Study finds healthy diet helps in better kidney functioning
NEW DELHI: It’s been well said that a right diet is very helpful in protecting the immunity of our bodies. The saying goes well with the patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a balanced diet has helped CKD patients in reducing their dependability on dialysis by improving blood sugar levels and blood pressure.
It’s the lack of awareness or simply ignorance that about 90 per cent of patients, who do not need dialysis, never see a dietician. The revelation in this regard has come to notice after the publication of a new research published in the latest edition of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
As per the findings of the research, most of the adults with CKD remain poorly informed of how diet influences disease management and progression.
“The high burden, cost and growth of CKD requires urgent action and medical nutrition therapy services must be part of any broad plan to reduce kidney failure incidence and improve public health,” said the findings of the study, which has been authored by Dr Holly Kramer from Loyola University in Chicago.
Supporting the findings of the study, noted nephrologists and Prof of Pondycherry Institute of Medical Sciences Dr Georgi Abraham said, “Food habits play a major role in reducing the burden of CKD in India as a majority of kidney patients undergoing dialysis treatment at different hospitals are malnourished.”
Senior nephrologists Dr Manish Malik opined that scope of treatment in allopathy is very limited and costly. “It has been found that allopathic treatments of renal disorders are not fully successful. In contrary, it has been found that balanced diet and cost-effective ayurvedic drugs like Neeri KFT, which is based on herbs, has given very promising results in all those kidney patients who were under the regular dialysis.”
Explaining about the impact of the ayurvedic drug, KK Sharma of Aimil Pharma said that Neerikft is a kidney protective formula based on unique combination of drugs such as punernava, which has been developed after more than a decade of research.