Samarka Dietary Approach In
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease, also called chronic kidney failure, involves a gradual loss of kidney function. Your kidneys filter wastes and excess fluids from your blood, which are then removed in your urine. Advanced chronic kidney disease can cause dangerous levels of fluid, electrolytes and wastes to build up in your body.
Chronic Kidney Disease
Boerhavia diffusa – Boerhavia diffusa is a perennial diffuse flowering plant. It is a medicinal plant and often used as a green vegetable in many parts of India.
Clinical trials conducted with Boerhavia diffusa ( Punarnava ) in dogs and human beings under Chronic Kidney Disease and dialysis reveal the beneficial effect of Boerhavia diffusa. In one of the studies, researchers compared the effects of Boerhavia diffusa with the conservative treatment with enalapril in dogs. The advantages of Boerhavia diffusa were faster improvement in most outcome variables like Serum creatinine, blood urea, and urinary protein and significant reduction in serum potassium level. Also it must be noted that 5 CRF dogs in the enalapril group and only 2 dogs in the Boerhavia diffusa group died between 60 days and 90 days post treatment. Further the improvement of several clinical parameters was much earlier in Boerhavia diffusa Group.
Source of information – National Center For Biotechnology Information, USA
Administration of Boerhavia diffusa improves quality of life – Breathlessness, weakness, general functional capacity, Appetite and sense of well being without any adverse effect in dialysis patients and in patients suffering from Chronic kidney disease.
Source of information – National Center For Biotechnology Information, USA
Free radicals plays an important role in the etiology of degenerative diseases like cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases and Cataract. Antioxidants prevent free radical induced tissue damage by preventing the formation of radicals, scavenging them or by promoting their decomposition. Synthetic antioxidants are recently reported to be dangerous to human health. So the search for effective, nontoxic natural compounds with antioxidative activity started. Consumption of dietary and plant derived antioxidants appears to be a suitable alternative.
The traditional Indian diet, spices, spinach, mushrooms and medicinal plants are rich sources of natural antioxidants. Boerhavia diffusa is a good source of natural antioxidants. Source of information – National Center For Biotechnology Information, USA
Not only Boerhavia diffusa but also other vegetables like Curcuma longa, Azadirachta indica, Zingiber officinale, Garlic, Mushroom, Spinach, Red Amaranthus and Malabar tamarind are rich in natural antioxidants.
Modern scientific researches revealed that Boerhavia diffusa, Curcuma long, Azadirachta indica and Cingiber officinale are having highly potent anti inflammatory properties
Samarka Dietary Approach
In Samarka Dietary Approach more emphasis is given to Antioxidant and anti-inflammation principles than the restriction of electrolytes like sodium, potassium, Phosphorus, calcium etc. and fluid. This will help not only to slow down the progress of the disease condition but to reverse it to some extent also.
SAMARKA DIETARY APPROACH is different from usual contemporary renal diet program. Contemporary Renal Diet program tries to keep a balanced levels of fluids, electrolytes like Sodium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Calcium etc. in the body of individuals with chronic kidney disease or who are on Dialysis, so suggest the restriction of fluid intake, protein, and electrolytes including sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and calcium.
By adopting contemporary renal diet one can slow down the progress of ckd, but cannot reverse the chronic kidney disease. Samarka Dietary Approach gives more emphasis on Antioxidant and Anti inflammation principles than the restriction of electrolytes and protein. By doing that it is not just slowing down the progress of disease but can reverse the disease conditions by improving the renal functions.
Recent evidences demonstrate that chronic inflammation, a nontraditional risk factor, is an important risk factor for the development of cardio vascular diseases in CKD and Diabetes, by several pathogenic mechanisms. By including food materials with high level anti inflammatory properties in diet, can reduce the risk of CVD also. Our experienced dieticians suggest scientific and tailor made diet to the persons suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease including diabetic nephropathy.
