Category Archives: Lifestyle
Cooking Tips for Dialysis Patient Caregivers
Let’s face it, caring for a loved one with a chronic disease is challenging. There is a variety of medications to keep in order. Doctors…
Continue Reading »Taking Control of Your Health: Path to Persistence
Perseverance is steadfastness in doing something despite the difficulty. Persistence is the ability to be determined to do or to achieve something regardless of any…
Continue Reading »Managing Diabetes and Peritoneal Dialysis
I work with many patients who have diabetes and who get their dialysis through peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatments. Peritoneal dialysis is one of the treatment…
Continue Reading »Working on Dialysis: Tips for Balancing Work and Diet
Keeping up with work, life and a kidney-friendly diet can sometimes be overwhelming and present many obstacles. The tips below may help keep you on…
Continue Reading »Dining Out Successfully at Mexican Fiesta Restaurant
My next food adventure takes me to an authentic Mexican restaurant in Canton, Michigan called Mexican Fiesta. If you love Mexican food you are actually in…
Continue Reading »Going Mediterranean on Your Kidney Diet
One of the hottest diet topics over the last few years has been the Mediterranean Diet. In fact, May has been designated as International Mediterranean…
Continue Reading »Performance Nutrition for Athletes on Dialysis -Part 2
Athlete on Dialysis If the thought of being an athlete on dialysis is interesting to you, or if just increasing your activity to a more…
Continue Reading »Performance Nutrition for the Athlete on Dialysis
Do you think of yourself as an athlete? Did you used to be a runner, football player, or play basketball, soccer or volleyball? Do you…
Continue Reading »Learning to Live with CKD: One Couple's Journey
Our Journey-Part 1 My husband was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), stage 3, about twelve years ago. His age was 66 at the time,…
Continue Reading »10 Cruise Dining Tips for a Great Vacation
Cruises are a great way to see the world while only unpacking once. I have been on many cruises and while the amenities vary at…
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