Renal Meals (Pre-Dialysis Meals)
Dialysis-Friendly Meals
MagicKitchen.com renal meals are low in sodium potassium, phosphorus and protein. These meals differ from the MagicKitchen.com dialysis-friendly meals that contain a higher level of protein, yet still have the lower amount of sodium, potassium and phosphorus.
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MagicKitchen.com dialysis-friendly meals are low in sodium, potassium and phosphorus, and higher in protein. These meals differ from the MagicKitchen.com renal meals which contain a smaller amount of protein and are still lower in amounts of sodium, potassium and phosphorus.
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Phosphorus is a mineral found mostly in dairy products and meats. Your body uses it to form strong bones and teeth. But starting in the moderate, earlier stages of CKD, your kidneys begin to lose the ability to remove extra phosphorus from your body. Because too much phosphorus can harm your bones, it makes sense to eat less phosphorus.
Potassium in your body helps all your muscles work smoothly — including your heart. So, to stay as healthy as you can, you need to keep just the right level of potassium in your blood (not too much, not too little). Keeping potassium at the right level all the time is one of the jobs that healthy kidneys do for your body. When kidneys fail, they start to lose this ability.
Sodium is one of the body’s three major electrolytes (potassium and chloride are the other two). Electrolytes control the fluids going in and out of the body’s tissues and cells. Salt (which contains both sodium and chloride) is a major source of electrolytes. When the body becomes dehydrated, it loses fluid and electrolytes. Although sodium is essential for the body functions listed above, too much sodium can be harmful for people with kidney disease. Sodium helps your body to retain a healthy fluid balance. But having renal disease means your kidneys cannot eliminate excess sodium and fluid from your body. As sodium and fluid build-up in your tissues and bloodstream, your blood pressure increases and you feel uncomfortable. Particularly damaging is sodium's link to high blood pressure. High blood pressure can cause more damage to unhealthy kidneys. This damage further reduces kidney function, resulting in even more fluid and waste build up in the body.