KidneySource - Good Food Choices

Some Helpful Tools
For Making Good Food Choices

How do you know what kinds of foods you need to create a healthy renal diet? Start by consulting with your doctor or registered dietitian. These professionals can help you plan a renal diet that meets your specific needs. Armed with that knowledge and these resources, you can learn to balance the foods you like with what your doctor or registered dietitian recommends.

Scroll down this page to find recipes, food substitution tables, sample menus and an audio presentation about nutrition and dialysis.

Delicious Recipes

Take a peek at any of these recipes that have been designed specifically for people with stage 5 kidney disease.

	Berry Ice Cream Float
	Cranberry Crunch Muffins
	Crunchy French Toast
	Morning Comfort Sandwich
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	Coconut Pineapple Parfait
	Berry Tarts
	Mixed Berry Smoothie
	Peach Raspberry Parfait

Food Substitution Tables

For all major food groups, we show you which foods are smart choices for your renal diet. These tables show you proper food substitutions for the right amounts of protein, potassium, sodium and phosphorus.

View and print Food Substitution Tables.

Sample Menus Using Other Nutritional Choices

Many people who aren’t able to eat well have found medical nutritional products to be convenient and beneficial to their diet. Medical nutritional products are designed to be consumed with regular meals or occasionally in place of them. See how you can incorporate medical nutritional products into your menus.

View and print Sample Menus.

Educational Audio About Nutrition and Dialysis

Listen to this American Health Radio broadcast about dialysis and nutrition. In this podcast, you’ll hear from Tracy Smith, PhD, RD, Senior Scientist for Abbott Nutrition, and Becky Guittar, RD, LMNT, Dialysis Expert from Capital City Dialysis, about the importance of good nutrition for people who have stage 5 chronic kidney disease. You’ll even hear from an expert at the National Kidney Foundation™ about proper analysis to match your nutritional needs to your medical needs while on dialysis.

Listen to this Educational Audio.

Learn more about therapeutic nutritional products made especially for a renal diet.


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