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How Diet Can Affect Your Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is the second leading cause of chronic kidney disease that leads to end stage renal disease. A low-sodium,reduced-fat diet can help keep blood pressure under control and may prevent kidney failure.
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Skilled Nursing Facilities
Nursing home and other skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents may be able to receive onsite dialysis rather than traveling to a center for treatment.
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5 Diet Guidelines for Stage 5 CKD Non-Dialysis Patients
People with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) who aren’t on dialysis can benefit from five diet guidelines.
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Home Dialysis And Your Diet
Not only is each type of home dialysis treatment different, but every home dialysis patient is unique. For this reason, your specific diet should be tailored to your needs. Your renal dietitian will help you come up with a diet that works best for you. He or she will analyze your lab results to see […]
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A DaVita Dietitian’s Top 15 Healthy Foods for People with Kidney Disease
By DaVita dietitian Sara Colman, RD, CSR, CDE Researchers are discovering more and more links between chronic diseases, inflammation and certain whole foods that may prevent or protect against undesirable fatty acid oxidation, a condition that occurs when the oxygen in your body reacts with fats in your blood and your cells. Oxidation is a normal process […]
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The Fluid Factor and Home Dialysis
By Kore Nielsen, RN, Clinical Service Specialist, and Beverly Garcellano, RN, BSN, CNN As a patient who dialyzes at home, you have certain benefits over those who dialyze in a center. You get to do treatments at times that work best with your schedule and you have the added benefit of drinking more fluids. But […]
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Holiday Eating Tips for People on Dialysis
Learn about diet tips to help people with chronic kidney disease,renal failure,end stage renal disease and those on dialysis.
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Fast Foods and the Dialysis Diet
People who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) that has progressed to end stage renal disease (ESRD) and are on dialysis have a special renal diet to follow. Here are tips on how to incorporate fast foods into the dialysis diet.
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Heart-Healthy Advice for People with Kidney Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Making healthier lifestyle choices can help people reduce the risk of heart disease.
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Spicy Seafood Étouffée
Set sail on a culinary adventure with former Navy man and current DaVita renal dietitian Daniel from Nevada. Daniel brings a dialysis-friendly recipe from his native Louisiana, Spicy Seafood Étouffée.