Low-Carb Diets Can Damage the Kidneys
Nutritionists: long-term keto and low-carb diets threaten kidney failure due to excess protein - especially dangerous when kidney problems already exist.
Nutritionists: long-term keto and low-carb diets threaten kidney failure due to excess protein - especially dangerous when kidney problems already exist.
Nutritionists state that diets built on excluding entire food groups or sharply cutting carbohydrates from the diet are not safe. From a long-term perspective, attempts to give up carbohydrates can lead to kidney disease. The keto diet, in particular, has been classified as one of the unsafe diets.
This diet involves giving up bread, rice, potatoes, and sugary foods such as soda, muffins, and candy. Instead, the emphasis should be on protein foods - meat, dairy products - and fats. It is believed that such a diet forces the body to burn fat, using fats rather than carbohydrates as a source of energy. However, large amounts of protein in the diet pose a risk of kidney failure.
For most people, short-term adherence to the keto diet is safe. However, everything changes if a person follows such a diet for a long time or already has kidney problems. Signs of negative changes in kidney health include fatigue, a feeling of dehydration, constipation, swelling and any water retention, and changes in urine composition. Specialists advise eating a balanced diet, drinking enough water, monitoring blood sugar levels, not smoking, and reducing alcohol consumption.
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