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DaVita Dietitians Go Beyond Dialysis to Improve Nutrition
March 1st marks the beginning of National Nutrition Month and National Kidney Month. This year the DaVita Dietitian team, made of over 1500 renal dietitians,…
Continue Reading »Kidney Diet Tips: A New Recipe for Sodium Girl’s Low-Sodium Recipe Rally
This week I’m stepping up to the challenge. Sodium Girl, who blogs on living salt-free and who has first hand experience dealing with kidneys, has…
Continue Reading »Inflammation and Chronic Kidney Disease: The Dietary Fiber Connection
Recently I read an article on inflammation and fiber from Renal and Urology News that has a connection to the kidney diet and chronic kidney…
Continue Reading »New test to detect kidney disease in diabetes-10 years earlier
Today I ran across a Joslin Diabetes Center study about diabetes and early detection of kidney disease. The study results are of particular interest to…
Continue Reading »Cantaloupe Recall- Kidney Patients Considered High Risk
Once again a message was sent out to alert consumers about contaminated food—this time cantaloupe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Continue Reading »Dietary Phosphorus Control to Prevent or Delay Kidney Failure
You may have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and not even know it. An estimated 17% of US adults have chronic kidney disease and many are…
Continue Reading »Sprouts: a health food linked to acute kidney failure and dialysis
When you read about causes of kidney failure, diabetes, high blood pressure and polycystic kidney disease are most likely mentioned. Rarely do you see E….
Continue Reading »USDA’s New Chose My Plate and Your Kidney Diet
Last week a new diet tool to help guide people toward healthier eating, called My Plate, was unveiled by the United States Department of Agriculture…
Continue Reading »DaVita.com Kidney Diet Recipes–a New Look
DaVita has revamped davita.com with a great new look. You’ll find reorganization that makes it easier to find kidney education articles and other content to…
Continue Reading »Mail Order Meals for Non-dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis Diets
How would you like kidney-friendly meals delivered directly to your front door? MagicKitchen.com has made it convenient and affordable. What a great service for a…
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