Low In Phosphorus And Moderate Amount Of Potassium
Persons with chronic kidney disease often avoid milk due to its high phosphorus and potassium levels. When your kidneys can’t adequately clear these nutrients, there’s a risk of buildup in the blood.
Having too much phosphorus in your blood increases your risk of hyperparathyroidism, heart disease, and bone disease. Also, having too much potassium can increase the risk of heart attacks.
Dairy milk contains 101mg of phosphorus and 150mg of potassium per 3.5oz, while the same amount of almond milk only has 30mg of phosphorus and 60mg of potassium. The amounts of these nutrients will vary by brand, so you’ll need to read the nutrition label.
In one study, participants whose phosphate levels were kept low for 40 weeks had a 64% reduction in the secretion of a hormone that contributes to the breakdown of bone and increases heart disease risk.
Blood samples were collected from around 911,698 adults with CKD, heart failure, or diabetes in a different study. After 18 months, researchers found that more than five mmol/L potassium levels were associated with higher chances of all-cause mortality.
If you have kidney disease, your requirements and limits might vary depending on your stage of the disease and current blood levels of potassium and phosphorus.
Just remember that many people don’t need to limit potassium and phosphorus, and most people don’t consume ENOUGH potassium. Check with your doctor before making any diet changes since they can affect your health.
4 thoughts on “Almond Milk: 7 Benefits and 5 Side Effects”
Been using almond milk for several years. Really love it in my morning coffee.
I like almond milk in my coffee, but I cannot do unsweetened. I switched from coffee, mate to silk, almond milk, crème brûlée or vanilla. This is great and much better and lower in calories than what I was previously using. But unsweetened I tried, and cannot do in my coffee.
My son was put on a Low Carb diet to help with seizure control by his neurologist he recommended Unsweetened almond milk because it was low in carbs. Just so happened that I had been having digestion problems, my gastroenterologist told me that as we age we loose the ability to breakdown milk proteins so he suggested that I try Soy milk. I tried for a year but the matter only got worse! So I switched to Almond milk along with my son, and have had no problems.
Dairy is a mucus producing item. If one had sinus problems, almond milk WILL be your friend.