Books About Kidney Disease for Patients and Their Families:
Food and Nutrition
Descriptions from www.amazon.com, accessed September 2012.
Cooking for David: A Culinary Dialysis Cookbook
Sara Colman and Dorothy Gordon
This cookbook features daily menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with nutrient
totals and National Renal Diet Food Choice totals. Guidelines are described for food
selection, preparation, and portioning for the dialysis diet. A Renal Dialysis Food
Pyramid pull-out is included with every book. Each of the book’s 160 tested recipes
includes complete nutrient analysis (sodium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, fat,
calories, carbohydrates, cholesterol, and renal and renal/diabetic food choices).
You also will find:
 Sodium, potassium, and phosphorus food lists (both high and low)—not just what you
cannot eat, but also what you can
 Nutrient comparisons between the recipes in Cooking for David and common
commercially prepared equivalents
 A quick index of:
– Easy-to-make recipes
– Recipes that are good when you are having company
– Great-for-leftovers recipes
– Low-budget recipes
– Lowest potassium and phosphorus recipes
– Helpful information for locating and using special dialysis-friendly ingredients, such
as Vitamite® 100 2% (milk substitute)
– Explanation of the renal diet prescription
Eating Well—Living Well With Kidney Disease: Dietary Approaches to Healthy Living
Duke University
This thorough nutritional resource from a leading research facility includes an
explanation of kidney disease, practical advice on how to choose and eat the right foods,
and recipes to make changing eating habits easy.
Eating Well With Kidney Failure
Helena Jackson
This is a clear and practical guide to eating well with kidney failure, including a
collection of more than 50 recipes to show you how it all works in practice. The recipes
are analyzed for their nutritional content and are coded to help you choose the most
appropriate dishes for your individual requirements.
Everyday Eating Cookbook
Illinois Council on Renal Nutrition and the National Kidney Foundation™ of Illinois
This cookbook is available for purchase at http://www.nkfi.org/patients/dialysis.html.
Food-Fuel-Fitness: Healthy Living with Final Demineralization
Wendy Lou Jones
Food-Fuel-Fitness: Healthy Living with Food Demineralization, 2nd edition, is an
updated version, with a larger selection of foods especially designed to fit a broader
global audience of individuals who must, for the sake of their health, control the amounts
of sodium, potassium, and phosphorus in their diets. This book offers the reader a
genuine opportunity to positively impact their nutritional profile and health, with userfriendly instructions and exciting recipe “starter” ideas.
The first edition of Food-Fuel-Fitness was evaluated in a small cross-country study with
end-stage renal disease patients. The study, funded in part through an American Dietetic
Association®, Renal Practice Group grant, looked at the acceptance and success of
practicing at-home food mineral reduction. Study results showed that 92% of participants
were able to achieved measurable mineral reduction through the use of these self-help
instructions.
Now You’re Cooking—A Resource for People With Kidney Disease
Council on Renal Nutrition of New England
This resource is available for purchase at
http://www.kidney.org/site/105/pdf/crnnecookbook.pdf.
Renal Family Cookbook
MultiMed, published in association with The Renal Family, and with the co-operation of
the medical community and kidney patient population across Canada
This cookbook is available for purchase at http://www.multi-med.com/renal-familycookbook.
The Doctor’s Kidney Diet: A Nutritional Guide to Manage, Slow Down, and Halt the
Progression of Kidney Disease
Mandip S. Kang
This comprehensive guide can help you manage, slow down, and even stop the
progression of kidney disease through nutritional management and lifestyle changes. Part
One provides a clear overview of the role that nutrition plays in maintaining kidney
health, examining how food and water affect weakened kidneys and how medications
affect nutrition. To meet the needs of different patients, Part Two details six different
diets: the Standard Low-Protein Diet, the Diabetic Diet, the Kidney Transplant Diet, the
Vegetarian Diet, the Kidney Stone Diet, and the Edema Diet. In Part Three, Dr Kang
addresses key lifestyle considerations that have an impact on kidney function.
He offers simple suggestions that you can follow at home or at work, discusses eating out
and food safety, and provides vital information on the use of dietary supplements. In
addition, the book includes a complete recipe section that follows the dietary guidelines
highlighted in Part Two. This nutritional guide can help you take an active and important
part in your own recovery.
The Renal Gourmet
Mardelle Peters
This cookbook is available for purchase at http://www.kidneycookbook.com/.
The Renal Patient’s Guide to Good Eating: A Cookbook for Patients by a Patient
Judith A. Curtis
This cookbook is available for purchase at
http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398073992.
The Vegetarian Diet for Kidney Disease: Preserving Kidney Function With PlantBased Eating
Joan B. Hogan
Hogan is a registered dietitian who has packed this new book with clearly stated, up-todate information on the most effective methods for managing kidney disease. Her focus
on vegetarian nutrition comes from a growing awareness of its value in wrestling kidney
disease down to size or, in the best-case scenario, stopping the progression of this
destructive disease in its tracks. This book has a great deal of specific information to
assist you in implementing or continuing a plant-based diet that can help, not harm, the
health of your kidneys.
The book first outlines the benefits of vegetarianism and follows that with chapters on the
stages of kidney disease, common problems associated with the disease, and the
relationship of this disease to other disorders. She discusses the link between kidneys and
diet, followed by a diet plan that also includes herbals, supplements, and other natural
products. The last chapter offers detailed meal plans and recipes, providing the core of
Hogan’s program.
Contributed by Elaine M. Koontz, RD, LD/N
Review Date 12/12
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