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Chicken Apple Crunch Salad
Savory and sweet Chicken Apple Crunch Salad will delight your taste buds. This easy-to-make recipe shared by Theresa,a DaVita renal dietitian from Colorado,pairs fresh flavors with nutrition. Her specialty is creating recipes that combine easy preparation with big flavor. Theresa’s Chicken Apple Crunch Salad is a delicious and light meal good for lunch,dinner or a protein-filled snack. It has been modified for the dialysis diet to encourage healthy eating and reduce the stress of what to eat.
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Winter Holiday Cranberry-Glazed Pork Roast
DaVita renal dietitian Judy from Pennsylvania is a self-proclaimed foodie whose main goal with her kidney patients is to help them enjoy their food and not fixate on the foods that aren’t allowed. Judy’s recipe offerings include a recipe collection,Delectable Salad Dressings for Kidney Diets featuring four deliciously different salad dressings and her Gingerbread AppleCobblerrecipe that is simply scrumptious, plus her latest holiday addition, Winter Holiday Cranberry-Glazed Pork Roast.
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Asian Lettuce Wraps Lower Protein
DaVita renal dietitian Nichole from Maryland wants her dialysis patients to “live longer and feel better!” She helps them achieve this goal by sharing delicious recipes such as her Asian Lettuce Wraps Lower Protein—little lettuce cups filled with flavorful ground meat, veggies and rice—just like you’d find in an Asian restaurant. Providing dialysis patients with a variety of tasty foods to enjoy, is one of the ways Nichole believes that a renal diet can become a “realistic routine.”
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Asian Lettuce Wraps
DaVita renal dietitian Nichole from Maryland wants her dialysis patients to “live longer and feel better!” She helps them achieve this goal by sharing delicious recipes such as her Asian Lettuce Wraps—little lettuce cups filled with flavorful ground meat, veggies and rice—just like you’d find in an Asian restaurant. Providing dialysis patients with a variety of tasty foods to enjoy, is one of the ways Nichole believes that a renal diet can become a “realistic routine.”
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Food Facts Friday: Greek Yogurt
Greek yogurt is a protein-packed food that has become quite popular in recent years. The question is, can you eat it if you have kidney disease? Let’s break down exactly what Greek yogurt is and how it can fit into a kidney-friendly diet. Greek Yogurt vs. Regular Yogurt What makes Greek yogurt different from regular yogurt? […]
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Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) happens when fluid-filled cysts form in the kidneys. It is a chronic kidney disease,which can lead to end stage renal disease (ESRD).
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Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids
You may have heard that omega fats are good for you, but did you know there are different types of omega fatty acids? Keep reading to learn what omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are, what foods they’re found in and how they may benefit our health. What are fatty acids? There are two general types […]
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Vegetarian Egg Fried Rice
June from Florida knows her dialysis patients crave Chinese fried rice from time to time, so she put her talents to work on a recipe for Vegetarian Egg Fried Rice that’s lower in sodium, potassium and phosphorus so it’s dialysis-diet friendly. Using basmati rice with extra firm tofu, egg, garlic, ginger and veggies provides authentic flavor and texture. While you are in the kitchen cooking up this recipe, remember that Confucius said, “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
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Preventing Hospitalizations and Readmissions
Let’s be honest: no one enjoys getting sick or going to the hospital. Whether you’re there for a medical emergency, scheduled procedure or worried about a loved one, a hospitalizations can be overwhelming and stressful. As a part of your health plan, you may want to develop a strategy to avoid a hospitalization or a […]
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New “Healthy” Fast Food Eateries
New Restaurants Emgerging One day, what appeared to be a healthy fast food place caught my eye. My fellow DaVita dietitian, Kim, and I decided to check it out. It is one location of a growing franchise called Clean Eatz. Their aim is to provide fresh food to people who want to lead a healthy […]
