Included in the pocket-sized brochure are nutritional values for standard portions of more than 300 commonly used foods, as well as menu items from 11 fast food restaurants. The nutritional values include protein, calorie, sodium, potassium and phosphorus levels – dietary values that must be closely monitored in kidney patients. Available in English and Spanish, the 24-page brochure is an excellent guide for kidney patients who wish to develop a proper meal plan.
KEY:
Na = Sodium in milligrams (mg)
K = Potassium in milligrams (mg)
Phos = Phosphorus in milligrams (mg)
Protein = Protein in grams (g)
Calories = Calories in kilocalories (kcal)
oz = ounce
fl oz = fluid ounce
tsp = teaspoon
tbsp = tablespoon
*= data not available (please do NOT read as zero)
Originally edited by Peggy Harum RD, CSR, LD
Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition, Miami, Florida
“If you eat too much sodium you can be thirsty, your blood pressure can rise. If you have too much potassium in your diet, it can cause irregular heartbeats. If there is too much phosphorus in your diet, you can develop calcification in your eyes, heart, skin and joints.”
Before you restrict sodium, potassium, phosphorus, protein and/or calories in your diet, please check with your dietitian. The diet for dialysis is not necessarily low calorie and is NOT LOW PROTEIN. The secret of the diet is the size of the portion.
Reviewed by Maria Karalis, MBA, RD, LD
Nutrition Consultant for ikidney.com
REFERENCES:
Bowes & Church’s Food Values of Portions Commonly Used, Eighteenth Edition, 2005, Revised by Jean A. T. Pennington PhD, RD & Judith Spungen Douglass MS, RD, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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