Stage 4 Kidney Disease Food Guide for Seniors
What to Eat, Limit and Check, Based on Your Own Lab Results
You have stage 4 kidney disease. What can you eat?
A food guide for stage 4 (an eGFR of 15 to 29) that starts from your own blood results. It explains sodium, potassium, phosphorus, protein and fluid in plain words, shows which foods to eat, limit and check on the label, and covers eating enough when the appetite falls.
The advice follows two published kidney guidelines, and every source is listed. Every food figure is calculated from United States Department of Agriculture data.
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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 and heart disease
- Medicines, supplements and foods to ask your doctor about
- Eating enough, and planning ahead: calories, kidney disease education and the questions to ask
- 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 4 chronic kidney disease (an eGFR of 15 to 29) 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
About the book
- Series
- The Measured Plate: Kidney
- Kind of book
- A food guide, not a cookbook. Illustrated, no photographs
- Length
- 156 pages
- ISBN (paperback)
- 978-91-991863-2-0
- 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.