Someone who has experienced kidney failure should take care of its diet because many foods that can actually aggravate the condition of illness. Patients with kidney disease can not eat fruit and vegetables at will, with the same number of healthy people.

It should be understood that there are vegetables and fruits that potentially exacerbate the patient health condition. Therefore, patients with kidney failure should really know the content of fruit and vegetables they consumed.

“Patients with kidney failure should reduce the consumption of fruits because some fruits grades Potassium (potassium) high,” the doctor said Dian Novita Chandra, M. Nutrition, Staff of the Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, the Warta Kota recently noodles.

Very high potassium levels (hyperkalemia) can cause disturbed heart rhythm. Patients should be able to limit the amount of consumption of fruit each day. Eg apples, kidney patients can only eat half of it. Yet that also must be remembered, if the condition of kidney patients can no longer berkermh, then you should refrain from the consumption of fruits and vegetables until smooth urination.

Meanwhile, for people who have not undergone dialysis. encouraged to go on a diet low in protein 40-45 grams / day. This obviously depends on renal function of patients can be detected by laboratory examination. If kidney function is less than 15 percent, then the engagement to do dialysis.

Another renal failure in patients who have chronic or chronic long alias. Patients with chronic kidney failure must undergo a strict diet with some purpose which is to regulate fluid and electrolyte balance in the body and to keep the patient can move like a normal person.

Dietary principles chronic renal failure patients

1. Diet or regular soft

2. As a source of carbohydrates: sugar, jam, syrup and candy.

3. Self-energy and low protein

4. As a source of protein, preferably protein, for example: milk, beef, meat and fish. Accordance with the number of patients with renal failure.

5. As a source of fat, preferably unsaturated fats, with the needs of approximately 25 percent of the total energy required.

6. For the needs of water, is recommended in accordance with the amount of urine 24 hours; approximately 500 milliliters of the beverage and food products.

7. For potassium and sodium requirements by a state patients.

8. For calorie needs, about 35 kcals / kg body weight / day.

9. Limiting salt intake if there is hypertension (high blood pressure) or edema (swelling).

10. It is also advisable to consume gelatin because in addition to containing energy sources also contain soluble fiber.

Foods that should be restricted

1. Carbohydrate sources such as: rice, corn, potatoes, macaroni, pasta, hevermout, sweet.

2. Animal proteins like meat goat, chicken, fish, liver, cheese, shrimp, eggs.

3. Vegetables and high-potassium fruits such as apples, avocados, oranges, bananas, papayas and papaya, celery, cauliflower, parsley, green beans.