Plant-based Diets in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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Journal Asian Biomed (Res Rev News)

Date 2024 Mar 22

PMID 38515633

Authors

Wannasit Wathanavasin

Piyawan Kittiskulnam

Kirsten L Johansen

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Abstract

Dietary protein restriction has been considered to be a nutritional-related strategy to reduce risk for end-stage kidney disease among patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, there is insufficient evidence to recommend a particular type of protein to slow down the CKD progression. Recently, various plant-based diets could demonstrate some additional benefits such as a blood pressure-lowering effect, a reduction of metabolic acidosis as well as hyperphosphatemia, and gut-derived uremic toxins. Furthermore, the former concerns about the risk of undernutrition and hyperkalemia observed with plant-based diets may be inconsistent in real clinical practice. In this review, we summarize the current evidence of the proposed pleiotropic effects of plant-based diets and their associations with clinical outcomes among pre-dialysis CKD patients.

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