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It is recommended kidney disease patients receiving dialysis have limited potassium intakes including intake of vegetables with high potassium content. Dialysis patients cannot absorb other nutrients contained in vegetables. To solve these problems, methods of cultivating vegetables with low potassium contents as compared to normal vegetables were studied. As a result, potassium content decreased from a quarter to one-seventh of that in vegetables cultivated by conventional methods. The possibility that low potassium content vegetables may contribute to improvements in the quality of life (QOL) for dialysis patient is suggested. In this paper, I explain the research process for establishing cultivation methods for vegetables with low potassium contents, the present conditions for practical use, related medical knowledge and possible future technical problems. |