Kidney Care in the Cold: Healthy Winter Habits 🧣❄️

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Coach Ginny Marksl RDN
January 17, 2025

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Maintaining kidney health during the winter requires special attention to diet and lifestyle. This edition is dedicated to helping you navigate the colder months with kidney-friendly recipes and health tips. Let’s stay warm and well together!

30min Easy Kidney Friendly Recipes

I made it a point to start with the most requested feature which is to serve you with quick, easy, and kidney-friendly recipes. Each recipe counts the SPPP: sodium, potassium, phosphorus and protein for easier review. Enjoy!

BREAKFAST

Toasted Walnut and Apple Oatmeal

1 Serving

Why It's Kidney Friendly

Oats are rich in fiber, walnuts provide omega-3 fatty acids, and apples are low in potassium, making this oatmeal a nutritious, kidney-friendly start to your day.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of rolled oats

  • 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk

  • 1 apple, diced

  • 1/4 cup of walnuts, toasted and chopped

  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Directions

  1. Cook oats in almond milk according to package instructions.

  2. Stir in cinnamon and half of the diced apple midway through cooking.

  3. Serve hot, topped with the remaining apple and toasted walnuts.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Sodium

Protein

Potassium

Phosphorus

40 mg

5 g

175 mg

100 mg

Kidney resource of the Day

This comprehensive book offers a vast collection of kidney-friendly food items, each validated for low potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and protein levels. With practical tips and printable resources, this guide makes meal planning easy and stress-free.

What You Will Learn

  • Extensive lists of kidney-friendly foods with low potassium, phosphorus, sodium, and protein levels.

  • How to create balanced, renal-friendly meal plans.

  • Tips for integrating these foods into your daily diet.

  • Printable pages for easy reference during meal planning and grocery shopping.

  • Expert-backed advice to ensure you have accurate and practical dietary information.

Why It's Important

Managing CKD requires careful dietary planning, and having a reliable resource simplifies this process. By following the guidelines in this book, you can ensure that your diet supports your kidney health, helping you to avoid chronic kidney disease.

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