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March 17, 2014
Meal Planning for Kidney Disease
There are many levels of kidney disease, and each comes with its own rules to follow as to what you can and cannot eat or drink. Your doctor will give you a strict list to follow, and you should follow his or her directions closely.There are some tips for meal planning, however, that all kidney disease patients can follow.
Monitor Fluid Intake
Depending on your level of kidney disease, your doctor will likely encourage you to monitor your fluid intake. Every sip you take gets processed through your kidneys, and when they aren’t functioning as they should, monitoring fluid becomes necessary.
If you are at an advanced stage of kidney disease, what you drink often extends to the foods you eat as well. Much of the foods we eat, especially fruits and cereals, have a lot of liquid that needs to be accounted for as well.
Keep a Journal
It is a good idea to record what you eat and drink in a food diary. Writing down every sip or bite you take is useful for two purposes. First, it makes you more aware of everything you are putting into your body, and helps you monitor your diet more closely. Second, it provides an honest recording that you can share with your doctor.
What to Avoid
For renal patients, there are particular foods to avoid.
Sodium –For people with kidney disease, moderating or avoiding sodium is very important. Sodium is often responsible for fluid retention, which can be detrimental to failing kidneys. Read the labels for everything you eat or drink. Foods do not have to be salty to have high sodium content.
Potassium — Potassium is another nutrient that should be regulated or avoided for patients with kidney disease. If your kidneys are not functioning properly, potassium can build up in the body and too much potassium can cause sickness, or even death.
Phosphorus — Phosphorus levels are also maintained by your kidneys. For people with kidney disease, it is important to maintain a low phosphorus diet. Phosphorus build up can cause a multitude of health issues and should be avoided.
Meticulous Meal Planning
Meal Planning is your strongest weapon when dealing with kidney disease. Careful meal planning can make a huge difference in maintaining a renal diet.
Write It Out — Write out what you plan to eat for each meal, including two or three snacks per day.
Stick to the List — Take your list with you when grocery shopping, and only buy the items on your list. Avoiding impulse buys is key- it is much easier to stick to the plan when there aren’t any other tempting options.
Plan Every Detail — When making your meal plan, make sure to plan every detail down to the last teaspoon of dressing. Plan exactly what and how much of each and everything you plan to eat and drink. This takes the guesswork out of your diet plan and makes it so much easier to succeed.
With these tips, you can maintain a healthy diet to help control any level of kidney disease. If you would like a custom made plan, Click Here!
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March 12, 2014
Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 012 – 10 Tips To Be A Better Caregiver
Podcast #12 Released on March 12, 2014. Happy Registered Dietitian Day! Happy World Kidney Day on March 13th.
Send in your questions to podcast@renaldiethq.com
You can read more about National Kidney Month at the NKF.
I talk in this show about how to improve your new role as a caregiver and make it easier. When you first start out, it’s hard to know what to do and where to go. I provide 10 ideas on how to make yourself a better caregiver.
I also gave some preview information about our new product this month that I have been working on all of February – it will be released the last week of March. I am offering a “preorder” discount and next week I will give you a link to go to sign up for the notice. It’s going to be a 100 page spiral bound notebook on “All Things Caregiving For Chronic Kidney Disease”. You will find it to be a great resource, and it will be available in pre-order for less than half price – just for ordering early! Click here: http://www.renaldiethq.com/amember/signup/caregiver-presale to order for just $47 – you will get both the hard copy and digital copy. You will just have to wait until the last week of March, but you will be rewarded – instead of paying $97, you get to pay only $47! Thanks.
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March 10, 2014
Overview of the DASH Diet
DASH is an acronym for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH diet is a comprehensive balanced eating plan for people who have high blood pressure. There are many benefits to the DASH diet, and not just for people with hypertension. The DASH diet follows a very flexible and balanced eating plan that is easy to follow for a healthier lifestyle.Benefits of DASH
• DASH is an easy and flexible diet to follow. Meal plans and recipes are readily available.
