Diet Suggestions for Nephrotic Syndrome Patients

What should be the diet for nephrotic syndrome patients? as we know, nephrotis syndrome patients need to keep a well planed diet, which can help reduce kidney burden and protect their kidney function, and a good diet can help make a good prognosis for patients.

Here are some diet suggestions for nephrotic syndrome patients.

1. Light-based diet:

Eat less fat, greasy food, wine and eat spicy foods, edible vegetables, fruits, food and other light flow easily digestible food and so on.

2. The high-protein diet intake:

Such as fresh eggs, milk, fresh lean meat, fish and so on. Normal renal function may be given the normal amount of daily 1.0g / kg is not too high, so as not to increase the burden of kidney; renal insufficiency, low-protein diet intake should be.

3. High vitamin intake:

Nephrotic syndrome, there is lack of the vitamin, which is mainly concerned with dietary restrictions. So to strengthen the high vitamin intake, such as fruits and vegetables, such as tomatoes, rape, chives, citrus, hawthorn all contain high vitamin.

4. Sodium, water intake:

Edema should be into the low-salt diet to avoid increased edema, generally no more than 2g daily amount of salt is appropriate, but avoid long-term unreasonable avoid salt. Disable preserved foods, use less MSG and food base. Edema, hypertension, heart failure, should eat less salt or salt-free diet.


Above are the diet suggestions for nephrotic syndrome patients, which will be beneficial for their illness condition. if you still have any questions, you can send e-mail to chinakidneyhospital@gmail.com. we will do our best to help you.