There is no exact answer for which diet is suitable for every patient. It depends on the nutrients of celery and patients’ physical condition.
● Lower high blood pressure: Celery juice contains acidic components of lowering high blood pressure. This can help slow the progression of IgA Nephropathy to some extent.
● Increase the urine output: Celery has a diuretic property that can stimulate the kidney to produce more urine, so as to ease swelling and remove more wastes and toxins from the body.
● Help ease anemia: The high content of iron in celery juice indicates this beverage can help ease renal anemia by supplementing enough irone.
● Prevent and treat urinary tract infections: For people with IgA Nephropathy, they are more likely to suffer urinary tract infections. Drinking celery juice can help prevent this problem.
● Improve digestive system: Just like other vegetables, celery is rich in fiber, which can help prompt our digestion, so as to improve appetite quality.
Although celery juice has so many health benefits, IgA Nephropathy patients can’t drink it without limitation. This is because it a underlying source of fluid. For kidney disease patients, drinking extra fluid can increase the workload on kidneys. Also, it may worsen patients’ swelling once the fluid can’t be discharged timely. For this reason, you need to determine the amount of celery juice to drink one daily before consuming it.
Proper amount of celery juice is very important. If you do not know how much you can drink, you can leave us a message to kidneycares@hotmail.com. We will give you free advice.
