Category Archives: Diet Management
Kidney patients: beware of fast foods!
No doubt you don’t need me to tell you that fast foods are bad for your health. Remember the 2004 movie—Super Size Me ? Proof…
Continue Reading »L is for Lemon and Lime
(This post is a continuation of a look at kidney-friendly foods and some of the good things about them.) Increase flavor without increasing sodium with…
Continue Reading »K is for Kale– A Healthy Green for a Low Potassium Diet
(This post is part of a series focusing on healthy foods for kidney diets.) One challenge people with chronic kidney disease face when following a…
Continue Reading »Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease and a Heart Healthy Diet
Did you know most people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) also have cardiovascular disease? CKD is one of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. For…
Continue Reading »H is for Herb and Spice Mixtures—a great way to season a kidney diet
Low sodium is one component of the renal diet recommended for people with chronic kidney disease and those on dialysis. Salt is an acquired taste….
Continue Reading »Change Your Diet by Using a Food Diary
Research on dieting for weight loss and what works for long term weight maintenance is extensive. One tool shown to help weight loss dieters maintain…
Continue Reading »G is for Grapes and Grape Juice—Healthy kidney friendly foods
A handful of grapes make a healthy snack for a kidney friendly diet—tasty, convenient and full of phytochemicals—amazing plant components that provide health benefits. Anthocyanins…
Continue Reading »Daily Value for Potassium and Kidney Diets
The Daily Value (DV) on food labels was established for the general public to help determine if a food is a high or low source…
Continue Reading »F is for Fish
Choose a meal from the sea—fish provides high quality protein, a nutrient encouraged in limited amounts in a pre-dialysis diet and increased in a dialysis…
Continue Reading »New Frozen Meals for Dialysis Diet
Beef & Onion on Linguini with Fancy Green Beans Chicken & Bowtie Pasta with Summer Veggies Turkey On Cranberry Rice with Candied Carrots A new…
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