PROTEIN CUTBACK SLOWS KIDNEY ILLS, STUDY SAYS.Byline: Jeffrey Brodeur Associated Press QPHILADELPHIA Kidney disease Kidney Disease Definition Kidney disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the kidney. Kidney disease is also called renal disease. patients can slow the progression of their illness, and perhaps extend the time before they are forced to go on dialysis, by reducing protein in their diet, researchers report. ``We're not curing (the disease), but slowing the process down. That's about the best we can do right now,'' said Dr. Ping H. Wang, an author of the analysis. A detailed analysis of five earlier studies involving diabetics and five studies of nondiabetics suffering from chronic kidney disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also know as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years through five stages. Each stage is a progression through an abnormally low and progressively worse glomerular filtration rate, which is shows a 30 percent reduction in complications with a low-protein diet, he said. The findings are ``statistically highly significant,'' said Wang, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine. For nondiabetics, the analysis recommends a protein intake of 0.6 grams per kilogram of body weight per day, or about 1.5 ounces a day for a 160-pound person, significantly less than the average amount of protein intake, Wang said. ``Basically, you're talking about three slices of turkey breast a day, depending on the size of the slice,'' Wang said. More than 20 million Americans suffer diseases of the kidney and urinary tract and more than 90,000 die each year. About 200,000 suffer chronic kidney failure Chronic Kidney Failure Definition Chronic kidney failure occurs when disease or disorder damages the kidneys so that they are no longer capable of adequately removing fluids and wastes from the body or of maintaining the proper level of certain and need an artificial kidney machine to live. The findings, published in the today's issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine Annals of Internal Medicine (Ann Intern Med) is an academic medical journal published by the American College of Physicians (ACP). It publishes research articles and reviews in the area of internal medicine. Its current editor is Harold C. Sox. , are important to patients and doctors, commented Dr. Garabed Eknoyan, vice president of the National Kidney Foundation Not to be confused with American Kidney Fund. The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. (NKF) is a major voluntary health organization in the United States. Its mission is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and and a medical professor at Baylor University in Texas. ``This type of analysis sort of confirms that protein restriction is effective and why doctors should not be letting kidney patients running around eating anything what they want,'' he said. Telling someone to stick to their diet doesn't always work, but being able to cite specific data may help, Eknoyan said. |
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