Kidney Diet and Nutrition Tips and Advice

Start Your Summer with Today’s Kidney Diet Summer Salads Cookbook

Posted June 26, 2017 in Featured Post, News, Tags: cookbook for kidney diet, DaVita cookbooks, dialysis cookbook, kidney-friendly recipes cookbook, Summer Salads cookbook, today's kidney diet cookbook by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

Chill out with a satisfying salad from the newest Today’s Kidney Diet Summer Salads cookbook. Selections include side salads such as Cucumber Carrot Salad, Fruit Salad Slaw…

Addictive Pretzels: A Low Phosphorus Snack

Posted June 23, 2017 in Tips, Tags: Addictive Pretzels, kidney diet recipes, low phosphorus snacks, low-sodium pretzel recipes, pretzel recipes, pretzels, renal diet recipes by Joseph Ewing, RD, LDN.

Following a kidney diet can be very challenging because many favorite snacks and drinks may not fit into your new eating plan. You are asked…

Summer Solstice Celebration

Posted June 21, 2017 in Holiday Meal Planning, Tags: kidney diet recipes, low potassium, midsummer, solstice, solstice celebration, summer solstice by Kara Hansen.

Summer solstice is upon us. It usually falls on the 21st of June and is also known as midsummer. The solstice occurs when earth’s rotational…

A Backyard Father's Day Celebration

Posted June 15, 2017 in Holiday Meal Planning, On a Budget, Tags: Budget, Father’s Day, grilling, Holiday by Melanie Wierda, RD, CSR.

Father’s Day, Sunday June 18th is a day to celebrate and have fun! Make great memories with the dads in your life this year in…

Dining Out Successfully at Polish Village Cafe

Posted June 12, 2017 in Tips, Tags: Kidney Diet, kidney friendly Polish dishes, Polish food, Polish restaurant, Polish Village Cafe by Deanna Denny, RD.

My next food adventure takes place at a little diner in Hamtramck, Michigan that specializes in Polish cuisine. The Polish Village Cafe is one of…

Feeling Itchy with Fishy Phosphorus

Posted June 6, 2017 in Diet Management, Featured Post, News, Tags: dialysis and itching, itching, phosphate additives, phosphate wash, Phosphorus, sodium triphosphate by Lynn Taylor MS, RD, LD.

Recently during dialysis rounds, a patient who diligently follows his diet and takes his medication as prescribed mentioned to me he was having extreme itching….

Low Potassium Early Spring Vegetables

Posted June 1, 2017 in Diet Management, Featured Post, Tips, Tags: early spring vegetables, kidney friendly vegetables, low potassium vegetables, spring produce, vegetables for kidney diet by Michele Damon, RDN.

Spring gardens bring an abundance of fresh early spring vegetables to grocery stores and farmer’s markets. Grab your favorite bag and enjoy shopping for this…