Diet for Renal Failure Patients

Drink water properly

The amount of water you take should depend on the detailed condition. If there is edema, hypertension and heart failure, you should control the intake of water. The dialysis patients also should control the intake of water to keep away from edema, heart failure.

High heat diet

The heat you take every day should be more than 30 kilocalorie per kilogram of body weight. Thin patients should increase the intake of heat, and the fat patients should reduce the intake of heat. In order to get enough heat, you should eat more vegetable oil and sugar. If you feel hungry, you can eat apples,sweet potato,potato. If renal failure is caused by diabetes, you should control the intake of sugar.

Supply mineral substance properly.

Many renal failure patients have electrolyte imbalance more or less, such as low calcium,high potassium and high phosphorus. In the process of taking medicine, you should adjust it according to the blood test. Patients with edema,high blood pressure and oliguria should follow low diet and low phosphorus. Dialysis patients should limit the intake of aluminum.

Low protein diet.

Renal failure patients should control the intake of protein. In order to limit the intake of protein, you should choose aluminum to replace flour and rice.

Abundant vitamin intake.

Renal failure patients should eat more fresh vegetables and fruit. Therefore, patients can take enough vitamin which is good for health.

Renal failure patients should pay more attention to their diet to keep away from side effects of treatment. Bad diet habits may worsen the disease and cause serious complications which would threat to the life of patients.