When living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), what you eat and drink can make an important difference. Healthy kidneys help maintain the right balance of salts and minerals in the blood, but when kidney function declines, this balance can become harder to maintain. Paying attention to nutrients such as sodium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, and fluids…
Hydration is an important part of overall health, but when it comes to a renal diet, drinking the right amount of fluid is more complicated than simply drinking as much water as possible. Healthy kidneys help remove excess fluid from the body, while damaged kidneys may have difficulty doing so. As a result, some people…