Polycystic kidney disease is often required to develop a proper diet so as to prevent renal cysts rupturing and control the progression of illness condition. Well then, are pumpkin seeds safe for them? If you want to get a personalized diet advice, you can talk with our doctor online directly or email to renal-disease@hotmail.com.

Actually, everything has two sides, so does the diet. Diet is just like the double-edged sword, eating properly can be healthy for the body, while eating wrongly will do harmful the body health. Here let’s look at the overview of pumpkin seeds.

The health benefits of pumpkin seeds for PKD patients.

Heart healthy magnesium

Magnesium has been shown to benefit your blood pressure and help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke.

Anti-diabetic effects

Some studies suggest that pumpkin seeds may help improve insulin regulation and help prevent diabetic complications by decreasing oxidative stress.

Anti-inflammatory benefits

Pumpkin seed has been found to exhibit anti-inflammatory effects.

Other efficacy and impact such as invigorating spleen and replenishing qi, detoxification, eliminating the cancerogenic substance, lowering high blood pressure and easing swelling and so on.

The side effects of pumpkin seeds.

Though pumpkin seeds are rich in many nutrition, meanwhile, they have some side effects on human body.

Pumpkin seeds are high in fat and protein which will increase the kidney’s burden and worsen the illness condition. In addition, a low-salt diet is also necessary. If the pumpkin seeds are processed, you’d better avoid taking it because the sodium content will worse high blood pressure and swelling.

Through the above analysis, we can see that pumpkin has both benefits and harms to PKD patients. Therefore, eating in a right and proper amount is very essential for you. Any question, please feel free to contact us. Best regard!