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Diet Therapy for Nephritis
The safest treatment for acute nephritis is fasting on
vegetable juices for seven to ten days. This will remove the
toxins and systemic impurities responsible for the
inflammatory kidney conditions. After the juice fast, the
patient may adopt an all-fruit diet for four or five days.
Thereafter, he may adopt a diet of fruits and milk for about a
week, and then gradually adopt a well-balanced, low-protein
vegetarian diet, with emphasis on fresh fruits, and raw and
steamed vegetables.
In case of chronic nephritis, a short juice fast for three days
may be followed by a restricted diet for ten days. Under this
regimen, oranges or orange juice may be taken for breakfast
Lunch may consist of salad made of raw vegetables in
season, and dinner may consist of one or two vegetables,
steamed in their own juices, and a few nuts. Thereafter, the
patient may gradually adopt a well-balanced, low-protein
vegetarian diet
Further juice fasts of short duration and a restricted diet for a
week should be undertaken at intervals of two or three
months until such time as the kidney condition shows signs
of normalisation. The patient should avoid vegetables
containing large quantities of oxalic acid, such as spinach and
rhubarb. Chocolate and cocoa contain oxalic acid and must
not be taken. Common salt should be eliminated from the
diet Five or six small meals should be taken in preference to
a few large ones.
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