Healthy food to improve your kidney’s function

To impede the risk of kidney failure, you need to provide enough nutrients to protect and raise your kidneys’ function.

• Herbaceous plants
Herbaceous plants help drench vitamin A in the body, which is very necessary for the kidneys’ execution. For example, fennel contains many substantial oils that can mitigate pain in the kidneys or abdominal area, and even dissolve kidney stones.

• Green apples
You should eat an apple with its peel because it is very good for your cardiovascular health. In addition, apples are diuretic, cool, and able to prevent constipation and cancers because they contain abundant amounts of fiber and anti-inflammatory properties. Drinking, eating or using apples to make delicious cakes avail people with kidney failure because they do not have natri.

• Fish
Nutrients and micronutrients are found in high amounts in fish. Besides, fish delivers omega-3 fatty acids that elevate the ability to fight infection as well as hinder the risk of heart disease, cancers, and high blood pressure. It can strengthen the immune system, boost good kidney performance and improve the health. They are also good for the excretory system and digestive system.

• Pumpkins
Pumpkins not only are a food with high nutritional value but also a good remedy for patients with kidney failure and diabetes. They help the body rehabilitate the pancreas. Pumpkins contain much starch but their glucose index (GI) is very low. Therefore, they minimize the sugar level in the blood, making the glomerular filtration easier and precluding the risk of developing chronic diabetes.

• Sapodilla fruits
This is a common and favorite fruit of people at any age. Sapodilla fruits contain a low content of sodium (which is present in almost all fruits and salt), helping control the humoral factor as well as metabolic activities. However, a high level of sodium will affect your kidneys, cardiovascular system and blood pressure. Because of low content of sodium and sweet flavor, people with high blood pressure and kidney disease can eat sapodilla fruits regularly to diminish the risk and complications of hazardous diseases.

• Egg white
Patients with kidney disease should not eat much egg yolk but they are advised to eat egg white. It contains protein which is good for this illness, and a low content of phosphorus, which is necessary for muscle building but not good for people with kidney disease.

• Cabbage and cauliflower
Patients with kidney disease should include cabbage in their diets more frequently because it can help their kidneys exclude and cleanse toxins in the body. Similarly, cauliflower is rich in glucosinolates, indoles, and thiocyanates. So you only need to boil and enjoy it in order to remove the toxins and reduce the workload on the kidneys in the purification of toxins in the blood and body.