“Why Do I Have to Limit Dairy?”

If you are on dialysis, you may be wondering why you must limit dairy. It is hard to make dietary changes, especially if you have…

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Benefits of Plant-Based Eating in Kidney Disease, Part 2

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we discussed how plant-based diets affect weight, blood pressure, diabetes and inflammation. In this second part, we’ll look…

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Benefits of Plant-Based Eating in Kidney Disease, Part 1

Traditionally, plant-based diets have been considered the wrong choice for some patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) due to their high potassium content. However, recent…

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Building a Balanced Vegetarian Kidney Diet

Can a kidney diet also be a vegetarian diet? It’s estimated that about 5% of people on dialysis are vegetarians. Some of the reasons for…

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