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Fatty Liver and Kidney Disease Primer

Posted January 11, 2022 in Featured Post, News, Tags: fatty liver and kidney disease, healthy fats, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by Samantha Raymond MPH, RD, CD.

What is Fatty Liver? While you may have heard that too much alcohol can lead to liver problems, you might be less familiar with another…

Go With Your Gut: CKD and Gut Health

Posted September 28, 2021 in Featured Post, News, Tags: gut health, gut microbiota, prebiotics, probiotics by Sarah Alsing, MS, RD, CSR.

Gut health has become a hot topic. Fermented foods such as kombucha, kimchi and kefir have become popular for their probiotic benefits and their role…

New! Today’s Kidney Diet Cookbook: Tastes of America

Posted September 22, 2021 in Diet Management, Featured Post, News, Tags: davita cookbook, regional recipes, Tastes of America cookbook, today's kidney diet cookbook by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

A few years ago when I was traveling around the country, I bought a cookbook from every city I visited. I love reading the recipes…

Today’s Kidney Diet Cookbook: Cooking on a Budget

Posted June 22, 2021 in Featured Post, News, On a Budget, Tags: budget cooking, budget recipes, davita cookbook, kidney diet cookbook, money saving recipes, today's kidney diet cookbook by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

There’s no doubt about it—food prices have gone up over the past year, and many of us are watching our food budget more closely. The…

Nutrition Facts Food Label: What’s New

Posted June 15, 2021 in FAQ, Featured Post, News, Tags: daily value, food label, nutrients in food, nutrition facts label, phosphorus on label, potassium on label by Hayley Bode, Dietetic Intern.

Reviewing the potassium, phosphorus, sodium and overall nutritional value of a food can be useful when making choices about what to eat for a kidney…

New Research on Dietary Potassium

Posted April 13, 2021 in Diet Management, Featured Post, News, Tags: dietary potassium, high potassium, low potassium intake, new research, Potassium by Sarah Alsing, MS, RD, CSR.

Most people on dialysis are told to restrict their dietary potassium intake to prevent hyperkalemia, an elevated potassium level in the blood. Hyperkalemia can lead…