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Kidney

Healthy Eating

1. Limit your sodium or salt. Ordinary table salt is sodium chloride.


• Cook your foods without salt and don’t add it to food at the
Eating a kidney healthy
table; instead, season with lemon or lime, vinegars, onion,
diet is important for garlic, herbs, or salt-free broth.

everyone, but especially if • Avoid prepared, packaged, convenience and restaurant


foods. These usually have lots of extra sodium added
you have Chronic Kidney during processing.
Disease. Follow the tips • Read nutrition labels when you shop to choose foods that
are lower in sodium. Your daily goal should be less than 2 gm
on the right to help keep or 2000 mg. That’s how much sodium is in about 1 tsp of salt.
your kidneys working well. • Compare the amount of calories to sodium per serving.
Choose foods that have more calories than sodium.

2. Eat fruits and vegetables at every meal. Fill up on a variety of


colorful fruits and vegetables to get the extra nutrients that
Plan your meals and snacks can protect your kidneys, blood vessels and heart.
around the “plate method.”
3. Eat moderate amounts of healthy proteins. Choose fish,
Divide your plate into 4 equal sections: poultry, beans, legumes and nuts. Lean meats, eggs and low
• ¼ should be protein choices fat dairy foods are okay too.
• ¼ should be whole grains
4. Round out your meals and snacks with whole grains. Use
• ½ of your plate should be fruits whole grain pastas, cereals and breads and brown rice.
and/or vegetables. Choose a variety of healthy whole grains for healthy calories,
flavor and nutrients.
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“healthy plate” ideas. 5. Enjoy healthy fats for cooking and flavoring your foods. Try
olive oil, canola oil and nut oils. Make your own salad
dressings and marinades with these healthy oils.

6. Drink water, tea or coffee. Avoid sugary drinks and those with
artificial sweeteners.
Nutrition Plate

WHOLE
VEGETABLES GRAINS

HEALTHY FRUITS HEALTHY HEALTHY


OILS PROTEIN DRINKS

Try these sample healthy meals

Sample Meal 1 Sample Meal 2 Sample Meal 3 Sample Meal 4


Fresh eggs scrambled Turkey sandwich with Roasted salmon with Boiled buckwheat
with chopped onion, lettuce, tomato, onion and onions, potatoes and with sauteed chopped
peppers, zucchini and cucumber on lemon slices topped with onion, carrots and
garlic rye bread mayonnaise, herbs and mushrooms
spices
Whole grain toast Apple slices Rye or whole wheat
Green salad with olive oil, bread
Sliced strawberries Carrot sticks
lemon juice and herbs
Sliced kiwi
Orange Slices

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