LEARNED MORE INFO....................

Websites sharred in the forums:

ihatedialysis.com

www.NxStage.com

www.nephronomads.com

 

Addition articles of interest:

Renal Failure Kidney Transplant Qualifications http://www.livestrong.com/article/264516-renal-failure-kidney-transplant-qualifications/

Potassium and Chronic Kidney Disease  http://www.davita.com/education/article.cfm?educationMainFolder=diet-and-nutrition&category=diet%20basics&articleTitle=potassium-and-chronic-kidney-disease&articleID=5308

I just had to post the following from the site above.

To keep your potassium levels normal try these suggestions:

FRUIT TIPS

Choose apples, berries or grapes, instead of bananas, oranges or kiwi.

Select a small piece of watermelon, instead of cantaloupe or honeydew.

Eat a peach, plum or pineapple, instead of nectarines, mangos or papaya.

Choose dried cranberries, instead of raisins or other dried fruit.

Drink apple, cranberry or grape juice, instead of orange juice or prune juice.

Use lower potassium canned pears, peaches or fruit cocktail, instead of fresh fruit

 

VEGETABLE TIPS

Choose green beans, wax beans or snow peas, instead of dried beans or peas.

Prepare mashed potatoes or hash browns from leached potatoes, instead of eating baked potato or French fries. (Be sure to leach your potatoes to lower potassium content.)

Use summer squashes like crookneck or zucchini, instead of winter squashes like acorn, banana or hubbard squash.

Cook with onion, bell peppers, mushrooms or garlic, instead of tomatoes, tomato sauce or chili sauce.

Drink ice water with sliced lemon and cucumber, instead of drinking vegetable juices.

 

DAIRY TIPS

Use nondairy creamer or unenriched rice milk, instead of milk.

Prepare pudding with nondairy creamer,I instead of eating yogurt or pudding made with milk.

Enjoy sherbet, sorbet or a Popsicle®, instead of ice cream or frozen yogurt.

 

Be sure to limit or avoid high potassium foods.

High potassium foods

FRUIT

• Avocados
• Bananas
• Cantaloupe
• Dried fruits
• Honeydew
• Kiwi
• Mangos
• Oranges & orange juice
• Papaya
• Prune juice

VEGETABLES

• Artichoke
• Dried beans & peas
• Pumpkin
• Potatoes, French fries
• Spinach (cooked)
• Sweet potatoes
• Tomatoes, tomato sauce
• Vegetable juices
• Winter squash

DAIRY

• Milk
• Yogurt
• Ice Cream

MISC

• Chocolate
• Molasses
• Salt substitutue
• Seeds and Nuts

Low potassium foods

FRUIT

• Apples
• Berries
• Fruit Cocktail
• Grapes
• Lemon
• Peaches
• Canned Pears
• Pineapple
• Plums
• Watermelon

VEGETABLES

• Carrots
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Cucumber
• Eggplant
• Green beans
• Lettuce
• Onion
• Summer squash
• Sweet peppers

DAIRY SUBSTITUTES

• Nondairy creamers
• Rice milk (unenriched)
• Popcorn (unsalted)
• Pretzels (unsalted)
• Red licorice

Popcorn (unsalted) Pretzels (unsalted) Red licorice

SO MUCH TO ABSORB!

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JANICE MITCHELL ISBELL

http://www.janiceisbell.com