meet with a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) for education on how to eat right with kidney disease.
“Most patients don’t understand how big a role their diet plays in the management of their kidney disease,” Marsha Schofield, a registered dietitian and senior director of governance for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics said in a press release.
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“Medical nutrition therapy [diet counseling] helps patients with chronic kidney disease improve their blood sugar and blood pressure, which will slow the progression of the disease and even delay or prevent them from needing to have dialysis or a transplant.”
Decreasing animal protein and salt while increasing your intake of fresh fruits and vegetables is the first step to eating right with kidney disease. However, as your kidneys slow down, you will need to decrease phosphorus additives and potassium. Making all these changes to your diet can be challenging. The following 5 tips can help you get started.
1. Choose And Prepare Foods With Less Salt And Sodium
Sodium is a part of salt. Eating less salt and sodium helps lower your blood pressure and may slow down kidney disease. The kidneys filter sodium out of the body and into the