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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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DaVita Eats Recipe Videos-fun and easy!
One of our latest DaVita kidney diet resource projects is a series of 60 second recipe videos called DaVita Eats. I’m sharing the press release below so you are aware and can add these videos to your recipe resources. Follow DaVita Kidney Care on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to get the newest videos as they are […]
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game!
Baseball season is officially underway and if you’re planning on trekking it out to your favorite ballpark sometime this season, be prepared to face a lot of not-so-kidney-friendly temptations. Most of your ballpark favorites aren’t known for being healthy to begin with, but there are definitely some choices that are better than others. To keep you from […]
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Today is World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day and National Kidney Month are both celebrated in March to increase awareness of kidney disease around the world. This year’s World Kidney Day theme is “Kidney Disease and Children: Act Early to Prevent It.” Kidney disease affects all ages, and many people do not know they are at risk or already have […]
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Eggs: The Truth About Eating Eggs Every Day
How tired are you of hearing about EGGS? The perfect protein; an easy snack; seventy-five ways to prepare an egg; Eggs, Eggs, EGGS! Even if you like them, you can get tired of them! Right? Recently, I had a patient tell me I was irresponsible to tell him to eat an egg every day because […]
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Healthy Eating Patterns: Guidance from the new Dietary Guidelines
The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines released last week tell us that instead of focusing on single nutrients or foods in isolation, we should focus on eating patterns and, consider everything we eat and drink. I like this approach, and believe it’s already changing the way we choose foods, even for people with kidney disease. Although the Dietary Guidelines are […]
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Today’s Kidney Diet: Fall Favorites cookbook
Now that Labor Day has officially marked the end of summer (although it may not feel like it yet!), it’s time to pull out recipes that bring warmth and comfort as evenings start to cool down. The latest DaVita cookbook, "Today’s Kidney Diet: Fall Favorites" offers 16 recipes that focus on fall produce and kidney-friendly classic comfort foods. […]
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Spring into Action to Help Senior Citizens
Medicare Advantage (MA) is a federal program that helps provide coordinated health care to seniors. Currently there are proposed changes by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to the MA program. These changes mean higher costs and fewer healthcare choices. There are seniors who already face difficulties paying for medications, sometimes […]
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Halloween Candy Tips for Kidney Diets
Happy Halloween! Today and throughout the weekend you are likely to be tempted by Halloween candy treats. Limit temptations and stay in control of your kidney diet with these ghostly Halloween candy tips. Don’t be tricked into letting your potassium, phosphorus, blood sugar or waistline float out of control!
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Sandwich-High Blood Pressure Connection: Try These Lower Sodium Sandwich Tips
Is your daily lunchtime sandwich contributing to higher blood pressure and weight gain? Medical News Today has a must read story "Your daily sandwich may be chewing up nearly 50% of your sodium allowance". The article describes a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that reveals a typical sandwich can […]
