Patients with chronic kidney disease eating mango beneficial to it?

Mango is a native of India's evergreen trees, leaves leathery, alternate; cool, small flowers, yellow or pink, into Inflorescence, the production of mango and inferior light gray wood. Native to tropical regions, in the north in recent years the market is also quite often wind up. Mango's appearance is very interesting: some of the egg-shaped, there are round, kidney-shaped, heart-shaped; variety of skin color: light green, yellow, magenta; flesh is yellow, fibrous, sweet and sour taste different, there aroma, juice and more and big stone. Mango tropical fruit extracts in one set, known as the "king of tropical fruits." Mango is a good CKD patients? There are benefits and risks to conduct a comprehensive analysis of mango.

High in energy: CKD patients may need to keep a diet for maintaining their kidney function. Without enough energy, they can’t support their basic life support and keep a healthy weight. In this case, foods, like mango are high in carbohydrates (sugars and starches) fat are wise choice for them.

Rich in vitamins: Due to dietary restrictions and poor appetite, patients may be short of some necessary vitamins. Vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K are all contained in mangoes, so it can be a supplement for CKD patients. These vitamins can help alleviate or prevent some disease, while overdose of these vitamins induce new healthy problem.

Though mangoes have some kidney-friendly contents, patients still have to be cautious when they eat mangoes, as some elements in mangoes may over burden the kidney. Whether you can eat mangoes or not is depended on your own condition.

Contain plant protein: Plant protein is not high quality protein, which is good for CKD patients. Plant protein can’t be fully used and some of them will be decomposed to produce energy, in which process urea will be produced. Kidney will be strained to filter more waste.

High potassium content: Mango is rich in potassium, which is an important mineral in our body, which is related to nerve and muscle function. Hearts keep a normal rhythm, when potassium at a right amount in our body. What’s more, potassium is also necessary for maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance and pH level. In early stage (1, 2) of CKD, patients can choose some foods high in potassium, while in advanced stage (4,5), high potassium foods are not recommended for patients, as high level of potassium may cause sever heart disease, increasing mortality rate.

So for patients with kidney disease, eating mango depends on whether his body fit to eat, there is a problem if you want to go to the hospital as soon as possible to check.