What Foods Shouldn't You Eat When You Have Renal Failure

Stage 5 CKD is also called established chronic kidney disease and is synonymous with the now outdated terms end-stage renal disease (ESRD), chronic kidney failure (CKF) or chronic renal failure (CRF).

Diet is a very important aspect for renal failure patient to control the development of kidney disease. So, what foods shouldn't you eat when you have renal failure?

1. High potassium: such as all kinds of edible fungi, potato, Chinese yam, cabbage, date, banana, orange, white fungus, peach, apricot, spinach, rape, etc.

2. Foods with high salt such as: MSG, soda cracker, fine dried noodles, soy sauce, deep-fried cruller, etc. the patient of unstable blood pressure with severe edema, should avoid salt. In general, every patient takes salt less than 3g every day.

3. High phosphorus such as: marine food products and marine plant, seaweed, laver, animals' bowels, sesame, tea, honey, yolk, etc.

4. Note: It is forbidden to use animal oil while cooking. Take vegetable oil mainly, don't take fatty food. It is better for the kidney patient to corn oil contained unsaturated fatty acid.

5. Take high-quality protein—patients can take right amount of egg white, milk, and fine lean meat, the amount of intake should be less than 100g. Can't take vegetable protein, such as bean and each kind of bean products, bean curd, and bean milk. Can't take every kind of nuts, such as peanut, melon seeds, and walnut.

6. Take high vitamin-- the patients of kidney disease can take more vegetable and various kinds of fruits, like pear, apple, cucumber, tomato, etc.

Note: the patients of kidney disease should avoid spicy food (such as onion, ginger, garlic, etc), avoid smoke and liquor. While being oliguria, the patient needs to control the water intake. In general, the water intake should less than the urine volume on the day before.