The prevalence of chronic kidney disease among Chinese adults has reached about 10.8%, and the number of patients with chronic kidney disease is close to 130 million, ranking first in the world.
Not only that, but not all of these patients with chronic kidney disease can be effectively controlled and treated. Nearly 30 million of these patients will eventually progress to the stage of end-stage renal disease, known as uremia. Relevant research surveys show that the number of patients registered for hemodialysis due to kidney failure in the mainland has reached about 700,000.
With such a high incidence of kidney failure in recent years, the root cause behind the investigation is directly related to unhealthy living habits. This includes long-term smoking and alcohol abuse, long-term sedentary, long-term drinking of too little water, long-term urination, long-term unhealthy diet and so on. In addition, the high incidence of hypertension, diabetes and other diseases also laid the foundation for secondary kidney disease.
And if we want to prevent kidney failure, what we can do is to adjust from life, and it is necessary to stay away from the following three types of foods:
1. High-salt foods
This includes putting in lots of salt and condiments, processed meats, cured foods, various kimchi, and more. These foods may seem very tasty, but excessive salt can increase the metabolic burden on the kidneys.
Because the main component of salt is sodium chloride, only a small number of sodium ions entering the body will meet the needs of the body, and the rest need to be excreted through kidney metabolism.
The large intake of sodium salts not only increases the burden on the kidneys, but also may develop water and sodium retention and increased blood pressure. The kidneys are easily damaged in a state of high perfusion, high pressure and high filtration, laying hidden dangers for chronic diseases;
2. High sugar food
Although the kidney is not originally a digestive and absorption organ, it is also closely related to food. Sweets, carbonated drinks, juices and other favorite foods of young people today can also affect the kidneys. Because it not only leads to obesity and elevated blood sugar, but also increases the burden of kidney filtration.
At the same time, excessive fructose intake is easy to increase the production of uric acid in the body, and uric acid precipitation crystals accumulate in the kidneys, which may also damage the kidney parenchyma. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes due to excessive calories can also cause damage to the kidneys, inducing secondary chronic kidney disease;
3. High purine foods
This includes the animal offal, seafood, hot pot, animal soup and so on that are often eaten in daily life. These foods themselves contain a lot of fat, protein and calories, but they also contain purine substances. The purines in the human body are mainly endogenous production and exogenous intake.
Under normal circumstances, purine production of uric acid and metabolism of uric acid are in a state of dynamic equilibrium every day, and the organ that metabolizes uric acid is the kidney. The daily intake of a large amount of purine substances will lead to uric acid metabolism disorders, which will then form excessive pressure on the kidneys and lay hidden dangers for chronic kidney disease.
In addition to the above three types of food, everyone in daily life, but also need to reduce the intake of high-calorie foods such as frying, barbecue, etc., which will more or less negatively affect the kidneys.
In clinical terms, foods that are really beneficial to kidney health are light, balanced, and reasonable meals, which can minimize the incidence of primary and secondary kidney disease.