The renal diet limits foods high in sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and protein. Eating a low-salt diet helps lower blood ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with advanced kidney disease are taught to avoid certain foods that are naturally high in the mineral phosphorus, which is difficult for their compromised kidneys to ...

Only 16% of fast food entrees are free of phosphorus-containing additives, a study found. They need to know how to identify phosphate additives on food labels. Clinicians attempt to control patients’ ...

In addition to treating conditions that may contribute to CKD, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease, what you eat can play a key role in managing CKD. Making the right dietary ...

As a dietitian, I spend a lot of time talking about how food impacts our bodies, from our hearts to our guts. But one pair of organs often gets overlooked until there’s a problem: our kidneys. These ...

Clinicians and their patients with kidney disease are now getting new guidance on potassium and phosphorus additives, two nutrients of growing concern in chronic kidney disease (CKD) management. In ...

The authors concluded: “The mounting evidence that individual education, adequate health literacy, and dialysis modality do not translate into an improved knowledge of dietary phosphorus suggests that ...