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Start Your Summer with Today’s Kidney Diet Summer Salads Cookbook

Chill out with a satisfying salad from the newest Today’s Kidney Diet Summer Salads cookbook. Selections include side salads such as Cucumber Carrot Salad, Fruit Salad Slaw and Home-style Macaroni Salad, and entrée salads like Grilled Chicken Salad, Taco Pasta Salad and Tuna Veggie Salad. In addition to eleven salad recipes and one dessert, you’ll find helpful tips […]

DaVita Eats: Double Boiled Potatoes

Did you know a medium potato contains approximately 1080 mg potassium? That’s over half the daily goal for kidney patients with a potassium-restricted diet. Double boiling potatoes is an easy way to lower their potassium and keep your diet kidney-friendly. Get the recipe: https://www.davita.com/diet-nutrition/recipes/vegetables/garlic-mashed-potatoes

Beans and Peas in Your Kidney Diet

Eating beans and peas was never smooth sailing for my patients on dialysis because of the high phosphorus and potassium content. Most of them grew up eating a variety of legumes as part of their regular meals. Yet it is quite unimaginable for some patients to avoid beans and peas completely. And why should they? Half a cup […]

Corn or Flour: Which Tortilla is Best for a Kidney Diet?

Cinco de Mayo is a great time to celebrate the culture and cuisine of Mexico. Enjoy fish tacos: grilled fish over shredded cabbage with salsa blanca drizzled on flour tortillas served with ‘pickled’ red onions. What’s the best type of tortilla? I am often asked, what type of tortillas can I have? This is a […]

This vs. That: Low-Potassium Foods

Which has less potassium: apple or banana? Learn about low-potassium food swaps to help you maintain a healthy kidney diet.

Today's Kidney Diet Springtime Favorites Cookbook is Ready

The latest Today’s Kidney Diet cookbook, Springtime Favorites, is ready to download. This collection provides 14 kidney-friendly recipes featuring springtime produce and fresh herbs. Recipes such as Cucumber Mint Salad, Red Wine Vinaigrette Asparagus, Strawberry and Goat Cheese Spring Salad and Very Berry Galette will help introduce spring into your kidney diet meal planning. Get […]

Food Label Reading: Become the Expert

How can reading a food label help you? One of the best ways to arm yourself in having a kidney-friendly diet is learning how to read food labels and using the information to make the best dietary decision for you. The label makes it easy to compare similar products and find the amounts of nutrients in […]

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Mindful Eating During the Holidays

There is no doubt that food is a major component of the holiday season. Holiday foods can inspire joy and bring people together. Holiday traditions and memories of family and friends are our first thoughts when we smell the aroma of a turkey roasting or taking the first bite of a warm cookie from the oven. We are […]

Work-free, Stress-free Labor Day

Labor Day marks the end of summer. Celebrations include local events, camping out or barbequing at home. These fun events, typically surrounded by food and drink, can be frustrating for those on a kidney diet. With a little bit of planning you can have a stress-free Labor Day holiday weekend. Whether you are dining out or preparing food […]

Prebiotics and Dialysis: What You Need to Know

By now most people are familiar with the term "probiotic", yet many are less familiar with prebiotics. However, both are essential to intestinal health. Probiotics are a type of live bacteria that promotes healthy gut functioning. Prebiotic are what is necessary for a probiotic to be able to work properly. In other words, a prebiotic is the […]

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