recovery.

Foods that kidney cyst patients should avoid: hot and excitant foods such as hot pepper, onion , etc; beer, wine and other alcohols; smoking and as well as passive smoking; chocolate and coffee; sea foods such as sea fish, shrimp and crabs; too salty foods especially the salted foods; polluted foods and left-over; grilled foods.

Foods that should be controlled:

1. Control the intake of protein. Modern medical thinks that it is not conducive to the kidneys, no matter too much intake or inadequate intake of protein. High quality and low protein diets such as proper amount of milk, egg white and lean meat are all good choice. Reasonable intake of protein can help reduce the kidney’s burden and the production of metabolic wastes.

2. Control the intake of salt: the intake of salt should be adjusted to the patient’s illness condition and remaining kidney functions, not all the chronic kidney disease patients need to have strict restriction on the intake of the salt.

3. Control the intake of water: This is not strict and it also depends on the patient’s illness and physical conditions. In case of simple renal kidney cysts, the metabolic wastes can’t be discharged out of the body due to the dysfunction of the kidney concentration ability. So if the patients have no obvious edema, heart failure and hypertension, there is no need to restrict the intake of water.

Generally speaking, kidney cyst patients should have fresh, light and nutritious diet. More fresh vegetables and fruits should be eaten more.