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January 19, 2015
Control Your Renal Disease Before Your Kidneys Fail
Being diagnosed with a chronic health issue such as renal disease is hard. The diagnosis itself can be hard to hear, but then being expected to change your entire diet and lifestyle feels over the top. At first, changing your lifestyle can feel like you are being expected to change yourself and who you are.All of these expectations feel unreasonable, but you must understand that they are necessary changes. Controlling your diet, especially, is of the utmost importance for chronic issues such as renal disease. The implications of not controlling your renal diet is the eventual failure of your kidneys, which will change your life immeasurably more than changing your diet.
Understand What Renal Disease Is
There are a lot of people that label themselves with diagnosis, but do not really understand what their conditions mean. Understanding what is happening inside your own body can help you understand not only your condition, but how and why certain things like diet need to be controlled.
Renal disease is a condition marked by the progressive failure of the kidneys. The kidneys are responsible for many processes in the body, most importantly the filtering of excess materials such as sodium, fluid, and potassium. The kidneys filter these materials and then flush out the excess. When the kidneys are not working properly, this vital process is slowed or halted as the kidneys are forced to work harder and harder until they are eventually no longer effective and go into kidney failure.
The further the disease progresses, the more restrictions you will have in your diet. This is to make up for the work that your kidneys are no longer able to do.
Understand A Renal Diet
The first step to control your renal disease is to truly understand what a renal diet is. Too many people just hear people telling them what they can and cannot do and don’t truly learn about what it will take to keep themselves healthy. It may help to ask your doctor why certain foods are bad for you and what affect they have on the body. For example, everyone pretty much knows that sodium is bad for you if you have renal disease. This is because the kidneys are no longer able to flush out the excess sodium and the buildup can cause real and uncomfortable health issues such as fluid retention, swelling, high blood pressure, and more severe and potentially life threatening issues.
Make Things Easier On Yourself
Anything you can do to make keeping to a renal friendly diet easier on you should be a top priority. Proper research and planning can make controlling your renal diet so much easier. Using lists that your doctor or nutritionist has given you, cookbooks, or the internet, you should build a weekly meal plan to map out healthy, renal friendly meals for each day of the week. Using that meal plan, you can make a grocery list and do whatever prep work ahead of time to make life a little easier.
Renal disease might feel like it has taken away your independence, but rebelling against a kidney friendly diet is dangerous. You absolutely must control your renal diet or you could truly end up in kidney failure, forced to do dialysis or worse. You could lose your life just because you don’t want to eat right, when really it is not difficult to control your renal disease. Just a few steps to learning the correct way to eat will go a long way for your health and controlling your kidney disease. Click here for more information.
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January 15, 2015
Apple Cinnamon Healthy Smoothies For Kidney Disease
A Healthy Smoothie For People With Kidney Failure
Yummy, don’t you love it when you find a great smoothie recipe. But most of them contain bananas and other ingredients that you want to avoid. Here is a delicious smoothie recipe for you to enjoy without over doing it on the potassium and phosphorus. 4 ounce servings are small, but if you need more calories to gain some weight, you can drink bigger portions.
This is a very light tasting smoothie. You will need to keep all items cold prior to mixing if you want to have the best outcome.
Place all the ingredients in the blender, and blend until smooth – about 4 minutes.
I recommend putting the applesauce in first so your oats mix in easier. You can sprinkle some additional cinnamon on top if you like. The recipe is also gluten free if you use gluten free oats.
Print the recipe below for your family to enjoy.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Smoothie 2014-12-31 16:47:12 Serves 3 Drinking your meal can be fun and yummy. Write a review
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
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Ingredients 1 cup applesauce 1/3 cup coconut oil 1/2 cup apple cider 1/3 cup quick oats 1/4 tsp almond extract 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tbsp cream cheese
Instructions This is a very light tasting smoothie. You will need to keep all items cold prior to mixing if you want to have the best outcome. Place all the ingredients in the blender, and blend until smooth - about 4 minutes. I recommend putting the applesauce in first so your oats mix in easier. You can sprinkle some additional cinnamon on top if you like. The recipe is also gluten free if you use gluten free oats.
