Xiao Li froze after listening, and didn't feel any pain before. How did she suddenly get uremia? This has something to do with his abuse of protein powder. Now protein powder is used by more and more people as a daily health care product. Children, pregnant women and the elderly eat it to improve their immunity, while young people eat it to keep fit. But many people don't have basic medical knowledge, so they are easily abused. Abuse of protein powder will do great harm to the kidneys, and the worst result is uremia and loss of health.
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Protein-the foundation of life.
At present, there are generally two sources of protein powder raw materials on the market. One is whey protein powder, which is a by-product of milk powder processing; The other is soybean protein powder, which is also the source of high-quality protein. Protein powder is suitable for people who can't get enough protein from their diet, so as to help people improve their immunity, strengthen their muscles and improve their fatigue.
Why does protein powder have so many functions? This is related to protein's physiological function. It's like building a house without bricks and without protein. Protein is a necessary raw material for human growth, development and repair. If you don't take enough protein, your child's growth and development will have problems, and people will get sick easily, and the recovery speed of patients will also slow down. It is also difficult for people who want to gain muscle to achieve the desired effect.
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Why does excessive consumption of protein powder harm the kidneys?
However, contrary to expectations, excessive consumption of protein powder will also have serious side effects. After protein is decomposed and utilized in the body, it will leave some nitrogen-containing wastes, such as creatinine and urea nitrogen, which need to be metabolized by the kidney. If a large amount of protein is ingested, a large amount of nitrogen-containing waste will be produced in the body, which will increase the workload of the kidneys. The kidneys are prone to failure when they are overloaded for a long time, so we can't ingest too much protein.
Now the living conditions of most people in China are already very good. They eat some meat at every meal. Generally speaking, there is absolutely no need to take extra protein powder. Only some people who have problems in digestion and absorption or have poor appetite and can't get enough protein through diet need to supplement protein with protein powder. Otherwise, through a reasonable diet, natural food will be enough to meet our demand for protein.
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These patients with kidney disease need protein powder.
So, kidney patients who need to limit protein intake can't take protein powder? Of course not!
In order to reduce the burden of kidney as much as possible, delay the progress of kidney diseases and limit the intake of protein. But it's not as simple as limiting protein's intake. We should increase the proportion of high-quality protein to 50%~70%, and at the same time, we should ensure enough calories to prevent the body from breaking down the muscles in the body to provide heat, thus causing further damage to the kidneys. Because many kidney friends take medicine for a long time, the gastrointestinal tract will be damaged to varying degrees, and it is difficult to get enough high-quality protein and calories through food. Most protein powders not only provide high-quality protein, but also contain a lot of calories, which is more beneficial to patients with chronic kidney disease with poor appetite.
However, patients with kidney disease who have undergone dialysis will have poor appetite or indigestion due to the accumulation of toxins. very
Whether you are healthy or not, natural food is always the best choice as long as your appetite allows. If you must take nutritional supplements, you must take them under the guidance of doctors and nutritionists, so as to give full play to the role of nutritional supplements, prevent wasting money and keep fit.