Is Black Rice Proper for Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Black rice is commonly seen in our daily diet and it is rich in nutrition. But for Chronic Kidney Disease patients, there are too many diet limitations such as low protein, low fat, low salt, low potassium, low phosphorus and so on, so patients should have a good knowledge about the food they want to eat. Today we will have a analysis about the relationship between black rice and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease.

The benefits of black rice for Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease:

1. Decrease high blood pressure

We know high blood pressure is one big risk for suffering from chronic kidney disease, so lowering high blood pressure plays an important role in alleviating chronic kidney disease. Black rich is for this purpose.

2. Regulate physiological function

Black rice has the function of clearing away free radicals, improving anemia caused by lack of iron and adjusting immune system and other physiological functions.

3. Supplement calorie for your body

Carbohydrate in black rice is able to provide calorie for your body. Carbohydrate is a major source of calorie and it is also an important substance to form your body tissues and regulates the fat metabolism. In this light, patients with chronic kidney disease eat black rice which can alleviate weakness and fatigue, low blood sugar, dizziness and palpitation.

4. Prevention of vascular rupture and bleeding

Black rice contains brass compound which is able to keep normal blood vessel osmotic pressure and reduce the blood vessel brittleness. In this condition, eating black rich can keep normal blood osmotic pressure and prevent vessel rupture and bleeding.

5. Black rice can improve myocardial nutrition and and reduce the myocardial oxygen consumption.

Generally speaking, chronic kidney disease patients can eat black rice, but it does not mean every kidney disease patients are allowed to eat black rice. For instance, if patients have high potassium or phosphorus level, they can not eat black rice.


Diet varies from person to person, so you should choose right foods according to your own illness conditions under the suggestions of doctors, and now if you want to know more information about diet for Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.