Many people enjoy a can of tuna as a high-protein lunch or snack option. It’s easy to prepare, since you just open the can and toss the fish between a couple slices of bread for a tasty sandwich or on top of a bed of lettuce for a salad. However, is canned tuna safe for […]
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Helpful Hints For Using A Renal Diabetes Food List
When you’re on a special diet for renal failure, food list ideas don’t always work out for the people who need them most. They’re either too cumbersome to carry around at all times, too obtrusive to keep up with all the time, or simply too embarrassing for many people to pull out whenever it becomes […]
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 […]
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 […]
Need To Make Some Healthy Changes? Try Eating More of These Items!
One of the most common New Year’s resolutions involves losing weight. And even though you have kidney disease, you are not immune. You have things in your life you want to change, and one of them just might be to lose some weight. Or get healthier. Something along those lines. Let’s face it, you are […]
How To Leach Potassium out of Vegetables
Some foods that you really want to eat are high potassium foods. And it’s hard to not be able to eat them because they are a potassium rich foods. You can do several things to lower the amount of potassium and help you in your quest to achieve a low potassium diet. Learning how to […]
