Smart serving and portion sizes
By adjusting portion sizes and making small changes, many of your favorite traditional dishes can still fit into a kidney-friendly way of eating.
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Sodium
Kidney-friendly ingredient swaps for recipes
Making thoughtful ingredient swaps can help lower phosphorus, potassium and sodium levels while preserving the traditional flavors of your favorite dishes. You can still enjoy your favorite traditional food by using these simple, smart swaps to meet your nutritional goals.
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Making the Move to DASH
Moving to heart healthy eating may seem difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are some tips to make DASH work for you.
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Getting Started on DASH
It’s easy to adopt the DASH eating plan. Even small changes made gradually lead to significant benefits. Follow these steps to begin a healthy lifestyle for a lifetime.
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Tips to Keep on Track
The DASH eating plan is a new way of eating— for a lifetime. If you slip from the eating plan for a few days, don’t let it keep you from reaching your health goals. Get back on track.
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Tips to Reduce Salt and Sodium
Studies have found that the DASH eating plan can lower blood pressure in as fast as 2 weeks. Eating less sodium creates even bigger heart healthy benefits.
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Sodium (salt) and your kidneys
Sodium is one of the two electrolytes found in salt. Sodium plays many important roles in the way our bodies function. The sodium found naturally in foods is plenty to maintain healthy levels in our body. However, we add salt while we cook, while we eat, and it is added to many processed foods. This
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Tip: Limit Your Sodium [CC]
How to reduce the amount of salt and sodium without sacrificing flavor for kidney-friendly cooking.
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