The other day when the dialysis health care team met with a peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient for their monthly doctor visit, the nephrologist asked the…

Choosing home dialysis often means a more flexible kidney diet. This is because home dialysis therapies are performed more frequently than in-center hemodialysis therapy. Peritoneal…

If you have been following a kidney diet for years you may be confused about the new trend towards including whole grains. In the past…

Kidney, pinto, cranberry, black, and navy. What do these have in common? They are all types of beans! Beans, which are sometimes excluded from the…

The newest Food Facts Friday post is all about corn. One of the wonderful things about corn is all the different ways it can be…

One interesting fact about eggplant is that it is a berry and not considered a vegetable. This purple veggie is also known as aubergine, garden…

By now most people are familiar with the term “probiotic”, yet many are less familiar with prebiotics. However, both are essential to intestinal health. Probiotics…

Recently I read an article on inflammation and fiber from Renal and Urology News that has a connection to the kidney diet and chronic kidney…