Here’s How to Portion Your Food on a Renal Diet

One thing you need to learn, in the case of renal diet nutrition, is to portion your food. Finding the right size of food servings for you will greatly help in regulating the amount of nutrients and wastes your kidney filters.HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU EAT?Controlling what you eat is a vital step in achieving great […]

Improve Your Kidney Lab Results with Renal Diet

CKD, as you may well know, means that your kidneys are not working as well as they once did. It is often a progressive disease which means it can get worse over time.One way to combat this is to start undergoing a renal diet. By choosing the right foods to eat, you can greatly help […]

10 Common Habits You May Have that Damage Kidney Function

I am willing to bet that all of us, at some point, worked so hard on something in order to avoid the chances of failure.Whether it was studying so hard on a Math test, working 10 times harder at work to get the promotion you deserve, or doing things that will prevent you from getting […]

3 Common Questions We Get About Kidney Diet

Kidney dieting is a very effective way to manage renal diseases, without the need for medication or any other form of treatment. It helps you control your food portioning and ease up on certain nutrients that, if too much is taken in, may pose a threat to those little bean bags of yours.But you may […]

5 Fast Food Options for CKD Patients

People tend to resort to eating fast food because… well, it’s fast.That’s the sad truth about people nowadays; almost everyone is in a hurry that people tend to choose fast food service than healthier food. Plus, most fast foods now tend to be tastier than regular, home-cooked meals. Not to mention, part of usual kidney […]

Start Creating Habits for Your Kidney Health in 6 Steps

Changing your lifestyle, especially after finding out you have kidney disease, can be a great task. No matter how much you want to do an immediate change, the subconscious will always try to contradict you, and you end up not finishing what you started.But the good news is, you can trick your brain into developing […]

4 Other Nutrients to Control on Your Kidney Diet

You’re probably worried your doctor’s not telling you everything. And yes, apparently, you’re not the only one who thinks so.Most patients believe they’re not getting all the information they need or instructions they can act upon.In fact, the USRDS Annual Data Report for 2015 states that as much as 38% of dialysis patients claim they […]

5 Essential but “Dangerous” Nutrients You Should Avoid to Save Your Beanbags

Here’s the thing.Dialysis is one agonizing procedure you never want to experience. The physical pain, the financial strain, and the psychological burden it entails will make you wish you could turn back time and see what you could have done differently.Personally, as a registered nurse, I’d never want you to go through what other uninformed […]

CKD Evolution: The Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease

The human body’s kidneys aren’t usually paid much attention to.Most people think that the only function of our “bean-shaped bags” is to filter the assortment of waste products and excess nutrients from the bloodstream – separating these materials into urine, and then passing them out of the body.Understand this, though: the kidneys do more than […]

7 Kidney Boosting Foods To Start A Healthy Kidney Diet

7 Kidney Boosting Foods To Start A Healthy Kidney DietAs a CKD patient, you can never be too careful about the food you eat. You, of course, have to look out for your sodium, protein, potassium, phosphorus, and sodium (SPPP) limits.Thankfully, the following food items are kidney-friendly, easy to incorporate in your diet, and are […]