Which Vegetable and Fruit Helps to Reduce Urea in The Blood
Just like creatinine, urea is another reliable indicator for kidney function, because it is one product of protein breakdown filtered out by kidneys. If urea, or BUN, level is higher than the normal, some vegetables and fruits can help reduce urea in the blood. Today, you can learn which vegetable and fruit is helpful.
Since high urea level in the blood has a close link with protein breakdown and low kidney function, vegetable and fruit that can reduce the source of urea or improve kidney function are helpful. According to this requirement, the following vegetables and fruits are good to lower urea.
1. Bitter gourd
Because of its bitter taste, many people refuse to eat bitter gourd. Nevertheless, this vegetable can bring many benefits for patients with high urea. On one hand, it has the property of diuretic and activating blood, so it can make more urea discharged out via urine. On the other hand, bitter gourd has abundant vitamin C that can help protect remaining kidney functioning tissues.
2. Cucumber
Just like bitter gourd, cucumber can also help detoxify the body. That is to say, cucumber is able to prompt glomerular filtration rate so as to eliminate more urea. Besides, cucumber is also rich in vitamin C, carotene, calcium, iron, etc, so it is good for kidney patients.
3. Cherry
Among fruits, the iron content is highest in cherry, so it can help the body to produce more red blood cells. Additionally, it also contains rich anthocyanins, anthocyanidin and vitamin E, all of which can help prompt blood circulation and improve kidney condition. Once kidney condition is boosted, more waste products including urea can be excreted.
4. Berry
Cranberry, blackberry, blueberry and other types of berries are good for kidney improvement. Add some of them into your daily meal plan, you can get a lot of benefits from them.
The above are only some vegetables and fruits that can help reduce urea in the blood. In fact, many others also have this effect. If you want to get such a food list, you can leave a message below or to kidneyservice@hotmail.com. We will send them to you in detail. The last but not the least, you should eat these foods in correct amount.
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