Millet is a coarse grain, which can be eaten after peeling. It is a good source of calories and vitamin B, but like many whole grains, millet contains a lot of potassium ions, which is 284 mg per100g, while the most common high-potassium food banana contains only 256 mg per100g. The accumulation of potassium ions in the blood can easily cause muscle pain, arrhythmia and other symptoms, and even sudden death in severe cases. Therefore, many patients are afraid to eat millet because of increased blood potassium or decreased urine volume, and dialysis patients are more cautious about millet.

However, millet porridge is different. Every100g of millet gruel only needs19mg of potassium ion, so kidney friends need not worry that eating millet gruel will have adverse effects on blood potassium. Because protein wastes pass through the kidneys, the kidneys need to limit the total intake of protein. Protein is divided into high-quality protein and non-high-quality protein. In order to reduce the burden on the kidneys, kidney friends should try to reduce the intake of non-high quality protein, so they should not eat too much millet porridge and eat a bowl (50- 100 grams of raw millet) every day. It should be noted that dialysis patients, patients with anuria and oliguria also need to worry about whether they have consumed too much water when eating millet porridge, and the water in porridge should also be included in the daily drinking water.

Many kidney friends think that jujube millet porridge has the function of enriching blood, and it is actually unscientific to eat jujube millet porridge often. Jujube contains a lot of potassium and phosphorus ions, and the role of potassium ions is no longer redundant, while excessive intake of phosphorus ions will affect the absorption of calcium. If too much phosphorus is accumulated in the blood, it will not only cause itching and bone pain, but also cause bone calcium deficiency, leading to renal osteopathy.

Therefore, once kidney friends have decreased urine volume or increased blood phosphorus and potassium, don't add red dates to millet porridge. Summary points at the end of the article: Kidney friends can eat millet porridge, up to a bowl (50- 100 grams of raw millet), and don't eat too much every day. If you have questions or want to know more about kidney diseases, please pay attention to WeChat official account: Love Kidney!