Managing kidney disease through lifestyle behaviors
Following healthy lifestyle habits can help you prevent kidney disease. And, if you have kidney disease, you can take steps to keep your kidney damage from getting worse and help you feel your best. 

 

Damage to your kidneys cannot be reversed, but you can take steps to slow down the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

 

https://www.kidneyfund.org/living-kidney-disease/healthy-eating-activity

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What is diabetic kidney disease?
Diabetic kidney disease is a type of kidney disease caused by diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease. About 1 out of 3 adults with diabetes has kidney disease.

 

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-problems/diabetic-kidney-disease

Ex-pat neighbour, mid-70s, has just been diagnosed with CKD.  Assessments underway to determine what stage he is at.

His present concern is diet.  He's looking for a detailed  diet plan, but has failed to find anything on-line.  I've also looked on-line, and would be grateful for any pointers.

 

TIA

30 minutes ago, yang123 said:

Ex-pat neighbour, mid-70s, has just been diagnosed with CKD.  Assessments underway to determine what stage he is at.

His present concern is diet.  He's looking for a detailed  diet plan, but has failed to find anything on-line.  I've also looked on-line, and would be grateful for any pointers.

 

TIA

Look on YouTube 

Done that, and what I found was insufficiently detailed.  Any specific suggestions?

It does vary with the stage so that needs to be estsblished first.  Any other co-existing medical conditions will also be relevant e.g. diabetes. It is very important to control blood sugar if diabetic. 

 

If you go to the end of this site can click on the relevant stage for more info:

 

https://www.kidneyfund.org/living-kidney-disease/healthy-eating-activity/kidney-friendly-eating-plan

 

One commonality for any stage of CKD is to avoid excess sodium. Avoid processed foods (preservatives contain  sodium), do not add salt or fish / soy sauce to food. And avoid good prepared with MSG, fish sauce, soy sauce, curry paste  or most other Thai sauces.  This last will rule out a lot of Thai foods. 

 

Once his CKD is staged, he should be given specific guidance in terms of how many gms of  protein daily. 

A post with dangerous misinlformation has ben removed.

 

Pkease note that the subject here is a perslon with known chronic  kidney disease. 

10 hours ago, Sheryl said:

If you go to the end of this site can click on the relevant stage for more info:

 

https://www.kidneyfund.org/living-kidney-disease/healthy-eating-activity/kidney-friendly-eating-plan

 

One commonality for any stage of CKD is to avoid excess sodium. Avoid processed foods (preservatives contain  sodium), do not add salt or fish / soy sauce to food. And avoid good prepared with MSG, fish sauce, soy sauce, curry paste  or most other Thai sauces.  This last will rule out a lot of Thai foods. 

 

Once his CKD is staged, he should be given specific guidance in terms of how many gms of  protein daily. 

 

Just what was required: many thanks Sheryl and print-out of the web-site gratefully received by my pal.  He's now waiting for blood test results and has been told provisionally that he has somewhere between 'mild' and 'mild to moderate' kidney damage.

Just got back 3 hrs ago from 3 nights in Hospital... CKD - GFR Dr said was 18

going back to 2015 - bad - A&E Dr said was stage 5 CKD

7 days in Hospital on a drip managed to get up to Stage 3a

very careful with eat and drink for next 10 years appeared all was well

full blood tests every 3 months - NO Dr did not say anything was wrong of different

last week very very tired uninterested in eating anything, by Saturday taken to A&E = tests - GFR 18

Spoke with the Dr for a long time Sunday, she said on the computer show that I dropped in December to 3b and again in March to stage 4

Why have blood work done if the Dr can see a problem and nothing is done ??

on a drip for 3 days and nights, and blood test show GFR 58 today, so allowed home..

Dr gives me a prescription for all my meds+ Insulin every 3 months + always get at Hospital Pharmacy.

All the pills was given in Hospital did no look any thing i had seen before ??

also was never given any insulin

1st thing I did was check my Blood sugar when I got home 297

16 minutes ago, ignis said:

Just got back 3 hrs ago from 3 nights in Hospital... CKD - GFR Dr said was 18

going back to 2015 - bad - A&E Dr said was stage 5 CKD

7 days in Hospital on a drip managed to get up to Stage 3a

very careful with eat and drink for next 10 years appeared all was well

full blood tests every 3 months - NO Dr did not say anything was wrong of different

last week very very tired uninterested in eating anything, by Saturday taken to A&E = tests - GFR 18

Spoke with the Dr for a long time Sunday, she said on the computer show that I dropped in December to 3b and again in March to stage 4

Why have blood work done if the Dr can see a problem and nothing is done ??

on a drip for 3 days and nights, and blood test show GFR 58 today, so allowed home..

Dr gives me a prescription for all my meds+ Insulin every 3 months + always get at Hospital Pharmacy.

All the pills was given in Hospital did no look any thing i had seen before ??

also was never given any insulin

1st thing I did was check my Blood sugar when I got home 297

you have diabetes? discuss at length with Gemini app, attach your test results, Gemini will analyse and interpret for you and will give excellent advice

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6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

you have diabetes? discuss at length with Gemini app, attach your test results, Gemini will analyse and interpret for you and will give excellent advice

Age 75 - Diabetic 36 years

20 hours ago, ignis said:

Just got back 3 hrs ago from 3 nights in Hospital... CKD - GFR Dr said was 18

going back to 2015 - bad - A&E Dr said was stage 5 CKD

7 days in Hospital on a drip managed to get up to Stage 3a

very careful with eat and drink for next 10 years appeared all was well

full blood tests every 3 months - NO Dr did not say anything was wrong of different

last week very very tired uninterested in eating anything, by Saturday taken to A&E = tests - GFR 18

Spoke with the Dr for a long time Sunday, she said on the computer show that I dropped in December to 3b and again in March to stage 4

Why have blood work done if the Dr can see a problem and nothing is done ??

on a drip for 3 days and nights, and blood test show GFR 58 today, so allowed home..

Dr gives me a prescription for all my meds+ Insulin every 3 months + always get at Hospital Pharmacy.

All the pills was given in Hospital did no look any thing i had seen before ??

also was never given any insulin

1st thing I did was check my Blood sugar when I got home 297

When you say the meds did not look the same, are you referring to what was given while you were in hospital or what you got at discharge to take at home?

Were you hospitalized at same hospitakl you routinely go to for follow up?

6 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

When you say the meds did not look the same, are you referring to what was given while you were in hospital or what you got at discharge to take at home?

Were you hospitalized at same hospitakl you routinely go to for follow up?

while in Hospital -- did not get anything more on being discharged

Yes same hospital as go for follow up