What do I need to do to eat healthy with my pre-dialysis diet?

When protein is broken down in the body, it produces nitrogen wastes. Your kidneys have lost the ability to get rid of those wastes. As they build up, you can experience nausea, vomiting, fatigue and loss of appetitite. Lowering the protein in your diet lowers the amount of wastes in the blood and lessens the work load of the kidney.

>>>Foods High in Protein:

Animal products like fish, poultry, eggs, meat and dairy products
Vegetable products like breads, cereals, rice, pasta, and dried beans

Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a mineral in the body that works with calcium to keep your bones healthy and strong. Phosphorus is also needed for normal nerve and muscle function. When kidney function declines, the body cannot get rid of excess phosphorus (phosphorus levels increase) and the body cannot take in enough calcium (calcium levels decrease). To try and correct this imbalance the body will “steal” calcium from the bones, which makes the bones weak.

>>Foods High in Potassium

Our chefs and nutritionists understand that your diet before dialysis is different from a diet while on dialysis. That's why our Pre-renal menu consists of meals that are designed to provide approximately 1/3 of the daily requirement based on a standard 2000 calorie per day diet while minimizing the sodium, phosphorus and potassium. We also ensure that the protein size is minimized for the renal diet.

Which all sounds very scientific and boring. But our chefs ensure that our meals are anything but!

Here's an example. One pre-dialysis meal pack has these 7 main courses: Chicken In Wine Sauce, Grilled Salmon, Braised Short Rib, Baked Tilapia, Stuffed Peppers, Shrimp in Garlic Sauce and Baked Tilapia a la Mushrooms.

Not boring! The meals arrive frozen, 7 at a time (or 14 at a time, your choice). You just pop them in the microwave, oven or toaster oven. Easy and delicious predialysis meals.

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