Top 4 Forbidden Foods for People with Polycystic Kidney Disease(PKD)

For patients with PKD, there′re some foods they should better not eat, because they can worsen the symptoms or even stimulate the cysts to experience rapid growth.

Coffee and chocolate foods and drink

It is recommended that PKD patients should drink more water to help increase urine output and wash more wastes from the kidneys and the body. Caffeine on the other hand can easily cause dehydration and worsen high creatinine and high BUN. What is worse, caffeine can stimulate the proliferation of cyst cells and promote the secretion of cyst fluid so as to cause the cysts to grow more rapidly than the normal progression.
2.Added sugars

Foods that contain rich added sugars usually contain few nutritions. Eating too much added sugars can cause weight gain and increase blood pressure and blood triglycerides and increase the risk of heart problems. Therefor high-sugar foods such as candy, syrup, jelly, soft drinks should be avoided or limited.
Besides, polluted foods, animal offals, sea foods, spicy and stimulating foods, alcohol and tobacco should all be avoided for PKD patients.

3.Salt and salty foods

High blood pressure is a consequence of PKD, further straining the ability of diseased kidneys to function properly. As a result, salt and salty foods will cause further strain and so one of the fundamental features of a polycystic kidney disease diet is the intake reduction of this harmful compound.

4.Diets of High in Protein

Consuming large amount of protein is not wise for people who have PKD for its product--urea can put strain on kidneys.