Vegetarian diet and chronic kidney disease

Authors

  • Yupa Chanwikrai University of Phayao, Phayao

Keywords:

Vegetarian diet, plant-based diet, nutrition, chronic kidney disease

Abstract

Vegetarian diet or plant-based diet has been widely known and more popular among people with health concern. A numerous research articles have reported the health benefits of vegetarian meals in the prevention and healing of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and others both in experimental animal and epidemiological human studies. However, some investigators suggested that vegetarian diet would not be suitable for CKD according to their lack of energy and low protein content and to their high amounts of potassium and phosphate which may affect the kidney function1. To clarify such the difference, the research articles concerned studies will be reviewed to find out how vegetarian diet could affect the nutrition status of CKD patients and whether the food consumption of phytonutrients and their dietary balance should be managed and controlled for real health benefits.

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2019-03-07

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Chanwikrai Y. Vegetarian diet and chronic kidney disease. JNSH [Internet]. 2019 Mar. 7 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];41(4):125-3. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nah/article/view/135125