Can Limotherapy Protect Renal Function?

For patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, most of them may have proteinuria because of the damaged kidneys. Filtration membrane is like a sieve, which can filter micro-molecular substances such as toxins and keep macro-molecular substances inside such as protein. When the kidneys are damaged, the protein will leak out and flow into urine. Proteinuria means the presence of an excess of serum proteins in the urine.Kidney Failure With 15% Function: When Dialysis Is Needed
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To eliminate proteinuria, some patients think that if they limit the intake of protein, then it may not leak out and it will relieve the burden of kidneys. So they adopt so-called limotherapy to protect renal function. This thought is totally wrong.
The limited intake of food and protein can lead to malnutrition, which is common in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. If the patients adopt limotherapy, malnutrition will be aggravated. This will cause decreased resistance and hypoproteinemia. In addition, it is easy to infect and aggravate the disease, which causes the deterioration of renal function. As a result, limotherapy cannot protect renal function. Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease should pay attention to it.How to Restore Kidney Function with Creatinine 6
In addition to proper high quality protein, patients with Chronic Kidney Disease should also take in enough caloric and reduce break-down of endogenous protein, which can relieve azotemia. People always regard sugar as the important source of caloric. Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease should keep the intake of staple foods less than 300g.

To protect renal function, patients with Chronic Kidney Disease should keep high quality protein. Never use limotherapy.