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urinary system
glomerulonephritis
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• low protein
• elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded

therapeutic foods:
• asparagus (Jensen, p. 84)
• tea from apple skins (Jensen, p. 84)
• foods rich in Vitamins A and C

fresh juices:
• celery, parsley, and asparagus (Jensen, p. 52)
• carrot and parsley (Jensen, p. 52)
• carrot (Walker, p. 144)
• spinach (Walker, p. 144)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 144)
• carrot, celery, and parsley (Walker, p. 144)

» Acute Nephritis:
therapeutic foods:
• black bean, mung beans, adzuki beans, pearl barley, garlic, carp, winter melon, watermelon, cornsilk tea, sweet rice, lotus root, water chestnuts (Ni, p. 150)

fresh juices:
• watermelon fast (Shefi)
• cornsilk tea twice daily (Shefi)

avoid:
• sour, spicy, salty foods, alcohol, coffee, caffeine, smoking, high protein foods (Ni, p. 150)

» Chronic Nephritis:
therapeutic foods:
• ginger, black jujube, sweet rice, soybeans, winter melon, carp, yams, mung beans, black beans, foods that tonify the Kidney (Ni, p. 150)

specific remedies:
• rice porridge with ginger, cinnamon and black jujube, twice daily (Ni, p. 150)
• make a small whole hole in an egg and insert 7 white peppercorns. Wrap in damp paper and steam until cooked. Discard shell and eat. Adults twice daily, children per day (Chao-liang, Qing-rong, Bao-zhen, p. 89)

avoid:
• sour, spicy, salty foods, alcohol, coffee, caffeine, smoking, high protein foods (Ni,
p. 150)


supplements

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• adrenal support
• thymus gland 500 mg twice daily (Bastyr)

» drug interactions:
• Vitamin K and cephalosporins [cefuroxime (Ceftin), cephalexin (Cefanex, Keflet, Keflex, Keftab), cefixime (Suprax), cephadroxil (Duricef, Ultracef), cephaclor (Ceclor)]:
- cephalosporins interfere with Vitamin K metabolism, sometimes leading to hemmorhage (Anonymous, 1984; 42 (4): 162-163)
- cephalosporins reduce Vitamin K synthesis by destroying the colonic bacteria responsible for that process


footnotes