• The DASH diet isn’t extremely restrictive, so followers do not feel as though they are being deprived.
• By focusing on whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean proteins, meal plans and recipes are designed to keep you full and energized.
• The DASH diet not only helps to lower blood pressure, but also helps lower cholesterol and is a great and healthy plan to follow for weight loss. The DASH eating plan is also recommended for diabetics.
Main Principles of DASH
• To follow a DASH meal plan, you will want to follow these main guidelines:
• Strive to keep your sodium intake to 1500mg per day.
• Pay close attention to packaged food labels; focus on nutritional values that are:
Low in saturated and total fat
Low cholesterol
Low sodium
• Focus on plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
• Keep your proteins lean, such as poultry and fish. Nuts are also a recommended source of protein and healthy fats.
• Look for fat-free or low-fat dairy products.
Example Meal Plan
Here is an example of a day on the DASH diet:
Breakfast
A bowl of oatmeal or bran cereal with a sliced up apple, banana, or peach. One cup of fat free milk.
Snack
Baby carrots and a fat-free string cheese.
Lunch
Sandwich wraps: Lean turkey or chicken deli slices with a slice of fat free cheese wrapped in lettuce. Pair with a handful of cherry tomatoes, and some grapes for a sweet finish.
Snack
Raw broccoli florets or sugar snap peas with either avocado dressing or a yogurt-based ranch dressing substitute.
Dinner
Grilled or baked chicken flavored with garlic and Italian herbs. Serve with quinoa and steamed broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower.
Additional Snack Option
A small salad with fat-free Italian dressing and a handful of raw almonds.
Dessert Option
Sugar free jell-o or a sweet bowl of cut up fresh fruits such as strawberries and melon
A Few Tips
The DASH eating plan is full of easy recommendations for a healthier diet. A few of these include:
Aim to never add salt to your foods, but instead add flavor by seasoning your food with different herbs and salt-free spices.
Avoid sweets as much as possible, especially sweetened beverages. Cutting out soda or other sweet beverages can make a huge difference.
Use as many fresh fruits and vegetables as possible, but if you are unable try frozen instead of canned. Many canned vegetables contain a lot of sodium and other additives as preservatives. If you do use canned vegetables, drain and then rinse them to remove excess sodium.
The DASH diet is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and is highly recommended by the American Heart Association. It has been consistently rated as one of the best diets to follow.
Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about the DASH diet.
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Renal Diet Guidelines for Kidney Dialysis
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March 5, 2014
Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 011 – The FDA Proposes A New Food Label
Podcast #11 Released on March 5, 2014. Good Day!
Send in your questions to podcast@renaldiethq.com
March is starting out with rough weather – what’s your weather like?
March is National Kidney Month. Tell me what the early detection of kidney disease means to you? I talk about what it means to me – and I mention my book – Living with Chronic Kidney Disease
You can read more about National Kidney Month at the NKF.
I also talked a lot about how the new food label will help lots – read more about it here: Food and Drug Notes on the New Label
I also gave some preview information about our new product this month that I have been working on all of February – it will be released the last week of March. I am offering a “preorder” discount and next week I will give you a link to go to sign up for the notice. It’s going to be a 100 page spiral bound notebook on “All Things Caregiving For Chronic Kidney Disease”. You will find it to be a great resource, and it will be available in pre-order for less than half price – just for ordering early! You can get it in printed or digital format as well. Look for that next week.
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March 3, 2014
Renal Failure Meal Planning
Most people make renal failure meal planning much more difficult than it needs to be. It’s true; there are restrictions to your diet that may make meal planning a little more challenging. However, these restrictions also make it a little more adventurous. It gives you license to try new things. You may discover new favorite dishes that you can prepare extras to freeze and reheat on days when you just don’t feel like cooking, run out of time to prepare an extravagant meal, or have unexpected guests for dinner. These renal failure meal planning ideas will help you stay on top of your game and your diet even when the going gets a little rough.
