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@kamama94 I have grown to like almond milk. I do limit my dairy to greek yogurt a few times a week. Never have been a big cheese consumer. Label watching is just part of what we do as kidney patients, now!
Funny that probably due to taking furosemide, I am on potassium supplements. In fact, my medical team gave me the go-ahead to eat a banana a few times a week, eating oranges/drinking orange juice, and eating healthily prepared potatoes without leaching them! Wow! I went for over 10 years not eating these goodies! First thing I did was buy a small bottle of organic orange juice and sat in the car savoring it!
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I thought oranges and orange juice were no no's for CKD because of high potassium levels. I believe those on dialysis are allowed many food choices that we could only dream about such as meat or dairy products. Whenever I go to Mayo, I sneak in a latte with oat milk at Starbucks as that is incorporated at the Phoenix Mayo site. Also interesting is that this thread talks about food and diet, which is quite important, and not the equal importance of exercise as it relates to eGFR. Last thing, Ginger, as many of us have followed your journey, but how are you feeling phyically as a result of your dialysis? Some of us are in late stage 3B or 4 and are desperate that we go no farther.
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@gingerw, similar experience here: also taking furosemide and since potassium supplements would put me over the top and I don't tolerate most juices (gastroparesis,) I researched the potassium content in NuSalt, which is KCl, the same ingredient in the supplements, and found that 1/8 tsp is a bit over 360 mg K so neph ok'd a fourth to a half that amount daily, depending on what else I'm having that day, including banana and unleached potatoes (microwavable baking potatoes peeled after cooking (no potato skin with GP) as well as 2 oz low sodium V8. Sure do enjoy the potatoes!