Can People with High Creatinine Level Drink Orange Juice
Orange is one super food, because not only its fruit but also its peel, tangerine pith and seed have many health benefits and medical values. For people with high creatinine level, they always try to find a healthy beverage. Can they drink orange juice?
Creatinine, one waste product, is generated from creatine. Normally, kidneys are responsible for eliminating it from the body. Most often, creatinine won’t be higher than the normal unless more than 50% of kidney function is lost. Additionally, dehydration, heart problems, high blood pressure, and some other factors can also cause elevated creatinine level.
Orange juice is made up of fresh orange, so it can preserve most nutritions of organs. Firstly, orange is abundant in vitamin C, carotene and some other antioxidants, so it can help protect remaining kidney tissues. From this point, orange juice is helpful to manage creatinine levels to some extent.
The second benefit of orange juice is that it can help flush out waste products and toxins, because it can help increase the urine output. However, urine output declines or even stops along with the obvious increase of creatinine level. In this case, patients should control their fluid intake and avoid foods that have the diuretic property. If you have this problem, you should limit your intake of orange juice.
Finally, orange juice is low in sodium, fat and protein, so it can help reduce the production of creatinine and prevent creatinine from rising. However, orange contains rich potassium. If patients are tested out high potassium level, they should also pay attention to the amount of orange juice to drink.
Now, we have had a general understanding about orange juice consumption for patients with high creatinine level. If you still have some questions about today’s topic, you can contact us directly.
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