Question

Why is knowing about protein consumption important for chronic kidney disease? What are the steps in maintaining nutrition recommendations for such patients?

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Answer 1

Answer: In a healthy people kidney clears the protein waste and works normally. Proteins is one of the essential nutrients which performs many functions of our body. But people suffering from chronic kidney disease are at high risk of protein consumption problem as their kidney does not perform its normal functioning and hence the waste of protein does not clear out from the body properly. Kidney has small nephrons which maintains the waste clearing activity. But damage to these causes unusual functioning of kidney.

Due to unusual functioning of kidney, the protein waste does not filtered properly and hence return to the blood which increase the amount of protein in the blood.

A normal healthy person requires 65 to 100grams of the protein per day depends upon his body weight, but patient with chronic kidney disease are recommended low protein intake as 56 grams according to body weight. The intake of low protein as well as sodium, potassium and electrolyte balance is considered in patient suffering from this disease. Some of the foods provides low protein waste and hence they should be taken for the nutrition diet such as egg, white meat etc. in a small amount to fulfill the need of the protein by body.