Diet Management to Lower High Creatinine Level

While what you eat can not change your creatinine value, a kidney friendly diet can prevent some of fatal complaints like heart failure, stroke etc.

There is no one particular diet for the patients with high creatinine. Personalized dietary recommendations should be given based on the lab results like blood pressure, blood glucose and levels of minerals etc.


Protein


The recommended protein intake has slight changes in patients. For the Diabetic Kidney Disease patients, they are recommended 0.8 g of protein per kg body weight a day. If they are a non-diabetic kidney disease patient, a slightly lower protein is suggested and they should keep protein intake at 0.6 g per kg body weight. For the patients on dialysis, they usually lose a large amount of nutrients during dialysis so the recommended protein intake is 1.2~1.3 g per kg body weight.


Sodium


One of the most important things the patients with high creatinine can do to preserve renal function is to control their blood pressure. High blood pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease is caused by the building up of sodium and fluid. Therefore, they are suggested to limit sodium intake to 2 grams a day.



Potassium

Elevated potassium levels can kill people with Chronic Kidney Disease. High levels can affect the nerve impulse, thus causing irregular heart beat and even heart failure which can threaten their life.


Phosphorus


Phosphorus level elevates in Chronic Kidney Disease for the kidney is no longer able to regulate phosphorus content in the blood. High phosphorus level is dangerous. It can cause hyperparathyroidism and cause blood to leach calcium from bones, resulting in itching and renal osteopathia. The common foods high in phosphorus include milk, milk products, chocolate, beer and organ meat.