Try Something New
There are a ton of recipe books, websites, and pages devoted to assisting with renal failure meal planning. They include recipes of popular comfort food makeovers just right for renal failure dietary needs. There are also great deserts, casseroles, and other dishes you can try — even popular holiday dishes. Save a little room in your renal failure meal planning to try at least one new recipe each week and see how it goes.
Plan Ahead to Prepare Ahead
Freezer cooking was all the rage back in the eighties and nineties. It’s making a bit of a comeback in the 2010′s with people looking for new ways to cut costs, have family meals around an actual table, and make life easier. The concept is that you prepare two dishes for everyone making one for now and freezing the other for later. When you find good dishes that are renal diet friendly, you need to make the most of your time in the kitchen. This is a great way to do just that.
Pull Double Duty
Part of renal failure meal planning is preparing the grocery list. If you create your grocery list at the same time as you plan your menu for the week you are less likely to leave important things off your list and less likely to stray from your list in the store. Straying from your list can lead to purchasing items that are not renal diet friendly at all. Instead, make both lists at the same time and know what you need the minute you walk in the doors of your local supermarket.
Don’t Forget a Few Convenience Foods
There are a few food items that are renal failure friendly that are also convenient for snacks and light meals. Make sure you stock up on a few of these just to have around the house. These are important parts of renal failure meal planning that will help satisfy unexpected cravings, provide fast access to favorite foods when you don’t feel like preparing an entire meal, and can even provide a quick pick-me-up for your guests.
Don’t get sidetracked in your renal failure meal planning efforts. It’s important to take the time to plan a menu that’s packed with good foods for your dietary needs without missing out on the comfort foods that make you feel happy and warm inside.
To learn more about renal diet plans, click here.
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A Renal Failure Diet – Why Do I Need One?
February 26, 2014
Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 010 – 10 Tips To Heart Healthy Living
Podcast #10 Released on February 26th, 2014. Good Day!
No new book releases, we discuss the answer to an email sent in from a listener. It was a question about how quickly the stage 3 kidney failure will progress or will it still get worse? I answer that an more!
The other part of the show is a conversation about the top 10 things you can do to improve your heart health and live a healthy life. From what to eat to other things you can do – hint, hint – exercise and some doctor stuff. Listen in to my plan to make you healthier.
I mention portion mate – check it out here: Portionmate
This week I discussed some information about cholesterol that you need to know – what is cholesterol? What are HDL and LDL? How can a cholesterol be good and I need more of it? How do I lower my cholesterol? While it’s a cursory overview, I have more in my book – Heart Healthy Living with Kidney Disease – www.renaldiethq.com/go/hearthealthy
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February 24, 2014
Tomatoes on a Renal Diet
When following a renal diet, you are often walking a fine line of what is good for you and what might not be. Every bite of food, it seems, has to be a well thought out calculated action. There are so many factors in play that can make or break a meal plan.
Tomatoes are a hard food to ignore. Raw in a salad or by themselves, steamed, stewed, or in sauces- tomatoes are a hard food to ignore. If you are on a renal diet, there are a lot of factors to examine before determining whether tomatoes are okay for you to eat or not.
Sodium Content
When on a renal diet, keeping careful track of your sodium intake is especially important. Especially in America, people far exceed the recommended 2,400mg of sodium per day.
If you are on a renal diet, however, your sodium intake levels will be much lower. Depending on your specific case, your doctor has probably recommended half or less of the recommended dose for healthy individuals.
The sodium content of one small, raw tomato is a slight 6mg. However, the sodium content for canned tomato products can be very high. Avoid canned tomatoes in any form- sauce, stewed, etc.
Fluid Content
On a renal diet, especially for dialysis patients, fluid intake is extremely important. The main function of the kidneys is to process and eliminate waste and excess fluid. When the kidneys are not functioning properly, this function is greatly diminished.
Too many fluids for a renal patient can mean a large amount of discomfort, severe swelling, shortness of breath, and even heart failure.
