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In view of diet for Polycystic Kidney Disease, it is much more like a lifestyle choice rather than a diet. Due to the specificity of the disease, the diet suggestions are greatly different from other kind of kidney disease. Before realizing how and why, we’d better take a quick glance at the definition of PKD.
PKD, the abbreviation of Polycystic Kidney Disease, is a genetic disorder affecting 1 in 500 people regardless of age, gender and race. Due to the clusters of cysts grow in the kidneys, account for the size and weight increase. If you have diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease, then you’d better convince your family members to run some tests in order to rule out their chances of suffering from the very same disease.
According to the National Kidney Foundation, there’s no specific diet to prevent the cysts from developing. But general diet rules have been drawn. A low protein diet is helpful more often than not; what’s more, diet low in salt or sodium contribute to boost your kidney function. The upper limit of animal foods per day is 3 oz. To those who live with high blood pressure, the restriction of salt or sodium should be carried on. This is especially true for those who have already get hypertension induced by PKD. While for those who didn’t yet, don’t indulge yourself and burden your damaged kidneys anymore. Because people with this disease are more prone to develop elevated blood pressure and then aggravate the medical condition the other way round. For the specific amount, let’s say, no more than 2,000mg per day is just right.
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