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The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is estimated to be 8%–16% worldwide, and it is still increasing. CKD is a risk factor for heart attack and stroke, and it can progress to kidney failure requiring dialysis or transplantation. The annual medical costs of hemodialysis are 1.25 trillion yen in Japan, representing 4% of the total national medical expenditures in 2014. A low-protein diet (less than 0.5 g/kg body weight) appears to be an effective intervention to prevent the progression of CKD to renal failure. Low-protein rice (1/5 to 1/25 of the normal protein contents) is helpful to control the consumption of proteins, decreasing at the same time the intake of potassium, phosphate, and sodium. To slow CKD progression, protein restriction is recommended as soon as the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) becomes lower than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 body surface area. The newly developed low-protein “Indica” rice is expected to help many CKD patients in Southeast Asia, India, and China. |
