Kidney Diet and Nutrition Tips and Advice

What’s Healthy About the Dialysis Diet?

Posted January 8, 2008 in FAQ by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

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…

Holiday Survival

Posted December 21, 2007 in Holiday Meal Planning by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

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…

Happy Holiday Eating

Posted December 11, 2007 in Holiday Meal Planning by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

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…

Finally back!

Posted December 11, 2007 in News by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

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…

Where can I find menus for my dialysis diet?

Posted August 24, 2007 in FAQ by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

Menus are a helpful tool for learning about what to eat on a kidney diet. Sometimes planning meals is the most difficult step in…

Is there an online resource to help with planning a kidney diet?

Posted August 21, 2007 in FAQ by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

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…

What are some foods that boost calories but are low in sodium, potassium and phosphorus?

Posted August 14, 2007 in FAQ by Sara Colman, RDN, CDCES.

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…