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@cldmeyers

Do you eggs for protein? I understand beans are not good.

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@cldmeyers, I must limit protein to 35 grams a day so since I don't eat any meat the eggs are an acceptable substitute. No more than three a week. I use 1/2 an egg scrambled in the microwave for a breakfast sandwich and refrigerate the other half of the beaten egg for the next day. . .

You're correct, beans should be avoided or at least limited, EXCEPT certain kinds in smaller servings than labels recommend.

For instance, ½ C (8 T) Hy-Vee no salt added canned red beans has 108 cal,115.5 mg P, 304 mg K,10 mg Na, 6.7 Gm prtn and ¼ C used as a burrito or taco filling has half that and is acceptable on a Stage 3 renal diet if you watch phosphorus, potassium, sodium and protein content in other meals the same day.

½ C lo-Na blk bns has 109 cal,129.5 mg P, 369.5 mg K,165.5 mg Na,7.3 Gm prtn.

¼ C low-Na chickpeas=55 cal, 52 mg P, 110 mg K, 5 mg Na, 2.5 Gm prtn.

Green beans are ok also, 1 C many frozen grn bns has 35 cal, 29 mg P,146 mg K,1 mg Na,<1.9 Gm prtn.

Although somewhat incomplete at the time due to lack of information available and although some values have changed slightly, I collected recipes with nutrient values for various foods and ingredients and it's here in this thread, available free of charge for you to download if you wish.

Am hoping to have a new document available soon listing nutrient values for many foods once considered to be avoided but now acceptable in some forms and/or small amounts. Will post it here as soon as it's finished but right now it's slow going as I'm having some difficulty getting permission from certaiin companies to name their brands in my recommendations. The result is I can't say Parent Company's such-and-such-name-brand fish analog has so-and-so nutrient values. Instead I have to write around it and say something like, Look on the label of the package with a picture of what looks like a fish fillet but is vegan and check to see if the nturition values resemble what is found in this collectiion for the product the writer is unable to obtain permission to name.

Stupid, right? But it's a challenge I think I can meet. (I hope.)