Especially for dialysis patients, every morsel of moist food, as well as any beverages, counts towards your fluid intake.
Tomatoes have a very high water content. Raw, cooked, or especially in sauce, tomatoes are to be avoided for fluid restrictive renal diets.
Potassium Content
One of the functions of the kidneys is to rid the body of excess waste, including excess minerals that the body produces naturally. One of these minerals is potassium.
Potassium is necessary for the body to function normally. Low potassium levels can cause weakness, fatigue, cramping, irregular heartbeat, and even heart failure.
While low potassium levels can hurt the body, so too can high levels. When the kidneys do not function properly, excess potassium builds up in the body instead of being flushed out. High levels of potassium can lead to nausea, weakness, irregular heartbeat, heart failure, and in extreme cases- sudden death.
Tomatoes are a high potassium food. If you are on a potassium restricted diet, it is not recommended that you risk it.
Overall, tomatoes are not a desirable option for anyone on a renal diet. Depending on how severe your case, it may just not be worth the risk. However, your doctor is the best person to talk to regarding specific dietary restrictions and he or she will be able to tell you if or how often it is okay to make exceptions in your renal diet.
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February 19, 2014
Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 009 – The Ins and Outs of Cholesterol
Podcast #9 – next week will be #10 – I want to celebrate! I hope you have had a great couple of weeks, this year is going along wonderful, and I am committed and more excited than ever about making this podcast every week. We have more people listening each week, and the audience is growing. I want to know what you want to hear about – so tell me! Email me or fill out the comments on this post. I read them all!
That said, I released a book on CCD Diet this last week – Carbohydrate Controlled Diet: A Balanced Carb Blood Sugar Solution to Diabetes Management. You can find it here: Amazon
Right now it’s the lowest it will be, I have it priced below $9. It’s available in both kindle and paperback.
I’ve added an introduction and a closing, let me know what you think of my technical abilities! I am getting better every week.
This week I discussed some information about cholesterol that you need to know – what is cholesterol? What are HDL and LDL? How can a cholesterol be good and I need more of it? How do I lower my cholesterol? While it’s a cursory overview, I have more in my book – Heart Healthy Living with Kidney Disease – www.renaldiethq.com/go/hearthealthy
Email me at podcast@renaldiethq.com for suggestions
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February 17, 2014
Sodium Intake On A Renal Diet
If you are on a special diet for kidney disorder or renal failure, it is of the utmost importance for you to keep tabs on your sodium intake.The primary function of the kidneys is to flush out waste and excess fluids. With chronic kidney disorders and renal failure, the kidneys are not able to do their job properly. The amount of sodium in your body affects this issue because sodium increases water retention in the body, therefore making your kidneys’ job even harder.
How can too much sodium hurt me?
Some of the affects of sodium can seem fairly benign but, especially for renal patients, can be detrimental to your health.
High sodium intake can cause you to be very thirsty. Especially for renal patients on fluid restrictive diets, this can be extremely uncomfortable.
When you have renal issues, too much sodium can cause fluid retention. Fluid retention can cause:
Severe swelling
Shortness of breath
Heart failure
Too much sodium can also increase your blood pressure.
How much is too much?
Especially in America, people tend to consume far more than the recommended amount of sodium. The normal recommended amount of sodium per day for non-renal “healthy” people is 2,400mg per day. This equates to roughly one teaspoon of salt.
Depending on your level of renal disease, your doctor might recommend that you consume as little as 1,000mg of sodium per day.
Following the restrictions your doctor gives you is essential. Especially if you are already on dialysis, or would like to avoid dialysis in the near future, pay close attention to the limits your doctor gives you and check every food label for sodium content.
What are some tips to keep my sodium intake low?
Keep a food diary. Write down everything you eat, how much you ate, and the amount of sodium in each food.
Always check nutrition labels for every food you eat. Even less obvious foods like bread or unsalted snacks contain sodium. The more limited your diet, the more important it is to track every milligram of sodium.
