Dietary Needs & Nutrient Guides
Maintaining a kidney-friendly food and fluid plan is hard if you already have dietary restrictions or preferences. Kidney Kitchen has recipes that make it easier for you to adapt to all your requirements. We’ve put together a handful of collections to help you find a recipe that fits your dietary and nutritional needs.
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Dietary Needs
Vegetarian
Find new vegetarian and kidney-friendly meals and recipes from the American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Kitchen. Browse over 200 breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes developed by culinary professionals and registered renal dietitians:
https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/find-recipes/?_dietary_requirement=vegetarian
Gluten-free
Gluten-free eating can be challenging for anyone, but it can be especially challenging for people also managing kidney disease. The American Kidney Fund has compiled 70+ gluten-free and kidney-friendly recipes that are healthy and delicious additions to anyone’s weekly menu. Browse the gluten-free recipes on Kidney Kitchen: https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/find-recipes/?_dietary_requirement=gluten-free
Heart-healthy recipes
Find heart-healthy and kidney-friendly recipes to add into your weekly menu on the American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Kitchen! Discover heart-healthy recipes developed by culinary professionals and registered renal dietitians. View the collection: https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/find-recipes/?_dietary_requirement=heart-healthy
Low-carb recipes
Eating low-carb while managing your chronic kidney disease? Find new recipes to add into your weekly menu on the American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Kitchen. You’ll find over 20 low-carb recipes that are healthy and fun to make: https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/find-recipes/?_dietary_requirement=low-carb
Nutrient guides
Food Labels & Potassium guide
Understanding food labels is especially important if you are living with kidney disease. The American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Kitchen features a downloadable Food Labels & Potassium Guide that helps you learn how to read a food label and understand how much potassium is in a certain food or drink! Download the guide on Kidney Kitchen: https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/guides-and-videos/food-labels-and-potassium-guide
Phosphorus food guide
Phosphorus is important for many different functions in your body, but when you’re on dialysis, you may need to limit how much phosphorus you eat. The American Kidney Fund has a great downloadable Phosphorus Food Guide that provides the phosphorus amount in a serving size of common foods. Easy to read and easy to use! Download the Phosphorus Food Guide on Kidney Kitchen: https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/guides-and-videos/phosphorus-food-guide
Potassium food guide
When you were diagnosed with kidney disease, did your doctor recommend you lower how much potassium you eat? Not sure how much potassium is in your favorite foods? The American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Kitchen has a downloadable Potassium Food Guide that can help, easily showing you foods in low, medium and high potassium to assist when planning your meals and snacks. Download the Potassium Food Guide on Kidney Kitchen: https://kitchen.kidneyfund.org/guides-and-videos/potassium-food-guide
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