Protecting your kidneys through healthy eating
A healthy diet may help protect the kidneys, according to two studies presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
November 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: asn, diet, healthy-diet, kidney, kidney-week, kidneys, may-help, nutrition, pennsylvania, philadelphia, presented-at-asn, protect-the-kidneys, two-studies, urology / nephrology
Potassium additives may make low-sodium meats unsafe for patients with kidney disease
Potassium additives are frequently added to sodium-reduced meat products in amounts that may be dangerous for patients with kidney disease, according to a study presented at ASN Kidney Week 2014 at…
November 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: asn, diet, kidney, kidney-disease, kidney-week, meat-products, presented-at-asn, study-presented, urology / nephrology
Soft drinks and sugar in the diet may have negative effects on the kidneys
Two new studies highlight the potential negative effects that soft drinks and sugar can have on kidney health. Results of these studies were presented at ASN Kidney Week 2013 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA…
November 12, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: asn, atlanta, congress, georgia, georgia-world, kidney-week, new-studies, on call diets, presented-at-asn, these-studies
Consuming too much wheat flour and animal protein could have profound effects on kidney health
Three new studies suggest that controlling dietary acid intake could help improve kidney health.
November 12, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: congress-center, georgia, georgia-world, kidney-function, kidney-week, on call diets, urology / nephrology, wheat-flour
Kidney disease patients who consume more vegetable protein may live longer
Increased consumption of vegetable protein was linked with prolonged survival among kidney disease patients in a new a study. The findings were presented at ASN Kidney Week at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. Due to poor kidney function, toxins that are normally excreted in the urine can build up in the blood of individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD)…
November 11, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: findings-were, kidney-disease, kidney-week, on call diets, poor-kidney, the-blood, the-urine, urine