Notes NUTRIENT TOTALS / Per Serving Calories: 314.3 Protein: 1.641 g Carbohydrate: 20.5 g Dietary Fiber: 1.959 g Sodium: 21.1 mg Phosphorus: 49.1 mg Potassium: 150 mg
Adapted from Eat Better Spend Less
Adapted from Eat Better Spend Less
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January 12, 2015
How To Develop Healthy Kidney Meal Plans
Living with a chronic illness such as kidney disease can be difficult enough without having to worry so much about every bite of food that you put in your mouth. Your diet, however, really affects your kidney disease and needs to be monitored. So knowing how to prepare healthy kidney meal plans will make your life so much easier.Understanding each facet of developing kidney friendly meals will help you build your own healthy meals without too much effort. At first it will take a little research and thought, but soon enough you will get the hang of it. Here are some of the ingredients that you need to pay attention to:
Sodium: Sodium is one of the most important ingredients that you need to watch out for. Excess sodium can cause water retention, swelling, and life threatening issues. Pay attention to the sodium content in the foods you eat.
Potassium: Another ingredient that should be monitored is potassium. At later stages of kidney disease, your kidneys cannot properly process they excess potassium in your system. High potassium levels can cause nausea, weakness, and numbness.
Phosphorus: Phosphorus is an ingredient that many people do not consider. In late stage kidney disease, excess phosphorus can leach calcium from bones and cause them to be brittle.
Tips For Healthy Kidney Meal Plans:
Cut The Junk
Although it is certainly easier said that done, you should cut junk and fast food from your diet entirely. This is not to say that you cannot indulge on special occasions, but even then it should be done with caution. Your health and comfort depend on you eating a healthier diet.
Unprocessed
The Standard American Diet is full of lots of fat and processed food. Most Americans rely on foods that come in boxes. Those foods are full of an immense amount of sodium, chemical additives, and other unnatural ingredients that are not good for your kidney disease diet. Cutting out processed foods and fast food alone can make a huge difference in a healthy kidney disease diet.
Plant Based
Studies show that a primarily plant based diet can effectively stop the progression of many chronic illnesses such as kidney disease. Simply focusing on as much fresh produce as possible and filling your plate with vegetables instead of processed foods, meat, and pasta will make a huge difference in your diet. You can even avoid ever progressing into end stage renal disease, and potentially never need dialysis, by switching to an unprocessed, plant based diet.
Get Help
If you are worried that you cannot follow an unprocessed, plant based diet on your own, you might benefit from the help of your physician or a nutritionist. They can help you develop the skills you need to build healthy kidney meal plans for your diet. When it gets tough, remember that it will get easier as you get used to this new lifestyle, and that your health and comfort level depend on your maintaining a healthy diet for your kidney disease. For more help on what to eat for your renal diet click here.
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January 8, 2015
Green Gelatin Dessert Recipes
Gelatin Dessert Recipes
Creating a great dessert can be hard for people with kidney failure. Gelatin to the rescue – it’s got a good deal of health to it and it tastes great. Even if you don’t feel well, you like to have some gelatin to soothe you. I found this recipe on a forum and decided to try it out.
Use a 8 x 11.5 pan that is 2 quart capacity for the final product to chill in.
Put the applesauce in a 2 quart saucepan, then add the jello using a whisk.
Mix together and heat gently until jello is dissolved –
you may see a few bubbles as you stir continuously. Warming gently takes about 5 minutes on low – medium heat.
Remove from heat, then add the lemon-lime soda a little at a time while mixing into the jello.
Pour into the 2 quart pan – it will be a little foamy on top.
Refrigerate until it sets – about 2 hours.
Print the recipe below for your family to enjoy.
Applesauce Green Gelatin Dessert 2014-12-31 16:47:12 Serves 8 A yummy dessert that you can make and feel great about Write a review
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Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
10 min
Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
10 min
Ingredients 2 cups applesauce, unsweetened 2 packages gelatin dry mix (3 oz each) 12 ounces Lemon Lime soft drink
Instructions Use a 8 x 11.5 pan that is 2 quart capacity for the final product to chill in. Put the applesauce in a 2 quart saucepan, then add the jello using a whisk. Mix together and heat gently until jello is dissolved - you may see a few bubbles as you stir continuously. Warming gently takes about 5 minutes on low - medium heat. Remove from heat, then add the lemon-lime soda a little at a time while mixing into the jello. Pour into the 2 quart pan - it will be a little foamy on top. Refrigerate until it sets - about 2 hours.
Notes NUTRIENT TOTALS / Per Serving Calories: 125.1 Protein: 1.784 g Carbohydrate: 30.8 g Dietary Fiber: .671 g Sodium: 104.4 mg Phosphorus: 33 mg Potassium: 47.1 mg
Adapted from I Hate Dialysis
Adapted from I Hate Dialysis
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January 5, 2015
Grocery Shopping Tips For Kidney Disease
Maintaining a healthy diet that is appropriate for kidney disease comes down to effective meal planning and grocery shopping. Most people go to the grocery store and just choose items that they think look good and that is how they plan their menu for the week. For people with chronic health issues like kidney disease, you need a bit more planning and an effective grocery store strategy.Strategizing a trip to the grocery store might sound like overkill to you know, but you will come to understand how effective shopping for kidney disease can not only ensure healthier groceries, but it can also help save you time and money. Knowing what part of the store holds the healthiest groceries and what places you go to to get the best items that are appropriate for your diet are how you grocery shop to suit your health situation.
