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Low Potassium Diet Tips for Kidney Disease
Follow these tips if you are on a low potassium diet.
Continue Reading »Controlling High Potassium in Chronic Kidney Disease
Many chronic kidney disease patients I’ve worked with have questions about what’s important with potassium control. Not all people with CKD need to restrict potassium. …
Continue Reading »Holiday Eating on a Low Potassium Diet for Kidney Patients
‘Tis the season to be jolly…and to face a new set of holiday diet challenges. For people with chronic kidney disease or dialysis patients, knowing…
Continue Reading »K is for Kale– A Healthy Green for a Low Potassium Diet
(This post is part of a series focusing on healthy foods for kidney diets.) One challenge people with chronic kidney disease face when following a…
Continue Reading »Diet Analysis Tools and Correct Totals for Potassium and Phosphorus
People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and those on dialysis need to be aware of how much protein, potassium, sodium, phosphorus and calcium they consume….
Continue Reading »Jicama: A low potassium food for kidney diets
J is for…Jicama Kidney diets are challenging but not impossible to follow while still enjoying great tasting foods. One way to add enjoyment is to…
Continue Reading »Daily Value for Potassium and Kidney Diets
The Daily Value (DV) on food labels was established for the general public to help determine if a food is a high or low source…
Continue Reading »Low Potassium Diet: Necessary for all People with CKD?
Potassium restriction is not required by all people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Usually those on hemodialysis or in late stage kidney failure, but not…
Continue Reading »Food Labels and Potassium
Listing potassium on food labels is optional for food manufacturers. Dialysis patients be aware that just because potassium is not listed on the label, it…
Continue Reading »How to determine if a food is high or low potassium
Potassium isn’t always available on the food label or in a recipe, but when it is listed, what do the numbers mean? Here’s a general…
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