Scientific Diet Principle for Kidney Cyst Patients

When people are attacked by kidney cyst, the cyst fluid is secreting continually. Especially when the lesions cells on cyst walls are stimulated by something, the cyst fluids will secrete more and the renal cyst will get big with a fast speed. So kidney cyst patients need a healthy lifestyle to inhibit the cyst fluid secretion. Especially for the diet, it plays an important role in control the development of the disease and remit the symptoms caused by the disease. Some tips has listed for kidney cyst patients.

1. Salt intake
Patients should strictly control their intake of salt in 3-5g per day. Especially for patients who have swelling, too much salt can make it severer.

2. Diary products
Diary products will increase the burden of kidneys, causing dehydration. Most cheese and ice cream contain added salt, which will increase blood pressure.

3. The intake of protein
Patients who present proteinuria (protein in urine) should take some foods containing high quality proteins. The proteins can be found in w eggs (without yolk), lean meat and so on.

4. Foods containing alkaline
Study shows that the diet of alkaline can lower the growth of kidney cysts. We can find alkaline from apples, watermelon, bananas, melons, kiwi, cabbage, spinach, greens, turnip greens, swiss chard, romaine and so on.

5. Others
Patients should avoid taking spicy food such as hot pepper, chocolate, coffee, shrimp, marine fish, crab, and so on. What is more, they can not drinking and smoking.


All in all, kidney cyst patients should form a healthy lifestyle and make a scientific diet plan under the suggestions of their doctors, and the most important thing for them is the timely and effective treatment. And if you want to know more information about kidney cyst diet or treatment suggestions, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyfight@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.