How to Supply Nutrients for Patients with Chronic Renal Failure

For patients with Chronic Renal Failure, their body dissolves more protein than normal so their body stays in a negative nitrogen balanced state. Therefore, their resistance is weak and it is very easy for virus to invade into their bodies. Proper supplement of nutrients is very important for patients to improve their resistance.

1. Keep enough vitamin intake

Vitamins take part in the metabolic process. If the body can not get enough vitamin supplements, it will cause metabolic disorder. Therefore, the patients with Real Failure should eat more fruits and vegetable with high vitamins.

2. Keep proper high quality protein

Protein can provide essential amino acid for body. The patients should decline the portion of vegetable protein in the total protein intake for vegetable protein can produce more urea nitrogen thus aggravating to kidneys. Moreover, the patients should limit the total amount of protein intake. The non dialysis patients should keep their protein intake within 0.6~0.8 grams/ kg body weight per day. The patients on hemodialysis should keep their protein intake within 1grams/ kg per body weight and peritoneal dialysis patients keep 1.2 grams/kg per day. However, the patients should take examination regularly and make their diet plan on the results under their doctors’ guidance.

3. Regulate the sodium supplement

The patients with Renal Failure should keep balance between the sodium intake and excretion. However, if they have edema, the intake amount should be less than excretion.

4. Avoid eating high- phosphorus food

Patients with Renal Failure can not execrate phosphorus out of their bodies thus leading to hyperphosphatemia. If the phosphorus level in blood keeps going up persistently, it will stimulate the parathyroid to secrete more parathyroid hormone. As a result, the calcium in blood will increase thus causing renal bone diseases.


The above article just introduces the general principles for patients with Renal Failure. As the disease conditions vary with different patients, they should make their personalized diet plan under their doctors’ guidance.