2014
Diet for
Kidney Disease
Name:
Date:
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Contents
Introduction��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1
Your meal plan����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2
Sample meal plan������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������3
List 1 – Milk and dairy
List 2 – Vegetables
List 3 – Potato
List 4 - Fruit
List 5 – Grain products
List 6 – Meat & alternates
List 7 – Fat
Calories������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������13
Managing fluid intake�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������14
Fluid list
High sodium foods to avoid���������������������������������������������������������������������������16
Foods with higher potassium content ������������������������������������������������������������18
High phosphorus foods���������������������������������������������������������������������������������20
Daily food intake�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������21
Sample label for grains��������������������������������������������������������������������������������22
Introduction
The main job your kidneys have is to get rid of waste products and fluid. Now that
your kidneys have lost this function, following your diet is an important part of
your treatment. Your diet helps to keep products (such as potassium, phosphorus,
sodium and fluid) from building up in your body and making you sick.
This diet is low in fibre. If you need more fibre in your diet, speak to your dietitian
about over the counter supplements such as Benefibre® or flax, or ask your doctor
about medications.
This diet was made for you. If you want to eat food that is not listed in this book,
your dietitian will help you.
Tips:
• Do not use salt when cooking or at the table
• Do not use salt substitutes – Half Salt ®, No-Salt ®
• Avoid processed and canned foods unless they are salt free
• Read food labels
• Avoid fast food restaurants
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Your meal plan
Diet order:
Protein
______ gm
Sodium
______ gm Potassium ______ mmol ______mg
Phosphorus ______ mg
______mg
Total daily food amounts:
Food
Amount
Chose from:
Milk and dairy
List 1, page 4
Vegetables
List 2, pages 4-6
Potato
List 3, page 6
Fruit
List 4, pages 7-8
Grain products
List 5, pages 8-10
Meat and alternates
List 6, page 11-12
Fat
List 7, page 12
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Sample meal plan
Breakfast:
___ Fruit
1/2 cup applesauce
___ Meat / alternates ___ eggs
___ Grain products
___ slices white toast and/or ___ cup Cheerios®
___ Fat
___ tsp margarine and jam
___ Milk / dairy
___ Tea / coffee
½ cup coffee with 1 Tbsp milk or cream
Morning snack
Noon meal:
___ Meat / alternates ___ cup tuna
___ Grain products ___ slices white bread
___ Fat 1-2 tsp mayonnaise or margarine
___ Fruit
14 grapes
___ Milk / dairy
___ Tea / coffee
½ cup tea with 1 Tbsp milk or cream
___ Extra foods Afternoon snack
Evening meal:
___ Meat / alternates
___ Grain products
___ Potato
___ Vegetables
___ Fat
___ Fruit
___ Milk / dairy
___ Tea / coffee
___ Extra foods
___ oz chicken breast (baked)
___ white roll
½ cup mashed potato
½ cup carrots and ½ cup green beans
2 tsp margarine
½ cup strawberries
½ cup tea with 1 Tbsp milk or cream
Evening snack
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List 1 – Milk and dairy
___ choices per day. See Fluid List later in this guide for milk alternatives.
The amount indicated is one choice:
Milk / dairy
Milk (whole, 2%,
1%, skim)
Milk, evaporated
Ice cream
Amount
½ cup (125 ml)
Milk / dairy
Soy milk
Amount
½ cup (125 ml)
¼ cup (60 ml)
¾ cup (180 ml)
Yogurt
½ cup (125 ml)
List 2 – Vegetables
___ choices per day.
Every vegetable contains potassium. Do not use canned vegetables unless they
are salt-free. Use fresh or frozen vegetables. Boiled vegetables are lower in
potassium than those cooked in the microwave, steamed, stir fried or roasted (see
“presoaking your potatoes” in List 3, next section.)
