Five-grain rice during the Lunar New Year's Day, Himchan Hospital, if your kidneys are not good, you should refrain
Feb 12, 2025
|
Kidney is a filter factory in our body and is called kidney because it resembles beans and red beans. When the kidney's function to filter metabolic waste from the blood gradually decreases, chronic kidney disease occurs. As waste and moisture accumulate, leg swelling, fatigue, vomiting, loss of appetite, nightly frequent urination, itching, decreased mental strength, muscle cramps, and neuropathy can occur.
Lee Ji-eun, head of the department of kidney medicine at Incheon Himchan General Hospital, said, `Kidney disease is difficult to recover again after progressing to a loss of function due to continuous damage to the kidneys"If you have high blood pressure and diabetes, you should be extra careful because kidney disease is often caused by complications."
◇I don't feel early symptoms of kidney disease...If the urine color turns red, it loses more than 70% of its function
The kidney is about the size of one's fist and filters waste products in the blood and discharges them into the urine. The amount of blood filtered per day in the two kidneys is about 180L, and after reabsorbing the water and nutrients required by the body, it is discharged to the urine for about 1 to 2L.
Typical kidney disease is chronic renal failure, which refers to a state in which the basic functions of the kidney, excretion, control, metabolic and endocrine functions, are deteriorated or impaired due to diseases such as chronic glomerular nephritis, diabetic nephropathy, and hypertensive nephrosclerosis.
The most common causes in Korea are diabetes, hypertension, glomerular disease, and polycystin. In fact, diabetes accounts for about 50% of the causative disease of patients undergoing dialysis. In addition, vascular disease, hereditary kidney disease, congenital urinary tract malformations, urinary tract obstruction, amyloidosis, and urinary stones are also causes. If there are no symptoms at all in the early stages and more than 70% of the function is impaired, symptoms such as dark red urine color, long-lasting foam, swelling, or headaches can occur as blood pressure rises. When the disease progresses and becomes end-stage heart failure, symptoms such as difficulty breathing, nausea, and vomiting become severe, making it difficult to live a normal life.
If the kidney function is poor, it is not discharged well, so you should be careful about eating food such as meals. Grain rice is usually known to be good for health, but it can be rather harmful when kidney function is poor. Nutrients such as protein, potassium, and phosphorus in grains, vegetables, fruits, and meat are good for healthy people, but they are one of the nutrients that should limit excessive intake for kidney patients.
◇ You should refrain from eating protein, potassium, phosphorus, and sodium
If the kidney function decreases, the remaining potassium and phosphorus used in the body cannot be discharged through urine and accumulated in the body. These are ingredients that are contained a lot in multigrain rice and various herbs eaten during the Lunar New Year's Day. Grain rice has a high content of phosphorus. Foods containing dairy products, nuts, and caffeine also contain a lot of phosphorus, so be careful when eating them.
It is also necessary to refrain from eating sodium and sugar as much as possible. Consuming sodium in the same amount as the general population can lead to elevated blood pressure and worse kidney function. The herbs eaten during the Lunar New Year's Day are also cooked as bland as possible because they use a seasoning with a lot of salt, such as salt and soy sauce, when seasoned. Vegetables contain a lot of potassium, and potassium is water-soluble, so it is good to soak them in water for about two hours before cooking, take them out, boil them, or blanch them. It is also good to replace cabbage, cucumbers, and bean sprouts with low potassium content for vegetables.
Lee Ji-eun, director of the Department of Nephrology at Incheon Himchan General Hospital, said, `It is helpful to reduce protein intake for kidney patients, but if they refrain too much, they can harm their health due to nutritional imbalance, so consult with a specialist to determine the appropriate amount of meals"Kidney disease patients are managed with a diet that consumes sufficient calories while reducing excessive intake of protein, salt, potassium, and phosphorus, and the general public needs to eat enough vegetables and fruits high in antioxidants and consume as little sodium and sugar as possible to protect kidney health,' he advised.
|
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
