Renal Diet

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Oxalates & Their Role in Kidney Disease

What are oxalates? Oxalic acid is an organic compound found in many plants, including leafy green vegetables, cocoa, fruit, sweet potato, currants and spinach just to name a few. Generally, the oxalate content in plants is at its highest in the leaves followed by the seeds then at its lowest in the stems. The concentration …

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Kidney and renal friendly diet

Kidney Friendly Mexican Recipe

Today I want to share a yummy vegetarian recipe packed with high-quality plant protein, Tempeh. Currently, digestibility corrected amino acid score (DIAAS) is a worldwide acknowledged approach for determining protein quality and proteins with DIAAS equal to or higher than 75 are defined as high-quality according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United …

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The digestive system, enzymes and chronic kidney disease

The Use of Digestive Enzymes in Chronic Renal Disease

You are what you eat however, there is a lot more that is happening inside of our bodies that are just as important. Digestion is a core function of the human body of which digestive enzymes and other chemicals are an essential component in the metabolism and absorption of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from …

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Potassium and CKD

The low down on Potassium – do you really need to avoid it if you have CKD?

Today I want to talk about one of my pet peeves when it comes to dietary advice for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and that is the issue of potassium. So what is it that I take issue to? Well, it’s the widespread belief that all people with CKD must follow a low potassium …

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Kidney Safe Recipe – Zoodles with Mushrooms and Pine Nuts

Food really is the cornerstone to good health. Without good nutrition we can’t expect our body to function optimally or to heal ourselves from disease. As the father of medicine, Hippocrates, once said, ‘Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.’ However, for people with kidney disease, knowing what to eat and what …

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The Importance Of An Alkaline Diet for Kidney Disease

When you have kidney disease, maintaining an optimal pH balance is one of the most important things you can do to improve your kidney health, so today I want to talk about what this means and dispel a common misconception about the best supplements to use to help alkalise the body. The Acid: Alkaline Balance …

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