Can people with nephritis eat soybeans?

Nephritis is a very harmful disease. If it is not properly controlled, it may even develop into diseases such as renal failure. Therefore, patients with nephritis must pay attention to their diet, especially eating too much soybeans, because soybeans are rich in protein, which will aggravate the condition. In addition, it is best to eat less other beans.

1. Nutritional value of soybeans

Soybeans are a food rich in protein. According to its ingredients, every 100 grams of soybeans contains 36.3 grams of protein, which is more than the same weight of lean pork and beef (16.7 grams and 20.2 grams of protein respectively). The calories produced by the three foods are 411, 320, and 143 kcal respectively. It can be seen that soybeans have high nutritional value. Because they come from plants, they are called plant protein.

2. Can I eat soybeans if I have nephritis?

"People with nephritis should not eat beans," and even soy products are resisted. Doctors also emphasize that when renal function declines to a certain level (azotemia stage), the amount of protein intake should be controlled, and animal meat, milk, and eggs should be selected as much as possible, and soybeans and raw animal products should not be selected. That is, foods derived from animals are named high-quality protein, and the treatment method of controlling protein intake is called high-quality low-protein diet therapy. Thus gradually formed the tradition of not eating soybeans.

The reason is that meat contains more essential amino acids, while soybeans are mainly non-essential amino acids. The purpose of treatment is to reduce non-essential amino acids in the body, forcing the use of urea nitrogen (one of the metabolic wastes that causes symptoms of late-stage renal failure and uremia) in the body to synthesize non-essential amino acids and reduce the level of urea nitrogen. After supplementing the essential amino acids, they can be synthesized with non-essential amino acids to synthesize protein and supplement nutrition. It is a way to kill two birds with one stone, so that method has been used for more than 20 years.

Soybeans are rich in branched-chain amino acids and are not harmful to kidney disease. Animal proteins such as meat and milk are no longer recommended to kidney patients, and a vegetarian diet based mainly on soy protein is instead encouraged. After kidney function is damaged, a low-protein diet is still recommended. The degree of protein control depends on the extent of kidney function damage. It is no longer necessary to strictly abstain from beans. Some people advocate that meat protein accounts for 50%-60%, and the rest should be plant-based foods. If you are taking a low-protein diet and adding essential amino acids or a-keto acids, there is no need to restrict the types of food you eat.

The above is our detailed introduction to "Is it okay for patients with nephritis to eat soybeans?" We hope that it will be helpful to you. Only by eating correctly according to their own condition can patients with kidney disease better achieve the effect of prevention and treatment, develop good living habits, and choose regular kidney disease hospitals for treatment, so that patients can better stay away from the troubles of kidney disease.