Protein Consumption in Chronic Kidney Diseases

Protein Consumption in Chronic Kidney Diseases
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Without proteins, the body would fail to fight infections, heal injuries, or stop bleeding. Consumption of proteins is thus of great significance. However, knowing what to consume being affected with kidney diseases is very crucial given the kidney the task to filter wastes created as a result of the foods people consume in an attempt to ensure the right balance of minerals and nutrients is maintained not just in the body but in the blood as well. This work covers the concept of what amounts of protein an individual with chronic kidney disease (CDK) should consume without the risk of overworking the kidney. For CKD individuals without dialysis, protein-intake should be limited while for those with dialysis, higher intake of protein is allowed given its necessity in aiding the maintenance of the levels of blood protein just as much in improving health. This is because dialysis assists in protein waste removal from the blood, and therefore low amounts of proteins are unnecessary.
Keywords: protein consumption/in-take, CKD, dialysis, kidney

Protein Consumption in Chronic Kidney Diseases
Knowing what to consume being affected with kidney diseases is very crucial. The kidney is tasked to filter wastes created as a result of the foods people consume in an attempt to ensure the right balance of minerals and nutrients is maintained not just in the body but in the blood as well. For such reasons, kidney diseases hamper its functions, which implies that the right balance would not be maintained.

Based on this establishment, individuals with chronic kidney diseases should be informed of protein consumption dosage.
Protein intake comes with essential nutrients that aid in building muscles, just as much as in healing and staying healthy. However, consumption of too many proteins by individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) makes it harder for their kidney to filter and remove the wastes that come with a protein diet. The excess wastes, which are not filtered out due to kidney failure, accumulate and build up in the bloodstreams to cause loss of appetite, taste changes, body weaknesses, and nausea. Generally, high protein intake in CDK can cause glomerular hyperfiltration and intraglomerular pressure (Ko, Obi, Tortoricci & Kalantar-Zadeh, 2017).
In an attempt to maintain nutrition recommendations, CKD individuals without dialysis should minimize protein intake attributed to the difficulties that come with more protein intake that forces the kidney to work harder. Extra work by the kidney could be stressful and may cause the kidney to wear out quicker. On dialysis, higher intake of protein is recommended given its necessity in aiding the maintenance of the levels of blood protein as well as in improving health. This is because dialysis assists in protein waste removal from the blood, and so low amounts of proteins are unnecessary. Generally, the concept involves establishing the right amounts of protein, an aspect that may also be dependent on nutrition status, body size, and kidney problems.

Reference
Ko, G. J., Obi, Y., Tortoricci, A. R., & Kalantar-Zadeh, K. (2017). Dietary protein intake and chronic kidney disease. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care, 20(1), 77.