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Recommended and prohibited foods for kidney failure
LIST OF RECOMMENDED FOODS FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY INSUFFICIENCY
Recommended foods for kidney failure
Chronic renal failure (CRF) has very strict dietary recommendations, especially when the disease is in its most advanced stages. Proteins and many minerals, such as phosphorus, potassium, sodium, must be controlled. The result is a rather monotonous and tasteless diet.
In the face of so many food deprivations, it is common for patients with CFR to eat poorly or inadequately. This fact leads to malnutrition and aggravation of renal function, with consequences on the patient’s health, both in the physical (progressive loss of muscle mass) and in the psychosocial environment.
IRC food lists
This guide aims to facilitate the feeding of these patients and their families, to help their optimal nutritional status, which allows them to preserve the health of their kidneys. The following lists of recommended, non-recommended, and forbidden foods are listed below.
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LIST OF ALLOWED AND PROHIBITED FOODS IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Food Groups | Recommended Important: respect the amounts indicated in the diet | Avoid |
White rice White bread and biscotti Rice pancakes (without salt) Wheat flour Homemade biscuit, without gasifier | Integral rice Mold bread and whole wheat bread Oats, buckwheat, millet, quinoa, etc. (whole grains) Breakfast cereals | |
Lentils Chickpeas Fresh peas Frozen peas * All with previous soaking, 36h. Boil without salt or baking soda | Chickpea flour Beans, white beans, pints, soy, tofu, “tempeh” hummus | |
Always peeled, chopped, long (12 hours) and boiled. Salads: longer soaking Peppers, eggplant, leek, tomato, turnip Lettuce, cucumber, cauliflower Pumpkin, zucchini Potatoes, carrot Home-made purees without salt, with previously treated | Spinach, Swiss chard, beet Canned food, pickles… Vegetables soup Gazpacho, salmorejo, vegetable creams and purees (lots of potassium) Algae (very potassium) | |
Always peeled, chopped and long soaked (12 hours) Fruits in general Quince Baked apple or pear (always skinless fruits and vegetables) Light jam | Dried fruits Natural or industrial juices Those that can not be peeled: blueberries, raspberries, figs,… Banana (very rich in potassium) | |
Seeds and oils | Extra virgin olive oil, which can be macerated with aromatic herbs | Avocado Any dried fruit or seed (pipes, nuts, almonds,…) |
Food Groups | Recommended Important: respect the amounts indicated in the diet | Avoid |
| Egg | Egg white Whole egg | Yolk Flans, custards, and desserts with yolks |
| Meats And fish | White fish: hake, dorado, rooster, sole, trout Blue fish (best boiled): salmon, mackerel, bonito, fresh anchovy Chicken, turkey, and meatballs or home burgers, with these minced meat at home (no store additives, no salt) Clam, crab Pork loin, rabbit | FCold meats, ham, sausages of any meat, Frankfurt, hamburgers (processed meat) Canned fish or shellfish “Crab sticks” or “surimi” Mussel, sardines Viscera (liver, pate and offal) Broth pills |
| Dairy | Soy drink * Semi-skimmed milk Burgos cheese (without salt) Curd Spread cheese light * * See on the label that the word “phosphates” does not appear.. | Yogurt of any kind Whole and skimmed milk Cream, curd Goat and sheep dairy products (cheese, milk, yogurt) Cheese brie, cheddar, cured, mozzarella, parmesan Spread cheese |
| Dressings and condiments | Olive oil is the best dressing that can be used. Honey | Herbs (they have an enormous amount of potassium) Sauces, industrial |
| IMPORTANT: All ultraprocessed foods are strongly discouraged: Refreshments with gas / additives / alcohol: coke, fanta, bitter and soft drinks in general, beer, wine, distillates. Water with gas (lots of salt). Industrial bakery, cookies, snacks (additives) Sausages and other processed meats, pizzas and precooked food of any kind | ||
*More information:
– Proteins in chronic kidney disease
– How much can you drink in chronic kidney failure?
– How to eliminate dietary phosphorus for kidney failure
– How to remove potassium from food
– Supplements for chronic kidney failure
More information on kidney disease diet guide an other kidney diseases.