The amount indicated is one choice:
Vegetable
Asparagus
Bean sprouts
Broccoli
Amount
4 spears
½ cup(125 ml)
1/3 cup (80 ml)
boiled
Vegetable
Beans – green or
wax
Amount
½ cup (125 ml)
boiled
Beets
Brussels sprouts
1 cup (250 ml)
canned (salt-free)
1/3 cup (80 ml)
3
½ cup (125 ml)
raw, chopped
Cabbage – red,
green, savoy, kale,
Bok choy
½ cup (125 ml)
frozen, boiled
1 cup (250 ml)
raw
Carrots
½ cup (125 ml)
cooked
½ cup (125 ml)
sliced, boiled
1 small raw (5
inch -13 cm)
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Vegetable
Cauliflower
Amount
1/3 cup (80 ml)
boiled
Vegetable
Celery
½ cup (125 ml)
raw
Collard greens
Cucumber
Endive
Lettuce
Mushrooms- raw
Parsley
Peas
Radish
Spinach – frozen
Spinach – fresh
½ cup (125 ml)
frozen boiled
1 cup (250 ml)
chopped boiled
1 cup (250 ml)
slices
1 cup (250 ml)
raw
1 cup (250 ml)
shredded
½ cup (125 ml)
pieces
4 small
½ cup (125 ml)
chopped
½ cup (125 ml)
fresh or frozen
½ cup (125 ml)
canned (SF)
10-15 raw
¼ cup (60 ml)
boiled
½ cup (125 ml)
chopped
Amount
1/3 cup (80 ml)
diced
7 inch (18 cm)
stalk raw
Corn
3 inch (8 cm) cob
½ cup (125 ml)
niblets
Dandelion greens 1/2 cup (125 ml)
boiled
Fiddleheads
½ cup (125 ml)
boiled
Mixed vegetables – ½ cup (125 ml)
frozen
Onions – raw
½ cup (125 ml)
chopped
Parsnips
Peppers – green,
red
Salad (tossed)
Squash (summer)
¼ cup (60 ml)
slices, boiled
1/2 medium raw
1/4 cup (60 ml)
cooked
½ cup (125 ml)
¼ cup (60 ml)
boiled
- Crookneck
½ cup (125 ml)
boiled
- Scallop
½ cup (125 ml)
raw
- Zucchini
5
1/3 cup (80 ml)
boiled
Vegetable
Squash – (winter)
Amount
- Acorn
¼ cup (60 ml)
boiled mashed
- Butternut
½ cup (125 ml)
frozen boiled
- Hubbard
¼ cup (60 ml)
boiled
- Spaghetti
Turnip
¾ cup (180 ml)
boiled
½ cup (125 ml)
boiled
Vegetable
Tomato – red or
green
Amount
½ medium
Water chestnuts –
canned
1 cup (250 ml)
slices
Potato
French fries
(frozen)
Potato salad –
homemade
Amount
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List 3 – Potato
___ choices per day
The amount indicated is one choice:
Potato
Boiled (without
skin)
Mashed
Amount
1 small
½ cup (125 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
Sweet potato
- peeled and baked 1 small
- peeled, mashed
½ cup (125 ml)
If you choose to use raw potatoes in a recipe, you must take away some of the
potassium first.
Presoaking your potatoes
1.Peel and slice potatoes into small pieces.
2.Soak potatoes in a large amount of water, 10 times the volume of the potatoes,
for at least 4-6 hours or overnight.
3.Drain water and use potatoes in your favorite recipe.
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Potato equivalents
If you choose not to have a potato, you can choose one of the following instead:
Potato equivalents
Tomatoes (saltfree, canned
whole)
Homemade
spaghetti meat
sauce
Vegetable (see
vegetable list)
V8 Vegetable
Cocktail® – low
sodium
Amount
½ cup (125 ml)
Potato equivalents Amount
Tomato sauce
1/3 cup (80 ml)
(salt-free)
¾ cup (180 ml)
Tomato paste (salt- 3 Tbsp (45 ml)
free)
2 choices
Fruit (see fruit list) 3 choices
½ cup (125 ml)
List 4 - Fruit
___ choices per day
Every fruit contains potassium. Fresh, frozen, cooked, and canned fruits may be
used. Canned fruit should be drained before serving (the juice contains potassium
and is also a fluid).
The amount indicated is one choice:
Fruit
Apple
Apricots
Amount
1 small
1 medium raw
Cherries
3 halves –canned
½ cup (125 ml)
raw
8 raw
Dates
½ cup (125 ml)
canned, sour
2
Blackberries
Fruit cocktail
½ cup (125 ml)
canned
Fruit
Applesauce
Banana
Amount
½ cup (125 ml)
2 inches (5 cm)
Blueberries
Crab apples
1 cup (250 ml)
raw
3 small
Figs
1 dried
Gooseberries
3 canned
1/3 cup (80 ml)
raw
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Fruit
Grapes
Lemon or lime
Nectarine
Passion fruit
Amount
14 small
1 medium
½ medium raw
2 medium
Fruit
Kiwi fruit
Mango
Orange
Peach
Amount
½ medium
½ medium raw
½ medium
1 small, fresh
2 halves canned
½ cup (125 ml)
fresh or canned
Pears
½ medium
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Prunes
Raspberries
2 halves canned
1/3 medium
2 dried
½ cup (125 ml)
raw
Plum
Raisins – seedless
Rhubarb
1 medium
2 tbsp (30 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
frozen, cooked
Tangerine /
mandarin
1 small
Strawberries
Watermelon
1/3 cup (80 ml)
frozen
½ cup (125 ml)
fresh or frozen
½ cup (125 ml)
canned
2/3 cup (160 ml)
cubed
1 slice (3 x ¾ inch
slice)
Remember to drain the juice or syrup off canned fruit.
