Protein Intake and Kidney Disease
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Proteins and Amino Acids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutrition; chronic kidney disease; epidemiology; diabetic kidney disease; renal anaemia
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is increasingly prevalent worldwide, with serious impacts on patients’ quality of life, morbidity and mortality, as well as on healthcare expenditures. Reduced protein intake was used for centuries to ameliorate uremic symptoms and signs. The debatable efficacy as well as several concerns related to nutritional safety considerably decreased the interest of both practitioners and patients. However, in the last decades, growing evidence supports the efficacy of dietary protein restriction to postpone dialysis initiation, mainly through amelioration of metabolic abnormalities in advanced CKD, but also by slowing down the rate of progression, while preserving a good nutritional status. Consequently, NKF Guidelines for nutrition in CKD currently recommend certain levels of protein restriction in CKD patients.
For this Special Issue, we invite original research articles and review articles that focus on the evidence regarding protein restriction in delaying the progression of renal function, improving metabolic abnormalities, and postponing the initiation of dialysis. We also welcome discussions on the following: balancing nutritional status maintenance, exploring methods to enhance patient adherence, and developing personalized nutritional strategies in specific clinical scenarios.
Dr. Liliana Garneata
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chronic kidney disease
- low protein diet
- progression
- pre-dialysis
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