The National Kidney Foundation is involved with the FDA on some proposed changes to nutrition labels that will benefit kidney patients. Read about it by CLICKING HERE. As it stands, there’s a great deal of information on a nutrition label that applies to dialysis patients but Potassium and Phosphorus are not specifically identified and measured. Instead we have to look at the ingredients and often make our best guess. In that regard, here’s a PDF from the National Kidney Disease Education Program with advice on how to read a nutrition label for patients with kidney disease. CLICK HERE to see it. I found it very informative and helpful.
And somewhere as I was wandering through various links, I came across this article about “Spicing up Dialysis Diets” and figured I’d pass that along to you. It has a listing of High Potassium and High Phosphorus foods that’s handy to know. Also, a tasty looking recipe for Crunchy Lemon Herbed Chicken.
ALSO, The American Kidney Fund has a new blog. CLICK HERE to read it. I think it’s great!
Finally for the Smart Phone set, here’s an article about an APP that may help in tracking nutrients and assist in your dietary needs. CLICK HERE to read it. I haven’t tried it yet so if you do, let us know how it works for you.
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I am a person with ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) which means my kidneys don't work. Forty or so years ago that would have been a death sentence but today there is Dialysis which means I could be hooked up to a machine that would clean my blood as the kidneys should. Three days a week, I went to a dialysis center and had too very large needles stuck in my arm to remove and replace my blood as it passed through a process where it was cleaned and the fluid was removed, a process taking a little over four hours each time.
In November 2017, I received a kidney transplant from a deceased donor. My life went into overdrive. With a "new" functioning kidney, I no longer had to go to a dialysis center and my days were not open to be lived rather than recovering from dialysis which meant dialyzing for three days and resting for 4 days a week. I work full-time and often 50 hours per week. It is something I never imagined. I highly recommend it! HeeHee
I want to advance knowledge about dialysis and transplant so that others can learn from my experience and mistakes. We shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel, eh? There is so much to be learned and experienced about our predicament. There are vast resources available to support us and enrich our lives but many patients don't know about them. There are also many issues that we have to deal with whether we want to or not. So I blog about them in www.DevonTexas.com
All comments are confidential until I approve them. If you don't want your comment public, let me know and I will respect that. So, feel free to leave a comment.
I also blog in LegacyTales in WordPress if you are interested in the ramblings of a Old Man. Give a peek and let me know what you think. https://legacytales.wordpress.com/
Enjoy.
The National Kidney Foundation is involved with the FDA on some proposed changes to nutrition labels that will benefit kidney patients. Read about it by CLICKING HERE. As it stands, there’s a great deal of information on a nutrition label that applies to dialysis patients but Potassium and Phosphorus are not specifically identified and measured. Instead we have to look at the ingredients and often make our best guess. In that regard, here’s a PDF from the National Kidney Disease Education Program with advice on how to read a nutrition label for patients with kidney disease. CLICK HERE to see it. I found it very informative and helpful.
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