Tips for Keeping a Healthy Potassium Level
Potassium is an important mineral to the body. We need enough potassium to keep our muscles and nerves working properly. However, too much potassium in…
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Heart Warming Valentine’s Day Tips
A common myth about emotional eating is that it’s prompted by negative feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they’re stressed, lonely, sad, anxious…
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Coffee: What’s in Your Cup?
Coffee, glorious coffee! The first thing I do in the morning is turn on Mr. Coffee. One time when we were out of coffee, I…
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Lower Sodium Fast Food Choices
You are out running errands or you are at work and didn’t bring your lunch. Now you need a quick meal. You go to a…
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Today’s Kidney Diet Veggie Lovers Cookbook is Here!
There’s no denying it—a vegetarian-style eating plan is getting lots of attention these days. In the kidney community, today’s kidney diet has triggered a change…
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Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker Quick Meals
Dialysis can be tough on family dinnertime, especially when you want quick meals. Treatment schedules may make achieving a sit down family meal hard. When…
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Improving Cholesterol and Phosphorus with Niacin
Are you a dialysis patient that takes your binders and monitors your diet but still find yourself with high phosphorus levels each month? Some patients have…
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Food Facts Friday: Pretzels
The earliest pretzels date back to the 6th century. However the hard pretzel is not so old. According to Wikipedia, hard pretzels originated in Pennsylvania…
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New Year’s Resolutions for Healthy Eating
The New Year is a great time to reflect on ways to improve health. So often New Year’s resolutions include a vow to lose weight…
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Holiday Eating the Dialysis Way
With the holidays just around the corner, you may be surrounded by savory and sugary eats that are simply too hard to resist. It may…
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