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Stage 3 Kidney Disease and Diet: What can I eat?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Aug 26 12:20pm | Replies (800)Comment receiving replies
I'm a stage 3-4 CKD. After going to the ER last week, my husband is now on dialysis. I'm so, so thankful this happened in WI where we have good medical services when we were days away from going to our very remote, off-grid little home in AZ. So now we have a different focus on the foods he requires and the liquids he drinks. One of our biggest finds was monk fruit as a 1:1 replacement for sugar but the dietitians we've talked to don't seem to know much about it. It's available in liquid form from Amazon and in dry form with Erythritol from Costco. Does anyone have any input?
We also purchased some Green Salt. My husband, of course, doesn't like it but I think it's okay for some things - especially eggs. The website trygreensalt.com, however, doesn't do a very good job of explaining the contents other than saying that is has 50% less sodium than salt. It also has protein, fiber, magnesium, potassium, and Vit B3. I'm going to write to them and ask for a clearer picture on what this actually contains. In the meantime, does anyone know more about it?
In the booklet put out by DaVita, there's a picture which includes a container marked Vegan Ice Cream and another marked Almond Cheese. Where does one find those?
I hope today is a good day for everyone. Vicki
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@ldrlaw Curious what happened with your husband that he had to be placed on dialysis? Did they do a chest catheter? How does this change your plans to winter in Arizona, now?
Here is what Cleveland Clinic has to say about monk fruit: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-should-use-monk-fruit-sweetener/
Sending you support as you go through this,
Ginger
@ldrlw, glad hubby got appropriate care!
Some grocery stores offer unsalted or lightly salted potato chips and in small amounts occasionally are low enough in phosphorus and potassium to be ok on a renal diet.
So Delicious makes dairy free, egg free frozen dessert "ice cream" and the name is accurate! It's great! (In smaller servings than recommended on the label, of course.) So delicious makes a lot of vegan products - cheese, yogurt, etc.
Monk fruit is a Chinese fruit used as a sweetener supposedly ok for kidneys. I don't use it because I rarely eat sugar or sugary foods and as a diabetic I do tolerate well small amounts of maple sugar.
Green salt is a salty-tasting seaweed dried and ground. The company wasn't able to tell me much about its mineral content and people with CKD need to watch intake of minerals like potassium, I decided not to try it. And since I only add a pinch of coarse kosher salt (just a few grains) to something I decided not to experiment with green salt. On average I take in less than 15 mg Na daily. (It took several weeks for me to adjust to not using salt but I no longer miss it.)
Erythritol can cause cramping, bloating and diarrhea if too much is used - different amounts for different people.
One thing which has helped me find vegetarian and vegan foods is online shopping for home delivery (I'm homebound.) I can go to a grocery store's online shopping site (including Walmart) and type vegan in the search box to see what's available and most items have online nutrition labels, ingredients, preparation instructions, etc.
Good luck to you and your husband on your renal diets. Please keep me posted?
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Tostitos has a "lightly salted" chip which contains 55 mg of sodium for 7 chips, 40 mg. potassium, no phosphate.