Chronic Renal Failure : Is It Good to Take Much Soy Products

Patients with CKD (chronic kidney disease) should take diet with high-quality protein, but the intake of protein should be limited. Soy product contains low-quality protein which is a kind of vegetable protein. It has small quantity of essential amino acid but large quantity of non-essential amino acid. The excessive intake of soy product will aggravate the azotemia.
A reasonable diet is favorable to relieve the retention of metabolic wastes and delay the process and aggravation of Chronic Renal Failure. A high-quality protein diet is suggested.
Food protein is from vegetable protein and animal protein. Although the protein content of most vegetables is less than that of animal, the protein content of the daily principal food, like rice and flour is 8%-9%. The protein content of Bean and soy products can be more than 20%. Meanwhile the non-essential amino acid content of vegetable protein is over 50% and that of essential amino acid is little. And vegetable protein also contains much patossium. So vegetarian food is not suitable to patients with Chronic Renal Failure. And they should take more animal protein which contains high essential protein, like milk, egg, fish, and it is not beneficial to vegetable protein like soy products.
But the intake of protein should be limited and it can be roughly calculated according to serum creatinine.
In one word, high-quality and low diet doesn’t mean vegetarian diet, which can’t relieve kidney burden. If you still have any other question about dietary habits of kidney disease, you can consult us online!