FOOD FOR IMPROVING CLINICAL CONDITIONS CAPABLE OF LOWERING THE CONCENTRATION OF LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS IN BLOOD

摘要

It is intended to provide a novel food for improving clinical conditions by which shift to hemodialysis in treating renal insufficiency can be prevented or retarded, the frequency of hemodialysis can be lowered or the onset of hyperammonemia in hepatic insufficiency can be prevented or relieved. Namely, a food for improving clinical conditions, which aims at achieving the above object, characterized by containing hardly digestible polysaccharides as the main components together with a restricted amount of protein components. Taking this food for improving clinical conditions, microbial proteins are synthesized by using the energy generated by the metabolism of the hardly digestible polysaccharides and urea or ammonia secreted into the intestines as an N source and the thus proliferated microbial cells are discharged into the feces. According to this mechanism, low-molecular weight nitrogen-containing compounds in the blood can be reduced and, as a result, renal failure and hepatic failure can be ameliorated.