A low potassium diet is a diet that is usually recommended for people who have journeyed down the road towards end stage renal disease. As your kidneys start to fail, it’s difficult for them to process the potassium in foods and eliminate it. As potassium builds up in your body, it can affect muscles and […]
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Apple Cinnamon Healthy Smoothies For Kidney Disease
A Healthy Smoothie For People With Kidney Failure Yummy, don’t you love it when you find a great smoothie recipe. But most of them contain bananas and other ingredients that you want to avoid. Here is a delicious smoothie recipe for you to enjoy without over doing it on the potassium and phosphorus. 4 ounce […]
Green Gelatin Dessert Recipes
Gelatin Dessert Recipes Creating a great dessert can be hard for people with kidney failure. Gelatin to the rescue – it’s got a good deal of health to it and it tastes great. Even if you don’t feel well, you like to have some gelatin to soothe you. I found this recipe on a forum […]
Kidney Diet Recipes – Black-eyed Peas Renal Recipe For New Year’s Day
Black-Eyed Peas Renal Recipe If you enjoy the southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, take heart! I have worked on this recipe and removed some of the items that are high in potassium and phosphorus and made it still very yummy for you. We have a black-eyed peas renal recipe for […]
Living with Renal Diet Limitations
Living with Renal Diet Limitations Like most things in life, living with renal diet limitations is largely what you make it out to be. Some people consider this diet highly restrictive. However, if you take a few moments to explore your options, you just might discover that there are many foods options still available to […]
Foods To Avoid When You’re on Dialysis
The foods to avoid while on kidney dialysis are different than the foods to avoid when you’re on a pre-dialysis diet or a low sodium diet. The main concerns for dialysis patients are potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and fluids. Read on to learn more about all of the foods to avoid while on kidney dialysis. Potassium […]
Dairy Products and the Pre-Dialysis Diet: Which Ones and How Much?
Is Dairy No Longer An Option Now That I Have Kidney Failure?-Dairy products and the pre-dialysis diet Individuals with kidney disease should be careful with dairy products, since many contain large amounts of phosphorous. Diseased kidneys have difficulty processing phosphorous, and high levels can speed the loss of kidney function, as well as cause blood […]
Renal Diet Headquarters Announces It’s Support For Men’s Health Month
Renal Diet HQ supports the Month of June as we move into the full swing of Men’s Health Month and the great celebration of Father’s Day. We celebrate all the fathers and grandfathers who have become part of the foundation of our great country. Oklahoma City, OK (I-Newswire) June 13, 2013 – Renal Diet Headquarters […]
Is Peritoneal Dialysis Really Better Than Hemodialysis?
In a new article, published in November of 2012, researchers looked at whether or not people on PD were more or less happy than others on different types of dialysis. The researchers made an attempt to look at the values and priorities in people’s lives to see how the dialysis was affecting them. This study […]
Nutrition Bars You Can Eat On A Renal Diet
A nutrition bar is a transportable quick meal or snack that you can eat and provide a lot of your nutrition in a small portable size. But if you have kidney disease, a lot of the meal bars can be downright bad for your health. They may contain extensive amounts of protein, sugar, or salt. […]
Recipe – Chili Con Carne
Chili is such a wonderful food to fill you up. Add a few unsalted crackers to this and you have a great meal. You can make this and freeze it for use later – put one cup in a baggie and freeze lying flat, then when you are ready to eat it, pull it out […]
Research Around The Web – eGFR Information
Overall, it’s important to realize that as you develop into further stages of kidney disease, you have a higher risk of developing anemia. Anemia is a problem
