Seafood influence on kidney disease

Seafood influence on kidney disease

Some patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) want to know if they can eat fish or if fish is good for them. Here we will make a detailed introduction to answer this question.

As it is known to us, fish is a kind of most popular food in our daily life. Fish contains many kinds of nutrients, such as high-quality protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, etc. The patients with chronic kidney disease have the symptom of loss of protein, so they need add the intake of high-quality protein. Why must it be high-quality protein? Let’s see the followings:

High-quality protein is more prone to producing fewer wastes during decomposing. Patients with CKD have something wrong with their kidney filtration. Their kidneys can’t filter the wastes well. So fewer wastes produced are good for patients with CKD. The protein is composed of amino acid, which is divided into essential amino acid and non-essential amino acid. Essential amino acid means that it can’t be produced by function of human body and can only be taken in from the food. However, for non-essential amino acid, we can not only produce it by our function of human, but also can take it in from the food. So essential amino acid contained by high quality protein is more important for our health.

Shrimp is a kind of delicious seafood and also has many health benefits. However,can patients with kidney disease eat shrimp?

Whether the patients can eat shrimp varies from individual to individual. The patients with Purpura Nephritis should avoid eating shrimp.This is because seafood is a common allergen which can trigger the disease flare.

In other cases of kidney disease,the patients are not prohibited to eat shrimp,but they should keep moderate consumption.Shrimp and other seafoods are rich in high-quality proteins which are good protein option for the patients with Kidney Disease.However,these seafoods can aggravate inflammatory response in kidneys and may worsen kidney function. If the patients are at recovery stage from Nephritis, it is a wise choice to keep moderate consumption of shrimp.It can help improve the patients’ nutrition status.

For the patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD),the daily recommended protein intake depends on kidney damage degree and severity of proteinuria.If the patients do not have reduced renal function, recommended daily protein consumption is 0.6~0.8 grams/kg per body weight. In this case, shrimp is a good source of proteins for the patients. If the patients suffer declined renal function,they should limit protein intake and shrimp consumption moderately.

From the above, we can conclude that patients with chronic kidney disease should eat fish but mustn’t eat too much. The best way is you should consult your doctor about your protein intake. Also, you can send your test report to our nephrologists and get free diet advice.