Nutritional treatment in chronic kidney disease: the concept of nephroprotection.

Abstract

Low-protein diets have been advocated for many decades as the cornerstone in the treatment of chronic kidney disease. Initially, the low intake of protein was used to reduce uremic symptoms; thereafter, albeit controversial, evidences suggested that dietary protein restriction can also slow the rate of progression of renal failure and the time until end-stage renal disease. This reviews focuses on the dietary factors and their influence on the loss of renal function and on the evidences in the literature supporting a nephroprotective role of the low-protein diet.

• Authors: Eleonora Riccio, Antonella Di Nuzzi, Antonio Pisani
• Journal: Clinical and experimental nephrology (Clin Exp Nephrol) Vol. 19 Issue 2 Pg. 161-7 (Apr 2015) ISSN: 1437-7799 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 25319188 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Dietary Proteins
• Phosphorus, Dietary
• Sodium, Dietary

Topics

• Animals
• Diet, Protein-Restricted
• Dietary Proteins
• Disease Progression
• Glomerular Filtration Rate
• Humans
• Phosphorus, Dietary
• Renal Insufficiency, Chronic (diet therapy, physiopathology, prevention & control)
• Sodium, Dietary