I came across this posting from The National Kidney Foundation about controlling phosphorus and I have to share it. I especially appreciate that they cover ways to read the ingredients label and include a list of items you CAN eat that are lower in phosphorus.
Also, I like that they make the point about natural versus added phosphorus. Our bodies don’t absorb the as much of phosphorus that is naturally in the food like that in meat or plants. However, phosphorus that is added for whatever reason (usually as a preservative) is 100% absorbed and more quickly than naturally occurring phosphorus.
Phosphorus control is the bane of my existence. Potassium I can avoid but phosphorus, I can’t seem to overcome. I know other dialysis patients have a problem with it. So take heart and read the article “How To Be A Phosphorus Detective” at the link below. Let me know if you find this helpful.
https://www.kidney.org/newsletter/how-to-be-phosphorous-detective
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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
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DevonTexas 
Great info! Thanks