what food is good or bad to our body for patients with FSGS

FSGS is one of the common autoimmune kidney diseases and it can cause many complications. Proper diet plays an important role in treating FSGS. So what can I eat and can not eat with FSGS?

What is good for patients with FSGS

A. Follow a proper amount of high-quality protein foods

Generally, in early stage (stage 1-3) of FSGS, patients can ingest 0.6-0.8grams of protein per pound of body weight a day. And for patients in stage 4 FSGS, they need to ingest 0.4 grams of protein per pound of body weight. In addition, patients without dialysis in stage 5 FSGS, 0.2 grams of protein intake per day is necessary and for dialysis patients, they usually need to ingest more protein than normal people. Besides, FSGS patients should absorb some high quality protein foods which can be found in lean meat, fish, egg white and milk.

B. Follow a low-salt diet

For FSGS patients, eating too much salt will worsen your swelling symptom and also aggravate their high blood pressure. In this case, you should add less salt while when you are cooking. Besides, when you eat out, you need to keep far away from high salted foods, such as pickles, bacon, processed foods and salted eggs.

What is bad to patients with FSGS

A. Canned foods and highly processed foods.

They usually contain a lot of food additives which can produce many metabolic wastes or even toxins and increase burdens to the kidneys. Therefore it is advised that FSGS patients as well as other kidney disease patients to have less or no processed foods.

B. Alcohol, coffee and other caffeine-containing foods and drinks

Besides diet, effective treatment is the most important thing to FSGS patients. In Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese therapies have been proved convenient and effective to kidney disease patients, including FSGS patients. The effective Chinese medicines can help patients repair the damaged kidney cells and tissues from root. And then improve kidney function effectively. So, the symptoms of FSGS will be relieved a lot and you will win a healthy life through those therapies. Have interest in Chinese therapies, email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com

With FSGS, there is no need to worry about too much, you must believe there will be methods that can help you. With a good diet and effective therapy, I believe that you can win a healthy and happy life. Any question? Leave a message below, we are here to help all the time