Plan It Out
First of all, every effective meal plan and grocery shopping trip starts with a little organization and planning. You should put a healthy meal plan together based on healthy recipes that you want to eat each day. Make a list of the items you plan to eat for each meal as well as the ingredients you need to make these meals, including snacks. Based on that list, make your grocery list.
Don’t Stray
When you go to the grocery store, do not stray from your list. Avoid impulse buys at all cost, this will help you avoid unhealthy buys and save you money. Another way to avoid impulse buys is to never go grocery shopping hungry. If you are hungry you are more likely to make impulse buys, specifically snack items that aren’t good for you or your kidney disease.
Stick To The Outer Aisles
In almost every grocery store, the outer aisles are where you will find the healthiest grocery items. The produce section, of course, is where you should be finding most of your groceries. In most grocery stores, the “health food” section is in the aisles nearest to the produce section, and this is where you will find more unprocessed food items. Meat and dairy items are also typically on the outer aisles, so you should be able to avoid the inner aisles. If you do find the need to venture into these aisles, try not to browse. All of those easy processed foods are hard to turn down in a pinch.
Market Fresh
One of the best places to grocery shop is at your local farmer’s market. Not only will you find the freshest and most delicious produce there, but you will help your local economy. You will also likely save a lot of money because most farmer’s markets are cheaper than the produce section in your favorite grocery stores.
Eating healthy and maintaining a kidney disease friendly diet doesn’t have to be difficult. With the right amount of planning, a little prep work, and the right grocery store strategy, building and executing a healthy meal plan can be easy. With these shopping for kidney disease tips you can build a healthy and delicious kidney friendly meal plan. For more tips to keep you healthy with chronic kidney disease click here.
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January 1, 2015
Kidney Diet Recipes – Black-eyed Peas Renal Recipe For New Year’s Day
Black-eyed Peas Renal Recipe
If you enjoy the southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, take heart! I have worked on this recipe and removed some of the items that are high in potassium and phosphorus and made it still very yummy for you. We have a black-eyed peas renal recipe for you.
Here are the step by step instructions with the pictures included:
Black-eyed Peas Renal Recipe 2014-12-31 16:47:12 Serves 4 Working to improve this recipe so people with kidney disease can eat black-eyed peas that are delicious and good for them. Write a review
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Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Ingredients 2 slices low sodium pork bacon 3/4 cup chopped white onion 2 cups chicken stock (home made or purchased stock - low sodium) 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 12 ounces black-eyed peas, frozen 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
Instructions Cook bacon in a 5 qt Dutch Oven over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, leaving grease and drippings in the pan to cook the onions in. Crumble bacon and set aside. Add the chopped onion to the drippings in the pan; saute for about 4 minutes until clear. Add the broth, water, black pepper, and blackeyed peas, then bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer 55 minutes or until peas are tender and water is evaporated. Add vinegar, which will make a gravy like appearance to the peas. Ladle even amounts into 4 serving dishes. Serve over rice if desired. Top with crumbled bacon.
Notes NUTRIENT TOTALS / Per Serving Calories: 184.9 Protein: 11.5 g Carbohydrate: 27.6 g Dietary Fiber: 6.026 g Sodium: 205.4 mg Phosphorus: 159.8 mg Potassium: 518.2 mg
Adapted from My Recipes
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December 31, 2014
Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 043 – Goals And Plans For The Coming Year 2015
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This week is all about goals and plans for the coming year. I am very excited at what the past year has done for the community and how we plan to grow and help our community further with our content and products.
I talked specifically about having a weekly recipe feature that starts tomorrow – I have to get cooking now! But seriously, I need some feedback so email me at podcast@renaldiethq.com, and let me know what recipes you want to see on the blog. Also, I talked about changing focus, doing more podcasts with guests, and having more speaking events. Let me know if you need a speaker.
