My mum has kidney failure so needs a lo potassium diet, she is also diabetic so also needs low sugar diet?
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at
10:23 PM
the recommendation’s on how to prepare her veggies to remove the potassium leaves them tasteless. Is there a way to add flavour in the foods she is allowed to eat
we do know what and what she is allowed, but its how to put some of the ingredients together to make a meal that she will enjoy
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Guidelines of a Low Potassium Diet:
•Be sure to cook frozen fruits and vegetables in water; rinse and drain well before serving.
•Liquid should be drained from all canned fruits and vegetables and rinsed before serving.
•Potatoes may be peeled, sliced thin, and soaked in water for at least 4 hours or overnight before rinsing and cooking. Leafy green vegetables (collards, spinach, and kale) should also be soaked for at least 4 hours and rinsed well before cooking. This helps to significantly lower the amount of potassium in these foods.
•Check labels for words that include potassium, such as potassium chloride, to avoid potassium hidden in foods.
•Avoid salt substitutes; many of them contain potassium. Salt-free herb blends and spices are acceptable.
•Limit foods that are high in potassium.
High Potassium Foods
Fruits:
•Apricots, canned and fresh
•Banana
•Cantaloupe
•Dried fruits - apricots, dates, figs, prunes
•Honeydew melon
•Kiwi
•Nectarine
•Orange
•Orange Juice
•Pear, fresh
•Prune Juice
Vegetables
•Asparagus
•Avocado
•Bamboo Shoots
•Beets
•Beet Greens
•Brussels Sprouts
•Cabbage, Chinese
•Celery
•Chard
•Kohlrabi
•Okra
•Pepper, Chili
•Potatoes, white and sweet
•Pumpkin
•Rutabaga
•Spinach, cooked
•Squash, winter
•Tomato
•Tomato sauce
•Tomato juice
•Vegetable juice cocktail
Legumes
•Black-eyed Peas
•Chick Peas
•Lentils
•Lima Beans
•Navy Beans
•Red Kidney Beans
•Soybeans
•Split Peas
Nuts and Seeds
•Almonds
•Brazil Nuts
•Cashews
•Peanuts
•Peanut Butter
•Pecans
•Pumpkin Seeds
•Sunflower Seeds
•Walnuts
Breads and Cereals
•Bran
•Whole Grain
Miscellaneous
•Chocolate
•Cocoa
•Coconut
•Milk and Milk Products
•Molasses
•Substitute Salt
hi, she will likely be following a no added salt diet as well….just try to use pepper, different herbs & spices…parsley, coriander,garlic, cajun spices..etc…take a while to adjust to the taste and find combinations she likes
yes…..high blood sugar can damage the blood vessel in kidney. kidney failure iis one of microvascular complication disease cause diabetes…….check more information about complication diabetes, visit link below
My mum has Kidney Failure to, Kinda sucks
I would email the booklet that she has but it seems to have disappeared from the fridge door.
Go ask her doctor next time your at the hospital and they will give you a booklet og what she allowed to eat and not allowed to eat.
I hope your mum gets a organ donor
xxx