Stage 3 Kidney Disease Food Guide for Seniors
What to Eat, Limit and Check, Based on Your Own Lab Results
You have been told you have stage 3 kidney disease. What can you eat?
A food guide that starts from your own blood results. It explains sodium, potassium, phosphorus and protein in plain words, and shows which foods to eat, which to limit and which to check on the label.
The advice follows two published kidney guidelines, and every source is listed. Every food figure is calculated from United States Department of Agriculture data.
What is inside
- 319 everyday foods, each with its sodium, potassium, phosphorus, protein and carbohydrate for an ordinary portion
- Three simple lanes: sodium for everyone; potassium and phosphorus only if your blood levels are high
- Two weeks of sample days with shopping lists, every total calculated
- A grocery guide by aisle and a 30-second way to read a label
- Eating out, convenience foods, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease
- Medicines, supplements and foods to ask your doctor about
- A one-page fridge list and a “My Numbers” card for your appointments
Who this book is for
It is for you if
- You have stage 3 chronic kidney disease (3a or 3b) and are not on dialysis
- You want clear guidance on everyday food and shopping
- You shop or cook for someone who does
It is not the right book if
- You are on dialysis, or have had a kidney transplant
- You are on a very-low-protein diet with special supplements
- You are caring for a child with kidney disease
Printable pages from this book
The Fridge List, the My Numbers card, the shopping lists and other pages can be printed at home.
Go to the printable pagesAbout the book
- Series
- The Measured Plate: Kidney
- Kind of book
- A food guide, not a cookbook. Illustrated, no photographs
- Length
- 146 pages
- Author
- Rafiq Khan, MD, PhD
The book gives general information. It does not replace the advice of your own doctor or dietitian, who know your blood results and your medicines.