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Renal Diet Cookbook: The Low Sodium, Low Potassium, Healthy Kidney Cookbook
More Than a Kidney Cookbook: Your 28-Day Action Plan to Kick-Start a Kidney-Healthy Diet
“Susan has done a masterful job in educating patients about their disease, explaining why watching your diet is important, and offering meal plans and recipes that encourage compliance and fun.”
- John Wigneswaran, MD, VP Clinical Affairs DaVita Healthcare Partners
While a kidney disease diagnosis can be overwhelming, you’re not alone. Nearly 26 million adults are affected by chronic kidney disease. But there is hope. Your diet.
In the Renal Diet Cookbook, renal dietician Susan Zogheib, MHS, RD, LDN provides a 28-day plan to establish long-term dietary changes to slow the progression of kidney disease. She knows it can be confusing to figure out which foods to eat and which to avoid. In her comprehensive renal diet cookbook, she details weekly meal plans featuring recipes that keep your potassium, sodium, and phosphorous levels in check.
This kidney cookbook removes the mystery and stress of figuring out what foods to eat, with:
o Targeted weekly meal plans to preserve your kidney health.
o Recipe modifications for dialysis patients.
o Helpful FAQs about managing chronic kidney disease.
Arm yourself with all the knowledge you need with the Renal Diet Cookbook.
“Susan has done a masterful job in educating patients about their disease, explaining why watching your diet is important, and offering meal plans and recipes that encourage compliance and fun.”
- John Wigneswaran, MD, VP Clinical Affairs DaVita Healthcare Partners
While a kidney disease diagnosis can be overwhelming, you’re not alone. Nearly 26 million adults are affected by chronic kidney disease. But there is hope. Your diet.
In the Renal Diet Cookbook, renal dietician Susan Zogheib, MHS, RD, LDN provides a 28-day plan to establish long-term dietary changes to slow the progression of kidney disease. She knows it can be confusing to figure out which foods to eat and which to avoid. In her comprehensive renal diet cookbook, she details weekly meal plans featuring recipes that keep your potassium, sodium, and phosphorous levels in check.
This kidney cookbook removes the mystery and stress of figuring out what foods to eat, with:
o Targeted weekly meal plans to preserve your kidney health.
o Recipe modifications for dialysis patients.
o Helpful FAQs about managing chronic kidney disease.
Arm yourself with all the knowledge you need with the Renal Diet Cookbook.
369 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 16, 2015
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March 14, 2019
I am not a chef,
I wish these recipes were more down to earth with common ingredients that I am familiar with. I never heard of a good portion of the items needed or where to find them. The first part of the book was very good and explained things in terms I could better understand. It helped me get a better idea of what I was going through. The recipes in all these books need a little more down to earth, I Live in the South understanding.
I wish these recipes were more down to earth with common ingredients that I am familiar with. I never heard of a good portion of the items needed or where to find them. The first part of the book was very good and explained things in terms I could better understand. It helped me get a better idea of what I was going through. The recipes in all these books need a little more down to earth, I Live in the South understanding.
May 26, 2018
I found the information on Chronic Kidney Disease to be very helpful. There was a good variety of recipes but many of them called for ingredients I rarely use such as rice milk. So this was not a goos source of recipes for me.
February 11, 2022
This is a great resource for anyone having to navigate kidney disease for any reason regardless of your stage. It provides an overview of chronic kidney disease itself including known causes, symptoms as it progresses and the stages and how they are determined. Nothing earth shattering that has not been discussed before in other books on same subject, yet the author also discusses the impact of potassium and phosphorous on kidney functioning, protein, fat and sodium with charts displaying those foods high, moderate and low in each. This then becomes the foundation for the recipes to follow ensuring that none exceed the standard for each and thus preserving kidney function for as long as possible. Recipes are concisely arranged into a 28 -day plan with accompanying grocery lists so that each day's intake again stays within recommended guidelines for the potentially offending elements. Valuable tips provided on eating out as well.
