C is for …Cranberries: Perfect berries for a kidney dialysis diet

Cranberries are the perfect fruit for low potassium kidney diets because they are very low in potassium. A cup of cranberry juice cocktail contains only…

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Kidney Friendly Foods – Blueberries

B is for … Blueberries Blueberries, like most other berries are low in potassium. One cup provides 112 mg potassium and 3.5 grams fiber. Sodium…

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Menu suggestions for a dialysis diet summertime lunch

Looking for a refreshing lunch for a warm summer day?  Try one of these low sodium, low potassium, low phosphorus menus: #1  A scoop of chilled…

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Dairy Delicious: Milk and Cheese Products for Kidney Patients

Looking for another alternative to milk and cheese for your renal diet? A company from New York, Delicious Milk Company, Inc., has engineered Dairy Delicious…

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How the dialysis diet affects those with kidney failure (or end stage renal disease)

In addition to cleaning the blood, the kidneys perform other important functions. Loss of kidney function has a direct impact on some important balances in…

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List of Kidney Diet Cookbooks

       Have you tried using a kidney diet cookbook? Most include kidney-friendly or dialysis-diet recipes, seasoning ideas and helpful tips on the pre-dialysis and dialysis diet…

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