Can I Eat Chocolate If I Have Polycystic Kidney Disease

In our daily life, chocolate is a good gift for people and it is loved by many children due to its delicious tastes.However, patients with PKD may have heard that they had better avoid chocolate. Is this true?Because it is high in phosphorus, caffeine and oxalate and it can increase the risk of kidney stone and worsen already damaged renal functions.

The following is the disadvantages of chocolate in PKD

1.Chocolate possesses a type of substance called caffeine which could increase the quantity of message protein cyclic AMP. It promotes the cyst fluids production, causing kidney cysts enlargement in the numbers and size.

2.Chocolate contains high caffeine that will be limited by kidney disease patients because doing so can cause dehydration and further increase serum creatinine level. For PKD patients, caffeine can promote the secretion of cyst fluid and stimulate the cysts to see rapid climb.

However, if you have no kidney problem or if your blood phosphorus level is in the normal range, there is no need to avoid chocolate.Because chocolate is a great source of nutritions. Rich in protein, fat, vitamin, potassium, dietary finer, etc, chocolate is able to bring us some health benefits.