Most all of the recipes I have tried are keepers proving to be tasty and simple. Recipes provided for rubs and seasonings so that you can create your own dishes and add to the variety which is already offered. The seasoning for most of the main dishes are very similar, however, relying heavily on fresh basil, fresh cilantro, sweet onion and minced garlic. Likewise, breakfast foods and desserts are seasoned with cinnamon, fresh ginger-sometimes nutmeg.
I like that an Appendix was included that lists references that can be used as resources the reader to further explore CKD. Some I had never heard of before: American Kidney Fund, Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, The Renal Association and Renal Health Network. Resources provided as well to enable you to locate organically grown produce via Community Supported Agriculture and Local Harvest and organic pastured meat via Eat Wild and US Wellness Meats and Door to Door organics.
This book was a life changer in many ways offering guidelines and standards to evaluate how you are doing on regulating your diet to minimize overtaxing your kidneys. I learned that high potassium is not a symptom that everyone experiences early on and that recipes, therefore, do not consistently address but, nonetheless, sometimes suggest how to adapt for this if you are watching your potassium. Sweet paprika is a widely used spice, for example, yet there is one footnote to avoid if potassium is an issue. Your particular needs and requirements must be taken into account when selecting any of the recipes provided.
Most all of the recipes I have tried are keepers proving to be tasty and simple. Recipes provided for rubs and seasonings so that you can create your own dishes and add to the variety which is already offered. The seasoning for most of the main dishes are very similar, however, relying heavily on fresh basil, fresh cilantro, sweet onion and minced garlic. Likewise, breakfast foods and desserts are seasoned with cinnamon, fresh ginger-sometimes nutmeg.
I like that an Appendix was included that lists references that can be used as resources the reader to further explore CKD. Some I had never heard of before: American Kidney Fund, Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, The Renal Association and Renal Health Network. Resources provided as well to enable you to locate organically grown produce via Community Supported Agriculture and Local Harvest and organic pastured meat via Eat Wild and US Wellness Meats and Door to Door organics.
This book was a life changer in many ways offering guidelines and standards to evaluate how you are doing on regulating your diet to minimize overtaxing your kidneys. I learned that high potassium is not a symptom that everyone experiences early on and that recipes, therefore, do not consistently address but, nonetheless, sometimes suggest how to adapt for this if you are watching your potassium. Sweet paprika is a widely used spice, for example, yet there is one footnote to avoid if potassium is an issue. Your particular needs and requirements must be taken into account when selecting any of the recipes provided.
October 18, 2018
Having kidney disease myself I already know a lot of the do's and dont's. But I still found the information very imformative. The recipes are quite good and very easy to make.
January 15, 2024
Another useful entry in this author’s series of renal cookbooks! Personally, I’d use caution with any microgreens and sprouts in a kidney patient, though.
February 3, 2018
Enjoy eating again!
Wonderful recipes, details on freezing meals for easy store and heat. Helpful hints are extremely helpful and modifications to recipes add great variety to satisfy your hunger and health needs.
Wonderful recipes, details on freezing meals for easy store and heat. Helpful hints are extremely helpful and modifications to recipes add great variety to satisfy your hunger and health needs.
December 11, 2017
Really good cookbook full of good information and easy, tasty-sounding recipes.
April 4, 2021
Amazing and tasty
July 20, 2021
Dry good and informative cook book.
August 10, 2023
Provided some help but I can't see myself cooking many recipes. Can't cook and won't cook. I need something simpler.
June 3, 2019
It’s a great resource if you need it.
June 25, 2016
Lots of great recipes!
October 16, 2016
highly informative and useful. great recipes includes meal plans and shopping lists and everything you would need !
April 20, 2017
Too difficult for audience
To difficult for intended audience, who with kidney failure would make all this stuff, fresh herbs, don't have any of these ingredients, I'm 26.
To difficult for intended audience, who with kidney failure would make all this stuff, fresh herbs, don't have any of these ingredients, I'm 26.
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