Nephrotic Syndrome Diet: What Foods to Eat & Avoid

Nephrotic syndrome is a kidney disorder that causes your body to excrete too much protein in your urine.
Because Nephrotic Syndrome patients both children and adults usually have heavy proteinuria, swelling, hypoalbuminemia and hyperlipidemia, their diet should be the one that can not only ease their symptoms but also protect their kidneys.
For people with nephrotic syndrome, salt or salty foods are suggested to be limited. How to flavor your foods? Try herbs, nonfat sauces, lemon juice etc to replace or reduce the usage of salt. You can also use butter substitutes, nonfat mayonnaise, or nonfat dressing. Always read food labels carefully. Some foods low in fat are high in salt (sodium).
Foods contain high-quality protein: Because their kidneys are damaged, excessive protein intake can increase the burden on the kidneys. Egg white, fish, milk, etc, all can provide high-quality protein to meet the need of your body.
Foods high in calcium: When protein leaks from your kidneys, a lot of calcium will also discharge from the body via proteinuria. Therefore, pay attention to calcium supplement is also necessary for your health.
Eat more foods high in vitamin C: This kind of food is able to help protect remaining kidney function and enhance your immunity. Here, we would like first introduce such two fruits: kiwi fruit and cranberry.
should be avoided because a very high protein diet may cause tubular damage to the kidneys as the kidneys will have to filter more of the proteins. But moderate protein intake (about 1 gm/kg body weight) is mandatory to compensate for the protein loss in the urine.
should be avoided as the cholesterol and triglyceride levels tend to be high in patients with Nephrotic syndrome. The diet must be high in calories so as to conserve proteins, yet low in fats. Excess of oily food and saturated fats (ghee, margarine, etc) should be avoided.

Sodium in the diet should be minimum so as to prevent fluid accumulation and oedema.