Nutrition and Health

Renal Nutrition & Metabolism

Diet or nutrition used during the treatment of chronic renal failure is known as renal nutrition. The types of food prescribed in this diet, depends on the severity of kidney failure. Generally the diet helps to control sodium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, and fluid that a person ingests while eating. This kind of diet may vary from patient to patient as every patient experience different symptoms during kidney failure therefore the diet differs slightly in each case. Metabolism is the process by which body converts what one eats and drinks into energy. During this complex biochemical procedure, calories in food and beverages are combined with oxygen to release the energy, body needs to function. The chemical reactions of metabolism are organized into metabolic pathways, in which one chemical is transformed through a series of steps into another chemical, by a sequence of enzymes. Proper physical activity with sufficient nutrition helps improving metabolism which leads to good health.