On A Pre-Dialysis Diet, You May Need To Eat On The Go What does that mean, eat on the go? A pre-dialysis diet requires that you follow certain restrictions and limit your intake of certain types of foods. Namely salty foods and foods high in protein. That will pose a challenge to you as you […]
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Renal Diabetic Diet: The 3 Ways To Control It Better
As a person in need of a renal diabetic diet, It’s important to realize that a lot of the people experiencing a stage of kidney failure, whether it’s stage 1 kidney disease up to stage 5 kidney disease, are also diabetics. The best selling meal plan I have is the one that combines renal (Kidney […]
Eating Out, Kidney Disease Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Good Fun!
Eating Out with Kidney Disease Doesn’t Have to Ruin Your Good Fun! It’s true; you don’t have to give up eating out. Kidney disease doesn’t mean the end of your ability to enjoy the company of friends and family over a good meal. The key is to learn to live within the limitations of a […]
Make A Healthy Smoothie For Kidney Failure Meals Instead!
What Can I Use To Make A Healthy Smoothies For Kidney Failure? After looking at what you cannot eat on a renal diet, it may seem impossible to enjoy kidney friendly smoothies. After all the main things that go into a smoothie are limited and that means it won’t be very good, right? Wrong! Substitutions […]
Kidney Diet Cookbooks-Cookbook For Pre-Dialysis Kidney Disease Is Now Available
We have just released the latest in our book series – The Kidney Friendly Diet Cookbook for Predialysis kidney disease. You may have seen a lot of kidney diet cookbooks on Amazon, but this is one of the best ones on the internet. I have provided a great deal of information about kidney disease for […]
Grapefruit and Kidney Disease, and Medications
I got a question this week about grapefruits and kidney disease. Recently in the news, a lot of information has come out about how medications and grapefruit juice or grapefruits interact. Some news even suggesting that they cause kidney damage or sudden death. As a registered dietitian, I have known for many years that certain […]
How Quickly Will My Chronic Kidney Disease Progress To Dialysis?
Progression To The Next Stage Of Kidney Disease One of the most common, if not the most common question, that I see over the Internet is people asking about how quickly their chronic kidney disease will develop into dialysis? You may wonder how long does kidney disease take to progress, or does CKD always progress […]
Did You Know That 30% Of People With Diabetes Will Develop Kidney Disease?
The other day, November 14th, was World Diabetes Day, and I saw a really neat infographic from the IDF – Diabetes Prevalence In The World “Diabetes is running at record levels worldwide and half the people estimated to have the disease are, as yet, undiagnosed, according to a report on Wednesday. The number of people […]
Holiday Eating With Non Dialysis Kidney Disease
Your Non Dialysis Kidney Disease Is Important To Think About Now that the holidays are almost upon us, it’s important as a person with kidney disease to think about how you can enjoy the holidays – from the meals to the parties to the shopping – and not end up hurting your non dialysis kidney […]
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 […]
Don’t Give Up On Your Kidney Disease
Have you ever tried really hard to learn something, then thought you might fail, then tried some more, and finally you realize you have been doing it for a while without even thinking? Let me give you an example. Remember when you learned to walk? Well, probably not, but think about when your children learned […]
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
