Phosphate Foods To Restrict (1000mg a day)

- Chocolates

- Organ Meats

- Milk

- Yoghurt

- Cheese

- Bean/Bean Products

- Tofu

- Tempe

- Peanut/Nuts

- Soya Bean Drinks

The importance of good phosphate control in patients with kidney failure on chronic dialysis cannot be sufficiently emphasized. Poor phosphate control will result in various long-term complications eg. weak and brittle bones, and calcium deposits in the skin and soft tissues throughout the body. These usually lead to skin itching, joint pain and eye irritation. If calcium deposits occur in he conducting tissue of the heart, it can lead to unstable heart rhythms and even cessation of the heart beat, and death.

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