You have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and your doctor is talking to you about changing your diet. According to your doctor, you need to start a restrictive kidney friendly diet alongside your other treatment for kidney disease. How do you know if your doctor is being over-dramatic? How much could changing your diet […]
December 22, 2014
Making Dietary Adjustments When Chronic Disease Strikes
There are too many people that give up when they are diagnosed with a chronic disease. It seems like the very word “chronic” tends to make people feel as though there is nothing they can do, nothing they can change to reverse, stop, or even slow the process of chronic disease. Just the word insinuates […]
May 5, 2014
The Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease is a condition marked by the gradual loss of kidney function. Like most chronic conditions, kidney disease is broken up into stages of progression. Each stage is marks the progression of chronic kidney disease and level of kidney function. What are the stages of chronic kidney disease? Chronic kidney disease is broken […]
April 28, 2014
Dairy on a Low Phosphorus Diet
When you are living with chronic kidney disease, what you eat and drink can make a huge difference in your life and quality of living. Some foods and beverages can make symptoms worse, and especially if you are on a particularly restrictive diet, you have to be very careful about every ingredient. There are certain […]
January 2, 2013
Top 3 Ways To Make Health Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s January, and we all see it as a time to start anew. Forget how we did last year, we are going to do it right this year. No matter what. I see that happen in my own life as well. It’s like we turn the page and it’s a brand new life. I can […]
July 2, 2011
How Does the Mediterranean Diet Affect My Kidney Disease?
This week, I did some research and found some information on how following a Mediterranean diet can improve outcomes in chronic kidney disease.1 . This study found that patients following the Italian Mediterranean Organic Diet were able to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in healthy individuals and chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. It also reduced the […]