List 5 – Grain products
___ choices per day. Choose grains with less than 10% daily value (DV) sodium,
less than 6% DV phosphorus, or less than 12% DV fibre / less than 3 grams if
phosphorus is not listed on the label.
Check serving size. The amount indicated is one choice. Check the serving size
closely on the label, and compare with the serving size in the following chart.
Grain Product
Amount
White bread
1 slice
French or Italian
bread
1 slice
Grain Product
Breads
Smart bread®
(white)
Raisin bread
8
Amount
1 slice
1 slice
Grain Product
Cracked wheat
bread
Light Rye bread
Tortilla wrap –
plain
Amount
1 slice
Grain Product
Oatmeal bread
Amount
1 slice
1 slice
½ small
Pita bread – plain
Hamburger bun
½ small
½ bun
Wasa Crisp
1 piece
breads®
Bread sticks –
6
plain
Triscuit® 50% less 4
salt
Soda crackers –
unsalted
Rice cakes –
unsalted
Macaroni,
spaghetti – white,
cooked
Orzo – cooked
Arrowroot®
Digestive
Vanilla wafers
Chocolate chip
Fig Newton®
Sugar cookies
Neapolitan wafers
Quaker Chewy
Granola Bars®
Waffle cone –
small
Popcorn, air
popped
Crackers
Melba toast®
4 pieces
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6
Ritz® 50% less
salt
Stoned Wheat
Thins® 50% less
salt
Taco shell
2
Rusk
1
Rice / pasta
1/3 cup (80 ml)
Rice – white,
cooked
½ cup (125 ml)
Cookies
3
2
10
2
1
4
1
½ cup (125 ml)
3
8
1
Couscous – cooked
/ snacks
Social Tea®
Graham Wafers®
Animal crackers
Chocolate Mallows
Apple or Blueberry
Newton®
Oreo®, Fudge-o®
Lady fingers®
Ice cream cone
1
Sugar cone– small 1
2 cups (500 ml)
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½ cup (125 ml)
4
4
10
3
2
2
2
1
Grain Product
Angelfood cake –
homemade
Sponge cake
Doughnut – yeast
raised
Cream of Wheat®
Cornmeal
Puffed Wheat
Spoon Size
Shredded Wheat®
Corn Flakes®
Special K®
Crispix®
Multigrain
Cheerios®
Honey Nut
Cheerios®
Honey Bunches of
Oats®
Alpha-Bits®
Corn Pops®
Froot Loops®
Honey Comb®
Sugar Crisp®
Amount
Grain Product
Cake
1 slice, 1/16 cake Pound cake
Amount
1 slice, 1/16 cake
1
1 slice, 1/16 cake
1/6 pie shell
White cake
Pie crust
Cereal
½ cup (125 ml)
Rolled oats /
cooked
oatmeal
½ cup (125 ml)
Puffed Rice
cooked
¾ cup (180 ml)
Shredded Wheat®
½ cup (125 ml)
Mini Wheats®
½ cup (125 ml)
2/3 cup (160 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
1 slice, 1/16 cake
½ cup (125 ml)
cooked
2 cups (500 ml)
1 biscuit
14 pieces
½ cup (125 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
3/4 cup (180 ml)
¾ cup (180 ml)
Rice Krispies®
Life®
Cheerios®
Apple Cinnamon
Cheerios®
Oatmeal Crisp®
2/3 cup (160 ml)
Harvest Crunch®
1/3 cup (80 ml)
¾ cup (180 ml)
1 cup (250 ml)
Captain Crunch®
Cinnamon Toast
Crunch®
Frosted Flakes®
Lucky Charms®
½ cup (125 ml)
¾ cup (180 ml)
1 cup (250 ml)
1 cup (250 ml)
¾ cup (180 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
¾ cup (180 ml)
½ cup (125 ml)
** If you have diabetes, avoid the high sugar foods and pre-sweetened cereals.
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List 6 – Meat & alternates
___ oz. per day (total) (Cooked weight)
Each ounce has approximately 7 grams protein and 60-80 mg phosphorus.
Use fresh and fresh frozen meat, fish, and poultry. Foods should be prepared
without adding salt, or seasonings that contain salt. Avoid foods that are salted,
smoked, cured, dried, processed, or canned with salt.
