Category Archives: Diet Management
Fluid Matters: Every Drop Counts
Do you know how much water is in the human body? Approximately 60 percent! That is a lot, and we need water for our bodies…
Continue Reading »What’s in Your Pantry? Kidney-friendly Ingredients
In my last blog I discussed essential must-have ingredients in a renal-friendly refrigerator. Now let’s get into the pantry to help you create incredible home-cooked…
Continue Reading »Apples: Orchard Memories and Apple Facts
Apples are one reason fall is the best time of the year. The leaves changing colors, cooler weather, baking with seasonal foods, football, and carving…
Continue Reading »Favorite Fall Produce: Beyond the Cornucopia
The fall season is the perfect time of the year to incorporate fresh wholesome kidney-friendly fruits and vegetables into recipes. These delicious fall produce selections…
Continue Reading »Learning to Live with CKD: Managing Diet
Part 2 Managing the Kidney Diet This is the second part of a blog by Mary Jane, who shares her and her husband’s journey with CKD…
Continue Reading »Kidney-Friendly Slow Cooker Recipes Cookbook
Work, school, appointments, treatments, holiday planning and more. Who has time to cook a nutritious meal every night with all that is going on? Now…
Continue Reading »Food Label Reading: Become the Expert
How can reading a food label help you? One of the best ways to arm yourself in having a kidney-friendly diet is learning how to read…
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 »Milk: Is it Bad for People on Dialysis?
Even with the ever increasing foods in the market, milk and dairy products still top the grocery list. After all, most of us know from school…
Continue Reading »Potassium and Peritoneal Dialysis: Avocado and Tomato Please
Imagine this scenario. You are a fairly new dialysis patient who recently finished training for peritoneal dialysis (PD).You have started doing treatments in the comfort…
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