Avoid salting foods when cooking. Instead, opt for salt-free seasonings and herbs. Not only will you be saving yourself the sodium, but you will have the opportunity to enjoy food with more depth and flavor.
Opt for fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned. Canned foods often have tons of sodium and added preservatives. If you absolutely must use canned vegetables, drain and rinse them thoroughly.
Try your hand at the culinary arts by making your own sauces and salad dressings. Store bought sauces and dressings contain large amounts of sodium and other additives for preservation, color, and flavor. Making your own will not only be healthier, but can be a rewarding experience.
Keeping track of your sodium intake is important for everyone, doubly so if you are a renal patient. Limiting your sodium intake, keeping track of how much sodium you eat, and replacing store bought processed foods with fresh options can put you on the right track.
Check out our other blogs about sodium intake and information about Chronic Renal Disease.
Follow these topics: Kidney Dialysis, Renal Diabetic Diet, Renal Diet, Renal Diet Headquarters Blog
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Suggested Reading:
Top 4 Ways To Reduce Sodium Intake For A Renal Diet
A Renal Failure Diet – Why Do I Need One?
How Much Sodium Should I Eat On A Renal Diet?
Sodium On A Renal Diet
If you are on a special diet for kidney disorder or renal failure, it is of the utmost importance for you to keep tabs on your sodium intake.The primary function of the kidneys is to flush out waste and excess fluids. With chronic kidney disorders and renal failure, the kidneys are not able to do their job properly. The amount of sodium in your body affects this issue because sodium increases water retention in the body, therefore making your kidneys’ job even harder.
How can too much sodium hurt me?
Some of the affects of sodium can seem fairly benign but, especially for renal patients, can be detrimental to your health.
High sodium intake can cause you to be very thirsty. Especially for renal patients on fluid restrictive diets, this can be extremely uncomfortable.
When you have renal issues, too much sodium can cause fluid retention. Fluid retention can cause:
Severe swelling
Shortness of breath
Heart failure
Too much sodium can also increase your blood pressure.
How much is too much?
Especially in America, people tend to consume far more than the recommended amount of sodium. The normal recommended amount of sodium per day for non-renal “healthy” people is 2,400mg per day. This equates to roughly one teaspoon of salt.
Depending on your level of renal disease, your doctor might recommend that you consume as little as 1,000mg of sodium per day.
Following the restrictions your doctor gives you is essential. Especially if you are already on dialysis, or would like to avoid dialysis in the near future, pay close attention to the limits your doctor gives you and check every food label for sodium content.
What are some tips to keep my sodium intake low?
Keep a food diary. Write down everything you eat, how much you ate, and the amount of sodium in each food.
Always check nutrition labels for every food you eat. Even less obvious foods like bread or unsalted snacks contain sodium. The more limited your diet, the more important it is to track every milligram of sodium.
Avoid salting foods when cooking. Instead, opt for salt-free seasonings and herbs. Not only will you be saving yourself the sodium, but you will have the opportunity to enjoy food with more depth and flavor.
Opt for fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned. Canned foods often have tons of sodium and added preservatives. If you absolutely must use canned vegetables, drain and rinse them thoroughly.
Try your hand at the culinary arts by making your own sauces and salad dressings. Store bought sauces and dressings contain large amounts of sodium and other additives for preservation, color, and flavor. Making your own will not only be healthier, but can be a rewarding experience.
Keeping track of your sodium intake is important for everyone, doubly so if you are a renal patient. Limiting your sodium intake, keeping track of how much sodium you eat, and replacing store bought processed foods with fresh options can put you on the right track.
Check out our other blogs about sodium intake and information about Chronic Renal Disease.
Follow these topics: Kidney Dialysis, Renal Diabetic Diet, Renal Diet
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Top 4 Ways To Reduce Sodium Intake For A Renal Diet
A Renal Failure Diet – Why Do I Need One?
