Kidney Diet and Nutrition Tips and Advice

10 Kidney-Friendly Holiday Tips

Posted December 19, 2017 in Holiday Meal Planning, Tags: Christmas, fluid, herbs and spices, holiday recipes, holiday tips, Kidney Diet Tips, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium by Krista Blackwell, RD, LDN, CNSC.

We all celebrate different Christmas traditions. Some may spend time with their families on Christmas Eve. Yet others attend a Christmas morning mass. Still others…

Mindful Eating During the Holidays

Posted December 14, 2017 in Holiday Meal Planning, Tips, Tags: holiday eating tips, mindful eating, mindfulness, Phosphorus, Potassium by Abby Tibodeau, RD, LD.

There is no doubt that food is a major component of the holiday season. Holiday foods can inspire joy and bring people together. Holiday traditions…

Today’s Kidney Diet Game Days Shish Kebabs Recipe Demo

Posted December 11, 2017 in News, Tags: davita cookbook, game day recipes, KBTX recipe demo, shish kebabs, Today's Kidney Diet by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

DaVita dietitian Elizabeth McClary embraced the Today’s Kidney Diet Game Day Recipes cookbook, sharing it with her dialysis patients. But she took it a big…

Holiday Season Weight Management

Posted December 7, 2017 in Diet Management, Holiday Meal Planning, Tips, Tags: goal, healthy recipes, holidays, mindful eating, New Year, weight management by Joanna Foley, RD.

The holidays are a time that brings joy to many people. It may also be a time for weight management measures. A sense of dread…

Fast and Home-Made for the Holidays

Posted December 4, 2017 in Diet Management, Holiday Meal Planning, Tags: dialysis diet, fast holiday meals, homemade fast foods, kidney-friendly meals, renal diet by Haley Justus, RD, LDN.

The hustle and bustle of the holidays is here and the race is on to find the best gift and closest parking spot. It is…

Dining Out Successfully at Mongolian Grill

Posted November 30, 2017 in Diet Management, Tips, Tags: bd's Mongolian Grill, davita, Dining out, Kidney Diet, kidney friendly restaurant foods, Mongolian food, Mongolian restaurant, stir-fry by Deanna Denny, RD.

My next dining out adventure takes me to bd’s Mongolian Grill. It is a unique franchise restaurant where you actually have the ability to pick…

Managing Diabetes and Peritoneal Dialysis

Posted November 28, 2017 in Featured Post, Lifestyle, Tips, Tags: blood sugar control, calories in PD solution, dextrose in PD solution, diabetes and PD, fluid and PD, insulin and PD, PD, PD solution, peritoneal dialysis by Matilde Ladnier RD, LD.

I work with many patients who have diabetes and who get their dialysis through peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatments. Peritoneal dialysis is one of the treatment…