Kidney Friendly Foods – Blueberries
B is for … Blueberries Blueberries, like most other berries are low in potassium. One cup provides 112 mg potassium and 3.5 grams fiber. Sodium…
Continue Reading » What’s Healthy About the Dialysis Diet?
Diets by nature limit certain foods or food groups. Often this causes dieters to focus on what they can’t have instead of what they can…
Continue Reading » Holiday Survival
Do you have a plan for surviving the holidays without blowing your kidney diet? With all the social events, eating temptations and extra goodies this…
Continue Reading » Happy Holiday Eating
Happy Holiday Eating! Part of enjoying the holidays is staying healthy. For kidney patients this is a challenge since holidays are centered on food and…
Continue Reading » Finally back!
Finally back! I took a blog leave to work on DaVita Diet Helper which has now launched and is available for anyone to use. DaVita…
Continue Reading » Where can I find menus for my dialysis diet?
Menus are a helpful tool for learning about what to eat on a kidney diet. Sometimes planning meals is the most difficult step in…
Continue Reading » Is there an online resource to help with planning a kidney diet?
Hang on—help is on the way! DaVita.com is creating an online meal planner called the DaVita Diet Helper. It provides kidney-friendly meals and snacks based…
Continue Reading » What are some foods that boost calories but are low in sodium, potassium and phosphorus?
Some calorie boosters include: butter mints cranberry juice cranberry sauce frosting fruit roll-ups hard candy honey jam or jelly jelly beans marshmallows pancake syrup regular…
Continue Reading » How much fluid can a person with chronic kidney disease on peritoneal dialysis (PD) consume?
Generally, peritoneal dialysis patients begin with a fluid restriction of 64 ounces or 2000 ml (2 liters) each day. This amount is then adjusted up…
Continue Reading » Why does the renal diet limit some healthy foods?
When a person starts on dialysis, one of the diet contradictions is that all the sudden some foods that were forbidden are on the ‘ok…
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