Dietary Limitation for Patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy

1. Protein foods
What NOT to eat: processed food such as sausage, and foods high in fat such as streaky pork, beef, whale meat, ribchop, eel, tunny and menhaden
Though these foods contain high protein, their content of saturated fatty acid is also very high, which will cause high level of blood lipid and finally induce Coronary Heart Disease
2. Carbohydrate foods
What NOT to eat: dry beans, sweet potatoes and biscuits of strong taste
As dry beans and sweet potatoes can easily lead to flatulence, patients with Hypertensive Nephropathy had better not eat the two kind food. And biscuits of strong taste contain much sugar and sodium, so they are also not appropriate for patients.
3. Fat foods
What NOT to eat: animal oil, bacon
4. Foods high in vitamins and mineral substance
What NOT to eat: condiment vegetables such as celery, leaf mustard and green onion, and vegetables containing hard fibre such as bamboo shoots and corn
5. Other foods
What NOT to eat: spices such as mustard, curry powder and hot pepper, alcoholic drinks, coffee, strong black tea, carbonated beverage, pickled foods such as salted fish roe, salted salmon and pickles