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Health Websites Offer Various Kidney Disease Services
For anyone living with chronic kidney disease, it is easy to feel alone in your struggle to be as healthy as possible. It might be that you are in pain, or it could just be that you feel no one understands the everyday struggle to be healthy. Luckily, there are many online resources available to patients living with kidney disease. Most likely a website for kidney disease services could be really helpful to you.Support Groups
Potentially one of the best services that some health websites offer is the ability to talk to other people who are in the same, or similar, circumstances as you. Talking both to other people that are living with kidney disease, as well as experts such as doctors and nutritionists, can be extremely helpful. For one, talking to other people like you may help you realize that you are not alone in your struggles, and that there are many people out there just like you. Secondly, talking to other people who have kidney disease, as well as the experts, might lend you some advice to overcome any trials or problems you are having. Not only that, but you never know how you might actually help someone else just by talking about your own struggles.
Recipes and Meal Plans
Many of these health websites also have plenty of delicious, easy to make, and kidney disease friendly recipes. You can find recipes at every level of expertise, from very novice beginners, to expert chef level, all with instructions and serving suggestions to help you along your way. Looking through all of the available recipes will not only help you with your own meal planning, but they might even cheer you up if you have been feeling blue about your dietary restrictions. These recipes will surely show you that you can still enjoy delicious meals while still maintaining your dietary restrictions for kidney disease.
Expert Information
Whether you have just recently been diagnosed with kidney disease, or have been living with it for a very long time, you likely still have questions or concerns about your illness. Many health websites and online forums are an excellent place to start for expert information from doctors, nutritionists, and scholars.
Sometimes it can even be difficult to know where to start when it comes time to ask your own doctor questions. These informative articles and websites can be a great start to learning more about kidney disease so that you know what to ask.
Advice
Being diagnosed with a chronic illness like kidney disease can be scary for some. You might not know where to start with how to incorporate an entirely new lifestyle, diet, and way of life. These health websites might be a good place to start because they have advice from medical experts, as well as advice from real people like you, who have lived through similar struggles.
Of course, before you take any advice from anyone or any website for kidney disease, you should always discuss changes with your doctor first. Any changes to your diet, exercise, daily routine, or anything should always go through your physicians first. No matter how trustworthy a website is, or how many doctors approve any advice given, you should always check with your personal doctor first in case your situation may differ. For more information on renal diets click here.
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December 22, 2014
Don’t Let Chronic Kidney Disease Destroy Your Life
Hearing your doctor deliver a chronic diagnosis such as kidney disease will absolutely, without a doubt, change your life. Your life will never be the same. Chronic kidney disease, in fact, has the potential to destroy your life… but it doesn’t have to.
A diagnosis like chronic kidney disease can make you feel depressed, alone, fearful, or hopeless. Or it could empower you to make better choices, be healthier, and live your life to its very fullest potential. Don’t let chronic kidney disease destroy your life. Instead, make the decision to be empowered. Do whatever you have it in your power to live a healthy and happy life.
Eat Healthy
Once you receive your diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, your doctor will likely give you a long list of dietary restrictions to follow. Following these dietary restrictions, and eating as healthy as possible, is your main ticket to halting the progression of kidney disease and to living your longest and healthiest life possible. Treat those restrictions as law, and change your diet. Changing your diet can actually help you to avoid kidney failure in the long run.
Get Moving
At whatever level you are at, it is important to get a least a little exercise each day. This can mean a simple walk around the block each day, a water aerobics class, or even playing with your children or grandchildren. A simple thirty minutes of cardiovascular exercise a day can do wonders for strengthening your body and mind.
Follow Doctor’s Orders
Before you make any changes to your diet, exercise regimen, or daily routine, you should check with your doctor. Make sure you are truly listening to what your doctor has to say, ask questions when you have them, and follow his or her orders to the best of your ability. Following your doctor’s orders, especially when it comes to dietary changes, can actually help to stop the progression of kidney failure.
Be Happy
It is true that you have been diagnosed with a chronic illness. It is also true that you will never regain the function that your kidneys once had. What isn’t true is that there is no hope. You are alive, and that is something to celebrate. Look around you and count your blessings– your friends, your family, each breath that you take. Know that you have it in you to live a healthy and happy life despite kidney disease. Your happiness and will to live are something that no one, and no disease, can take from you.
Chronic kidney disease can destroy your life, it’s true. It can, but it doesn’t have to. Instead, you can take this diagnosis as warning to start living your life as healthy as possible. Instead of treating chronic kidney disease as a death sentence, treat it as a second chance to really make a difference in your life and overall health. Make changes to your diet, exercise daily, follow all of your doctor’s orders and find it in yourself to be happy and thankful for what you do have in life. If you do this, chronic kidney disease will not be able to destroy your life. Leave a comment on what you have done to stop chronic kidney disease from destroying your life.
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