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The blog · 13 guides
Guides for the parts of kidney care that happen at home
Skills, questions and organization — never a diet plan. What belongs on your plate depends on your labs, your medicines, and what your care team asked of you.
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Four places kidney care actually happens at home
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Guides appear here once they have completed editorial and qualified review and reached their scheduled publication time. Until then, the drafts below show what is being worked on.
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Foundations · 7 min read
Why CKD food advice differs from person to person
Two people with the same diagnosis can be given opposite instructions — and both can be right.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Label skills · 6 min read
How to read sodium per serving
The number on the front of a package and the number you will actually eat are rarely the same.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Label skills · 5 min read
What "PHOS" ingredients mean on a food label
A short reading trick for spotting added phosphorus in an ingredient list.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Ask first · 5 min read
Questions to ask before using a potassium-based salt substitute
Salt substitutes are not a neutral swap. Here is what to ask first.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Cooking skills · 8 min read
Flavor-building techniques that do not rely entirely on salt
Acid, heat, aromatics, and texture do a lot of the work people assign to salt.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Appointments · 6 min read
Questions to ask a renal dietitian
A dietitian appointment goes further when you arrive with specifics rather than a general worry.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Appointments · 5 min read
What to bring to a nephrology appointment
A short packing list that makes a fifteen-minute visit go further.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Records · 6 min read
How to organize lab PDFs without interpreting them
A filing system that makes documents easy to find and leaves the reading to your clinicians.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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Records · 6 min read
How to keep an up-to-date medication and supplement list
The single most useful document to have current, and the easiest one to let drift.
Editorial draft · Qualified review pending
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