In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...
A diagnosis of polycystic kidney disease does not preclude good nutrition. Clinicians should guide patients toward safer and healthier eating.
The kidneys play a pivotal role in maintaining our overall health by filtering waste products, excess water, and other impurities from our blood. These substances are stored in the bladder and later ...
A low-protein diet, defined as 0.6 g/kg/day, is recommended for CKD patients, contrasting with the higher average intake in ...
It's official: The ketogenic diet proved to be effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the first randomized controlled clinical trial of ketogenic metabolic therapy for PKD. It's ...
A new blood marker, the red cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio (RAR), shows promise in detecting diabetic kidney ...
When you have chronic kidney disease, a lower protein diet with plenty of plant-based proteins can help preserve kidney function. If you live with chronic kidney disease (CKD), you may need to make ...
It's official: The ketogenic diet proved to be effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the first randomized controlled clinical trial of ketogenic metabolic therapy for PKD. "I'm ...
Source: Getty Images To improve patient outcomes, therapeutic diets need to be about nourishment, not restriction or fear. For decades, the “renal diet” has been a standard part of chronic kidney ...