DEPARTMENT OF DIETETICS
Instructions to follow for Renal Patients
Foods to be avoided
High salty food like Pickle, Dry fish, Soup cubes, Ready to cook Soup sachets, Marmite and
Other preserved Food : eg Sausages, Bacon, Ham, Jadi
Canned food products like Canned fish, Canned meat, Canned vegetables, Canned fruits
Salty biscuits and nuts, pop corn
Unhealthy /Junk Food : eg Pizza, Burgers, Potato chips
Aerated beverages (Fizzy drinks)
Malted drinks
Cocoa and Cocoa based products Eg. Chocolate,
Products associate with Baking powder and Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
Sauces and Chutneys
Sweet desserts: eg. Pudding, Ice-cream, Watalappan, Custard
Sugar, Treacle ,Honey, Jaggery
Toffee, Sweet biscuits, jam Jelly, Syrup
Wheat flour based products eg: Buns, Cakes, Pastry, Rolls
Corn flour, Custard powder
Dates, Plums, Prunes,Rasins,Sultana
Cereals with bran ( eg.Nivudu Rice)
Ghee, Margerine,. Cheese
Red Meat like Beef, Pork, Liver
Unhealthy /Junk Food : eg Pittza, Burgers, Potato chips,
Alcohol
Protein Requirement
Protein rich food should be restricted. If on dialysis protein should not be restricted.(Get the
advice from your Doctor /Dietician)
If Potassium levels are high , consume limited quantities of Milk , Pulses (eg: Cowpea,
Gram, Green gram, Dhal)
Vegetables which contain less potassium can be taken – (about 1 ½ t.cup per day)
Eg: Snake Guard (Pathola) , Ridge Guard (Wetakolu), Cucumber , Bell pepper, Salad leaves, Knol
khol, Puhul, Leaks white stem , cabbage, wing beans, brinjals,Asparagus,corn etc..
Consume properly cooked vegetables.
Vegetables which contain medium levels of potassium can be taken – (about ½ t.cup per
day) – eg. Bitter gourd, Beans , Long beans, Ladies fingers, Turnip, thalanabatu
(boiled and discard water)
If Potassium levels are high, following vegetables should be avoided.
Leafy Vegetables like Gotukola, Mukunuwenna, Kathurumurunga , Kankun, Spinach and
Potato, sweet potato, Tomato, manioc, Jack seeds, drumsticks, Lotus root ,Mushroom etc.
If Diabetic
take less ,
Beet Root , Pumpkin (Starchy vegetables not more than ½ a cup per day) and
Starchy Food like Potato, Manioc, Sweet Potato, Breadfruit, Jack
Fruits can be taken ( Low Potassium Fruits) –Without peel
Eg: Guava , Pears , apple (Medium size ), Strawberries (3-4 Nos), Thin slice of Pineapple 01
once a week, Cranberries, Mangosteen, Jambu, Ramutan, Sapathilla, Papaya (100g)
Don`t take pineapples apathilla,rambutan, mangusteen frequently if blood sugar levels are
high.
Fruits to be avoided (If potassium levels are high, avoid following potassium rich fruits):
Eg: Banana, Avocado, Orange, Mango, King Coconut , pomegranate, dried fruits
Things to Consider
Do not take vegetable soups and fruit juices.
Take low salt diet
Consumption of fruits - Check the list of fruits above suitable to consume
Milk or Milk products should not exceed 300 ml pert day. (eg: 1 cup of milk)
Use Olive oil-salad dressings/ coconut oil when cooking (2-3 tsp per day)
Have your three main meals on time in small portions, do not skip meals
Fluid intake per day depends on urine out put. Please follow the doctor’s advice.
