An adequate intake of dietary fiber can reduce the mortality rate of chronic kidney disease, South Korean researchers found after a ten-year survey.
Chronic kidney disease is one of the most intractable diseases in the world, and diabetes and hypertension can often induce it. The disease typically infers hard-to-cure kidney damage, resulting in the decline of kidney function and the accumulation of waste substances in the body.
In order to understand the effect of dietary fiber and plant-based protein intake on the mortality rate in patients with chronic kidney disease, a 10-year follow-up research survey was conducted on 3,892 chronic kidney disease patients aged 40 to 68 years by a research group at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University. It was found that eating enough dietary fiber can reduce the mortality rate by up to 44 percent….