What to eat food can reduce the high levels of creatinine and urea

If you are experiencing elevated blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels. So what foods to eat in order to reduce it? The following article will give you a simple introduction.
To get the answer, we had better firstly make clear the formation of creatinine and urea. Creatinine is generated from the breakdown of creatine phosphate during muscle metabolism, while urea is the product of protein metabolism. Normally, creatinine and urea enter blood stream, and then healthy kidneys are responsible for eliminating these waste products from the body. However, when kidney can’t do its work normally, creatinine and urea level in the blood increases spontaneously.
Foods to lower high creatinine and urea levels
Since elevated creatinine and urea levels are associated closely with low kidney function level, the basic dietary requirement for these patients is to reduce the workload on kidneys. What’s more, foods that are beneficial for kidney function protection or improvement are better. From this point, we have some dietary suggestions for people with high creatinine and urea levels in the blood.
Basic dietary suggestions
Low-protein and low-salt diet can help reduce the burden on your kidneys. Besides, you should also pay attention to the intake of fluid, fat, phosphorus and potassium. As for the amount of every nutrition you can take in, it should depend on your medical condition. Therefore, we recommend you to describe your case or send your test report to chinakidneyhospital@gmail.com. Then, kidney dietitian here can give you some personalized advices after analyzing your case.
Specific food suggestions
In our daily life, some common foods do have the lowering-creatinine or lowering-urea property. Read on to find out which one is suitable for you.

1. Berries: Cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, etc, all contain rich vitamin C, which is proven to have an effect of increasing kidney filtration rate. This is able to eliminate more creatinine and urea from the body.

2. Cucumber and bitter gourd: You can consume them as either vegetable or juice. Both of them can stimulate the kidney to produce more urine, taking away more waste products.

Each food has its own benefits, but for kidney disease patients, in the end what kind of food for them, if you want to learn more about kidney disease foods you can leave a message to chinakidneyhospital@gmail.com.