Diet

A good and appropriate diet for people with Kidney Disease is an essential part of their well-being.

A balanced diet will help:

• ensure that the build-up of waste products in your body is limited
• ensure that you do not have too much salt or water in your body
• enable you to keep to a healthy weight and prevent you becoming malnourished or overweight.

How can a kidney dietitian help me?

A kidney dietitian will give you individual advice about your diet, based on your blood results, diet, weight, lifestyle, and treatment choice. The advice will focus on:

• having a well-balanced diet containing all the nutrients your body needs to be healthy
• foods you may need to restrict or avoid, and cooking methods to prevent the build-up of excess waste products in your body
• how to keep to your daily fluid allowance

(if recommended)

• how to eat well if you have a poor appetite and ways to prevent malnutrition.

What is contained in this section?

• What your dietician look at in your diet and other dietary advice
• Early stage renal diet – what you need to watch after being diagnosed with kidney disease.
• End stage renal diet – help for diets on dialysis
• Post-transplant diet – considerations to keep your new kidney healthy
• Recipes – most are suitable for patients on dialysis.
• Eating out guide
• Adapting Recipes on a Renal Diet – tips for substituting ingredients when on dialysis