When diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy, you are suggested to pay more attention to the coffee’s consumption. Well then, is barely coffee bad for IgA nephropathy patients? To know the answer, please read on.

Barely coffee, also known OrzoCoffee, is a type of hot drink, originating in Italy. Orzo is a caffeine-free roasted grain beverage made from ground barely. Barely itself have many benefits for the humans’ body health. But IgA nephropathy patients are not suggested to drink a lot of coffee. Because it may worsen illness condition.

1. Increase blood pressure

Due to kidney function impairment, IgA Nephropathy patients often have high blood pressure. There is some data show that drinking coffee frequently could have a long term chronic effect on raising the blood pressure. High blood pressure can cause damage to the kidneys and increase the risk of heart disease.

2. Affect kidney function

Your kidneys have to work hard to remove the metabolic products produced by coffee, which is not helpful for you to preserve kidney function.

3. Dehydration

Coffee is diuretic, which means it can increasing the removal of water from the bloodstream, resulting in increased urine output. Though it seems that it can help you control edema, it can cause dehydration easily, leading to further damage to the kidneys.

Through the above analysis, we can see that barely coffee has several disadvantages to patients’ body health. Therefore, it is necessary to look for the alternative beverages to replace barely coffee and other coffee. In our daily life, some herbal tea have been proved that they can help discharge extra wastes and toxins from the blood and protect renal function, like corn silk tea, dandelion tea, nettle leaf tea and so on.

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