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Hurricanes Irma and Harvey: Resources for Dialysis Patients

  Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have crippled families and businesses in Florida and Houston and the surrounding areas. National Kidney Foundatio...

Emergency meal planning,

Diet and meal planning,

Disaster preparadness,

Diet and nutrition,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Treatments and therapies

Are Sugar Substitutes Okay For Your Kidneys?

  Humans crave sweets. However, despite all the sugar substitutes on the market, it's still unclear what's safe and what's not. We hope to mak...

Sugar and sugar substitutes,

Blood sugar management,

Food and drink,

Healthy habits,

Diet and nutrition,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing

Choosing the Right Breakfast Cereal with CKD

Grocery store aisles are full of cereals with hidden salt, potassium and phosphorus. Picking the right ones can be difficult and time consuming. Try t...

Easy prep meals,

Foods to avoid,

Diet and meal planning,

Food and cooking,

Diet and nutrition,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing

Balancing Diabetes and the Kidney Diet

Balancing Diabetes and the Kidney Diet Patient Education Diet and meal planning Diet and nutrition Diabetes Diseases and conditions Carbohydrates Food...

Diet and meal planning,

Food and drink,

Diet and nutrition,

Diseases and conditions

Silver Linings of CKD

My name is Erin; I’m twenty one years old from Saint Paul, MN and a rising senior at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. When I was eleven years...

Early stage kidney disease,

Transition to adult care,

Diet and meal planning,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diet and nutrition,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Maintaining a Vegetarian Diet with Kidney Disease

A vegetarian diet can be safe and beneficial for kidney disease patients with careful planning. Focus on managing protein, sodium, potassium, and phos...

Plant-based diet,

Diet and meal planning,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diet and nutrition,

Diseases and conditions

Tips to Tackling the DASH Diet

Discover tips for following the DASH diet to lower kidney and heart disease risk. Focus on reducing sodium, increasing fruits and veggies, and choosin...

Diet and meal planning,

Diet and nutrition

You’re going to do what?

In October 2011, my friend Matt’s life was turned upside down when he found out that he was in kidney failure and needed to start dialysis immediately...

Diet and meal planning,

Kidney transplantation,

Living donation,

Diet and nutrition,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

How to Be a Phosphorous Detective

Part of a kidney-healthy diet is tracking or avoiding minerals like sodium, potassium—or phosphorous. Phosphorous is tricky because it can be hidden i...

Diet and meal planning,

Vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and supplements,

Other substances to control,

Diet and nutrition

Cheerleader or Nag? (You Decide.)

As Jim’s disease progressed, I was constantly defining and redefining my role as caregiver. 

Caregivers of adults,

Diet and meal planning,

Vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and supplements,

Diet and nutrition,