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Originally Posted by RICH1
The only reason I'll become a vegan is 19.00 a pound for a ribeye!
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That's not really fair to the OP. She has a medical condition that is generally acknowledged to be helped by a low protein diet. Almost every nephrologist will recommend a 40 gram protein or less diet for stage 3 CKD or higher. Whether that applies to only animal protein or a vegan diet is debatable.
The original data for this dates back to the 1930's. Americans are generally born with a GFR of around 140 and lose 10 cc/min/decade as they age. At the same time, Chinese peasants whose diet was almost exclusively rice did not lose renal function with age, therefore the conclusion that high protein diets contribute to declining renal function with age. Of course, this did not account for the fact that the Chinese group was all genetically Chinese. Due the the changed political situation in China since WWII, there haven't really been any reliable follow up studies.
I agree with the OP---IF you are experiencing a drop in your GFR, why not try a low protein diet---nothing to lose, and if the OP's GFR went from 23 to 44 (which is quite significant), it might help you too.