What can't you eat if you have high phosphorus

We all know that for some kidney disease patients, their phosphorus is generally relatively high, so they need to strictly avoid certain foods, and many foods are not allowed to be eaten. If some foods have too high phosphorus content in the body, it is likely to aggravate the patient's condition, especially for patients in the middle and late stages of life who need dialysis to maintain life. If they eat some inappropriate foods, they may have to increase the number of dialysis sessions. So what foods are not allowed to be eaten when the phosphorus content is high?

A significant proportion of patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing dialysis have the problem of hyperphosphatemia. Long-term high phosphorus will stimulate parathyroid hyperplasia and lead to bone disease, manifested by symptoms such as brittle and easy-to-break bones, unbearable itchy skin, bone pain, joint pain, fatigue and weakness; excessive calcium and phosphorus may also be deposited in the skin, heart, blood vessels and other tissues, causing cardiovascular disease. How to control and treat hyperphosphatemia includes many aspects such as diet control, taking phosphate binders and adequate dialysis.

Today, let’s talk about diet control:

1. Why should we control the phosphorus content in our diet? Phosphorus enters the human body mainly through food intake and is excreted mainly through urine. Dialysis patients cannot excrete phosphorus from the body due to renal failure, which can lead to hyperphosphatemia. Therefore, controlling the phosphorus content in the diet is one of the effective treatments for controlling hyperphosphatemia. Therefore, patients are required not to eat or eat less snacks, animal offal, and nuts high in phosphorus, and chew phosphorus binders during meals.

2. What is the daily phosphorus intake for dialysis patients? The daily phosphorus intake for dialysis patients should be 800 mg.

3. What are high-phosphorus foods? ⑴ Nuts: peanuts, cashews, walnuts, melon seeds, etc. ⑵ Grains: brown rice, cornmeal, oats, buckwheat, millet, etc. ⑶ Beans: soybeans, mung beans, peas, etc. ⑷ Seafood: dried shrimps, squid, seaweed, kelp, etc. ⑸ Others: mushrooms, animal offal, egg yolks, sesame paste, etc. The above high-phosphorus foods are all high-phosphorus dialysis patients should avoid eating.

Phosphorus and calcium are important in the human body for maintaining healthy bones and teeth. The kidneys are an important organ for regulating and excreting phosphorus. After kidney failure, the amount of phosphorus in the body and the concentration of phosphorus in the blood will increase.

High phosphorus levels can cause bone lesions, itchy skin, and even skin ulcers. Phosphorus mainly comes from food. High-phosphorus foods include milk, cheese, various dairy products, ice cream, cereal, soy products, peanuts, almonds, chocolate and raisins.

A low-phosphorus diet is the first step to prevent hyperphosphatemia in dialysis patients. Secondly, taking phosphate absorbents and effective dialysis treatment are also important methods to reduce hyperphosphatemia.