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What should kidney friends pay attention to when eating seafood during the Spring Festival
Nutritional Components of Seafood
Seafood, also known as seafood, is often found on Chinese dining tables, mainly including fish, shrimp, crabs, and so on. As a food, the main function of seafood is to provide high-quality protein for our body. In addition, seafood contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids, such as DHA, EPA, etc., which has a good effect on preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and promoting human growth and development.
However, some seafood is not a source of high-quality protein, such as sea cucumber and jellyfish. Eating in large quantities can generate a large amount of nitrogen containing waste in the body, which is not conducive to kidney friends protecting their kidneys. These seafood kidney friends should avoid eating them as much as possible to prevent unnecessary burden on the kidneys.
If uric acid is too high or allergic, don't eat it
Most seafood contains a large amount of purine, especially in shellfish, deep-sea fish (pomfret, eel, etc.), shrimp, and other species. Basically, there is more than 150 mg of purine per 100 grams. The final product of purine in the body is uric acid, so kidney friends with excessive blood uric acid should not eat seafood to prevent worsening the condition.
In addition, seafood is a common allergen, and many kidney friends may experience seafood allergies. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid eating it at this time. The human body is not only unable to absorb the nutrients of allergic seafood, but as a systemic reaction, allergies can also increase the burden on the kidneys, which is not conducive to protecting everyone's kidneys.
Kidney friends can eat at most once or twice a day
If you don't have the symptoms mentioned above, congratulations on eating some seafood, but also pay attention to the amount of seafood consumed to prevent excessive protein intake.
Generally speaking, it is not a problem for kidney friends to eat one or two (50g) of seafood every day, and purine consumption should not be excessive. How many seafood are there? Generally, there are 3 shrimp of normal size and 3-4 squid pieces. These are just estimates. It is best for everyone to weigh them with a scale before eating, or to ask how much seafood weighs in a plate, and then determine the amount to eat based on their own situation.
In addition, the creams of shrimp and crab seafood and the innards of seafood such as caviar are very mellow and delicious, making them a delicacy that many people covet. However, the reason why these viscera taste delicious and mellow comes from their rich cholesterol, which is not conducive to controlling blood lipids and health. Therefore, kidney friends should not eat these parts of seafood, just eat meat honestly.
Avoid eating seafood with sweet drinks and alcohol
Sweet beverages contain a large amount of fructose, which stimulates the secretion of uric acid in the body; Alcohol can inhibit the excretion of uric acid, so eating seafood together with sweet drinks and alcohol can have a significant impact on blood uric acid. Uric acid needs to pass through the kidneys in order to be excreted from the body with urine, so high levels of uric acid in the blood are not conducive to kidney friends' protection of residual renal function. It is best for kidney friends not to eat seafood together with sweet drinks and alcohol.
In addition, because seafood soup is very delicious, many people particularly like to drink seafood soup, but kidney friends are not recommended to drink seafood soup. Due to the water-soluble nature of purine, the boiled seafood soup contains a large amount of purine, which is not beneficial for kidney friends to control their uric acid levels; In addition, salt is basically present in soup. Drinking soup is equivalent to eating a large amount of salt, which is not conducive to controlling blood pressure stability. Therefore, kidney friends should eat meat and try not to drink soup.
Food hygiene is equally important
Apart from the nutritional components, the most worrying aspect of seafood is its food hygiene. Seafood is highly perishable and breeds various bacteria and parasites. Therefore, kidney friends must choose fresh seafood to eat. Do not buy dead shrimp, dead crabs, or seafood with a strong fishy smell, and be careful to avoid food poisoning.