Stage 3 Kidney Disease and Diet: What can I eat?

@eirrol The pea protein powder I use is from Vitacost.com. It has a smooth texture, not gritty, and blends well with almond milk. It comes in vanilla, strawberry or chocolate. One of the big pluses is it packs a lot of protein into one scoop of the powder. There are many days I simply have little desire to eat, and getting quality protein into me is important.

@delmar418 has given us all some useful information, right?! I love seeing how we support each other with knowledge we have learned on our own.
Ginger

@eirrol The pea protein powder I use is from Vitacost.com. It has a smooth texture, not gritty, and blends well with almond milk. It comes in vanilla, strawberry or chocolate. One of the big pluses is it packs a lot of protein into one scoop of the powder. There are many days I simply have little desire to eat, and getting quality protein into me is important.

@delmar418 has given us all some useful information, right?! I love seeing how we support each other with knowledge we have learned on our own.
Ginger

Yes indeedee, B-12 repairs those nerve sheaths. I don't recall what it's called, a disease of the sheath, myol . . . something. I don't eat much red meat and produce, well, someone really knows where it comes from, but I don't. After doing some poking around I found out about methylcobalamin. I'm delighted you know, not many do, including the pharmacy I go to, they don't know about, don't know it exists and don't even know they carry it! LOL!

As for your magnesium, is this related directly to your kidney function, or a secondary of some metabolic kink? Magnesium is a strange animal. Foods & beverages we consume deplete magnesium, sodas, alcohol and coffee- I can't live without it, I think. 80% of Americans have a mag deficiency, I don't know about the European population.
I remember Aquafina! Bottled water is a staple here and was a staple for me in Los ANgeles. I used to drink Arrowhead distilled water only. I got my minerals from food and vitamins. They freak out over here about distilled, they only use it for ironing clothes and say it's detrimental to drink it. Tap water has antimicrobials, antiseptics and heavy metals, it tends to be extremely high in calcium, it's really evident here as I use vinegar to break it down to clean it off of surfaces, so, imagine what it does to the arteries and kidneys. Tap for cooking anything that's a pour-off, except rice or a cereal. It's a really good thing your doctor dug into the numbers and became aware of this, it's very important.

To delmar
I don’t know much about the cause of my magnesium high, other than the water here and I suppose my low kidney function couldn’t clear it. My doctor didn’t give me any additional information. Maybe my metabolism is all tied up with it,too. I have always had big problems with higher doses of medicines.
From eirrol

Hey Eirrol,

Could be water. Sometimes low thyroid. Also anemia. Diuretics. There's a few. I read something about calcium gluconate injection for high mag. I think you're right, that it's a metabolic thing.
You're on about bottled water.

Del

I have been eating for breakfast: raisin bran. Lunch is usually a deli chicken sandwich. Dinner is usually homemade vegetable soup. I have gone from stage to stage 2 at last blood test. Drink only 1 cup coffee in morning. No other drinks except 64 ounces of water. You should be able to ear a lot of vegetables.

Sammylou, I think you're the one who eats the sandwich in the afternoon and do you make the homemade vegetable soup with the ball of ground beef in it? If this is you, I tried doing what you did, I went from eGFR 55 to 75. Creatinine from 1.36 down to 95.

Del

Sammylou, I think you're the one who eats the sandwich in the afternoon and do you make the homemade vegetable soup with the ball of ground beef in it? If this is you, I tried doing what you did, I went from eGFR 55 to 75. Creatinine from 1.36 down to 95.

Del