| The safest treatment for acute nephritis | | | | be given to furnish the nutrients not |
| is fasting on raw juices. By means of | | | | obtained from food. The supplements may |
| the juice fast, the toxins and systemic | | | | include one tablespoon of lecithin, |
| impurities responsible for setting up of | | | | 30mg. of Vitamin B6, 25,000 units of |
| the inflammatory kidney conditions are | | | | Vitamin A and 300 to 600 units of |
| removed rapidly. The patient should | | | | Vitamin E. |
| resort to juice fasting for five to | | | | Smoking and drinking, where habitual, |
| seven days till the acute symptoms | | | | must be completely given up. Studies |
| subside. Mostly vegetable juices such as | | | | have shown that smoking impairs kidney |
| carrot, celery and cucumber should be | | | | function. The patient should avoid white |
| used during this period. A warm water | | | | bread, sugar, cakes, pastries, puddings, |
| enema should be taken each day while | | | | refined cereals, greasy, heavy or fried |
| fasting to cleanse the bowels of the | | | | foods. He should also avoid tea, coffee, |
| toxic matter being thrown off by the | | | | all flesh foods, condiments, pickles and |
| self-cleansing process resulting from | | | | sauces. |
| the fast. | | | | The use of carrot juice is one of the |
| After the juice fast, the patient may | | | | most effective home remedies for |
| adopt an all-fruit diet for four or five | | | | nephritis. A glass of this juice should |
| days. Juicy fruits such as apple, | | | | be taken, mixed with a tablespoon of |
| grapes, orange, pear, peach and | | | | honey and a teaspoon of fresh lime |
| pineapple should be taken during this | | | | juice, every day, first thing in the |
| period. Thereafter the patient may adopt | | | | morning. |
| fruits and milk diet for further five | | | | The use of bananas is another effective |
| days. In this regimen, milk may be added | | | | remedy for nephritis. It is due to their |
| to the fruit diet. After the fruit & | | | | low protein and salt contents and high |
| milk diet, the patient may gradually | | | | carbohydrates content. They exercise |
| embark upon a well-balanced lowprotein | | | | healing effect on the kidneys. A diet of |
| vegetarian diet, with emphasis on fresh | | | | bananas only can be taken for three or |
| fruits and raw and cooked vegetables. | | | | four days, consuming eight to nine |
| In case of chronic nephritis, a short | | | | bananas a day in the treatment of this |
| juice fast for three days may be | | | | disease. |
| undertaken. Thereafter, a week or 10 | | | | The use of avocado is valuable as a |
| days may be spent on a restricted diet. | | | | staple food in nephritis. The usefulness |
| In this regimen, oranges or orange juice | | | | of this fruit arises from its small |
| may be taken for breakfast. Lunch may | | | | protein content, with none of the |
| consist of salad of two vegetable in | | | | poisonous extractives, always present in |
| season and dinner may comprise one or | | | | flesh foods. |
| two vegetables steamed in their own | | | | Grapes are an excellent remedy for both |
| juices and a few nuts. Thereafter, the | | | | acute and chronic nephritis. They |
| patient may gradually adopt a | | | | possess an exceptional diuretic value on |
| well-balanced low-protein vegetarian | | | | account of their high contents of water |
| diet. | | | | and potassium, salt. Their value in |
| Further short juice fasts, followed by a | | | | kidney troubles like nephritis is |
| week on the restricted diet, should be | | | | enhanced by their low albumin and sodium |
| undertaken at intervals of two or three | | | | chloride content. |
| months until such time as the kidney | | | | Tender coconut water is another valuable |
| condition has shown sign of | | | | remedy for this disease. It can be taken |
| normalization. The patient should avoid | | | | beneficially once or twice a day. It |
| foods rich in oxalic acid such as | | | | acts as a very effective but safe |
| spinach, chocolate and cocoa, Garlic, | | | | -diuretic. |
| parsley, cucumber and celery are | | | | Fresh air and outdoor exercises will be |
| excellent vegetables. Best fruits are | | | | of great benefit in all cases of |
| papaya and bananas. A small amount of | | | | nephritis and where possible, the |
| soured milks and home-made cottage | | | | patient should have a walk for at least |
| cheese can be included in the diet. All | | | | three kilometers once or twice daily. |
| salt should be eliminated from the diet. | | | | The sufferer from chronic nephritis |
| Five or six small meals should be taken | | | | should never exert himself when doing |
| in preference to a few large ones. | | | | anything. He should avoid all hurry and |
| The diet should be adequate in all | | | | excitement. He should also avoid late |
| essential nutrients. Supplements should | | | | hours. |