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<p>Even though nephrology has made much progress, reducing the progression of the chronic kidney disease remains, in fact, one of the biggest challenges. Long before the renal replacement therapy (RRT), it was known that limiting the protein could help almost all uremia symptoms. Although it was proposed as early as the 1960s, it only became widely used in the 1980s. By lowering the urea and other nitrogen wastes and lowering the metabolic acidosis, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance, limiting the amount of protein in your diet can help improve uremic symptoms. Also, limiting the protein in the diet positively controls the cardiovascular complications, including the arterial blood pressure and proteinuria reduction, which are risk factors for CKD progression. This mini-review examines the impact of protein restriction on the possibility of slowing CKD progression in depth.</p>
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Even though nephrology has made much progress, reducing the progression of the chronic kidney disease remains, in fact, one of the biggest challenges. Long before the renal replacement therapy (RRT), it was known that limiting the protein could help almost all uremia symptoms. Although it was proposed as early as the 1960s, it only became widely used in the 1980s. By lowering the urea and other nitrogen wastes and lowering the metabolic acidosis, oxidative stress, and insulin resistance, limiting the amount of protein in your diet can help improve uremic symptoms. Also, limiting the protein in the diet positively controls the cardiovascular complications, including the arterial blood pressure and proteinuria reduction, which are risk factors for CKD progression. This mini-review examines the impact of protein restriction on the possibility of slowing CKD progression in depth.

The Role of Protein Restriction in the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

University Clinic for Nephrology, Medical Faculty

PRILOZI

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Even though nephrology has made much progress, reducing the progression of the chronic kidney disease remains, in fact, one of the biggest challenges. Long...

The Role of Protein Restriction in the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

Published Online: Jul 15, 2023

Page range: 53 - 63

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2023-0025

Keywords
protein in diet, chronic kidney disease, progression, proteinuria

© 2023 Nereida Spahia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Protein Restriction in the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

Published Online: Jul 15, 2023

Page range: 53 - 63

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2023-0025

Keywordsprotein in diet, chronic kidney disease, progression, proteinuria

© 2023 Nereida Spahia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
protein in diet, chronic kidney disease, progression, proteinuria