Therapeutic Nutrition For Kidney Diseases

If you have kidney problems, the first thing you need to do is follow a special low-salt diet.

If you have kidney problems, the first thing you need to do is follow a special low-salt diet.

The kidneys perform the function of excreting metabolic products, perform the main role in maintaining the water-salt balance, and help protect the body from adverse changes within the body. When kidney diseases occur, changes appear throughout the body, swelling develops, the normal release of fluid, salts, and metabolic products is disturbed, blood pressure rises, and in severe cases, poisoning may occur.

In case of kidney diseases, it is necessary to follow a special diet. The diet has its own characteristics, depending on the degree of the disease, so nutrition for the patient is selected individually. The doctor determines how much protein, liquid and salts the patient can consume.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Oleksiy Barsukov : "As soon as you feel an unpleasant sensation in your lower back, swelling appears on your face, you start going to the toilet more often (you will get up at night), you feel discomfort during urination, then you should immediately consult a doctor. because it does not tolerate delays."

Basic recommendations

The diet should consist of products with a diuretic effect, such as zucchini, beets, pumpkin, cucumbers, leafy salads, salads from raw vegetables, raisins, dried apricots, prunes, apricots, watermelons, melons.

All dishes are prepared without the addition of salt, the daily norm of salt is 2-4 g, if the disease is in an acute stage, then salt is excluded.

To add flavor to unsalted dishes, it is recommended to add lemon juice or wine vinegar.

You should eat food 4-5 times a day, liquids can be consumed no more than 1.5 liters per day, including liquid contained in products (in total, 800-900 ml of liquid per day)

The diet should include 70-80 g of proteins, 70-80 g of fats, and 400-500 g of carbohydrates per day. The daily caloric content of the diet should contain 2800 - 3000 kcal.

What products should be avoided

It is recommended to completely exclude from the diet:

• meat and fish sauces
• fish and mushroom broths
• spicy seasonings and spices
• fatty meat
• smoked meat
• sausages, sausages
• canned goods and salty products
• sea ​​fish
• legumes (peas, beans, soybeans)
• greens (sorrel, spinach, parsley)
• chocolate
• coffee and cocoa

Recommended products

The following foods and drinks should be consumed:

• Bakery products: white and gray bread, unsalted bran, unsalted cookies.
• Drinks: tea, tea with milk, fruit juices, fruit and berry juices, rosehip infusion with honey and lemon.
• Dairy products: milk, cream, sour cream, kefir, sour milk, cheese.
• First courses: vegetable soups, cereal soups, vegetarian borschts, milk, fruit.
• Second dishes: lean meat or fish, steam cutlets, meatballs.
• Pasta dishes, cereals, vegetables, cheese, eggs (no more than 1-2 eggs per day)
• Desserts: baked apples, dried apricots, prunes, raisins, pickles and jellies from fresh fruits and berries, watermelons, melons, jam, honey.

 

Sample menu for 1 person for one day:

First breakfast: vinaigrette without pickles with sour cream, cheese, bread, butter, sweet tea.

Second breakfast: one-egg omelet, buckwheat porridge with butter, fruit juice.

Lunch: vegetarian borscht with sour cream or vegetable soup (half plates), boiled meat, boiled potatoes, compote.

Dinner: rice cutlets with raisins, jelly.

An hour before bedtime: sweet vitamin juice with crackers or cookies.