• Meats
›› Beef
›› Rabbit
›› Lamb
›› Veal
›› Pork
›› Venison / game meat
›› Poultry
• Fish
›› Bluefish
›› Pollock
›› Catfish
›› Salmon
›› Cod
›› Sea Bass
›› Cusk
›› Shark
›› Flounder
›› Snapper
›› Haddock
›› Sole
›› Mackerel
›› Squid
›› Perch
›› Tuna
›› Pike
• Shellfish*
›› Clams (5)=1 oz
›› Scallops (2 large or 4
small)=1 oz
›› Lobster (1 lb lobster)=4 oz
fish
›› Shrimp (5 medium)=1 oz
›› Mussels (5)=1 oz
• Eggs
›› 1 medium
›› 2 egg whites (low in phosphorus)
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• Tofu - ½ cup (125 ml) firm = 3 oz
• Cheese*
›› Brick
›› Goat (soft plain)
›› Brie
›› Monterey Jack
›› Cheddar
›› Mozzarella
›› Colby
›› Muenster
›› Cottage Cheese - dry curd ¼
cup
›› Ricotta ¼ cup
›› Swiss
• Peanut Butter (salt-free): 1 Tbsp=1 oz. meat
*These foods should be limited to 2 servings per week. They are high in salt and
phosphorus.
Guide for measuring meat, fish or poultry
Minced meat, fish or poultry - ¼ cup (60 ml) cooked = 1 oz.
3 oz. (90 g) cooked - size of palm of hand, and thickness of meat, fish, or poultry
baby finger or the size of a deck of cards
List 7 – Fat
___ choices per day
Fat
Salt-free margarine
(non-hydrogenatedtub)
Miracle Whip®
Low sodium salad
dressings
Amount
1 tsp (5 ml)
Fat
Mayonnaise
Amount
1 tsp (5 ml)
1 tsp (5 ml)
1 Tbsp (15 ml)
Vegetable oils
Cream cheese
1 tsp (5 ml)
1 Tbsp (15 ml)
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Calories
It is important that you eat enough calories each day. Eating enough calories helps
to prevent the breakdown of protein for energy needs which can cause weight loss.
Your dietitian will figure out your calorie needs and advise you about using
supplements.
**The following foods are low in sodium, potassium, and phosphorus. They can be
used to give you extra calories:
›› Brown sugar – 1 Tbsp (15
ml) per day
›› Jujubes, Gum drops
›› Chewing gum
›› Lifesavers®, lollypops,
suckers
›› Cool Whip / Cool Whip
Light®
›› White sugar, icing
sugar
›› Cranberries, cranberry
sauce
›› Marshmallows
›› Hard candy, mints
›› Salt-free margarine,
vegetable oil
›› Honey, corn syrup
›› Sour cream
›› Jam, jelly, marmalade
›› Whipped cream, Dream
Whip®
›› Jelly beans
** If you have diabetes, avoid the high sugar foods
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Managing fluid intake
We need fluid for our bodies to work properly. However, when the kidneys are not
working properly, fluid intake must be limited to keep fluid from building up in our
bodies.
The amount of fluid allowed in your diet depends on the amount of urine (pee)
you make. Too much fluid will result in tissue swelling and high blood pressure.
The amount of weight gain between dialysis treatments indicates whether you are
taking too much fluid - or not.
The standard guide is 500 ml or 2 cups plus an amount equal to the previous 24
hour output of urine.
Anything that is liquid at room temperature is a fluid (e.g. Popsicles, ice cream,
Jell-O®, pudding, soup, ice cubes)
**The foods listed below contain limited amounts of phosphorus, sodium, and
potassium and may be included in the diet within your fluid allowance.
Fluid list
›› Alcoholic spirits - rum, rye,
vodka etc.
›› Lemonade, Kool Aid®
›› Liqueurs
›› Almond milk
›› Non-cola pop
›› Canned or bottled cranberry
juice or cocktails
›› Rice milk (not
enriched)
›› Coffee 1 cup (250 ml)
›› Sherbet
›› Fruit flavored drinks –
canned, bottled, crystals, or
frozen
›› Popsicles
›› Weak tea (steeped for 3
minutes)
›› Herbal tea
›› Wine (dry white) 3 oz (90
ml)
›› Iced tea
›› Lemon and lime juice
If you have diabetes, choose the sugar free version of these foods or avoid them.
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Tips for managing your fluid intake
• Measure the fluid you’re allowed to have every morning in a special pitcher
or jug. Every time you eat or drink a fluid, empty that same amount from the
pitcher. Once it is empty, that’s all for the day.
• Use small cups and glasses for your drinks.
• Rinse your mouth with water but do not swallow it (or you can use ice-cold
mouthwash).
• Brush your teeth more often during the day.
• Drink ice-cold liquids because they satisfy better than liquids at room
temperature.
• Suck on ice cubes or ice chips, but remember, they are part of your daily
fluid allowance. (Try using ½ cup (125 ml) of water to make ice cubes at
night, then pour off ½ cup (125 ml) of water from your pitcher first thing in
the morning.)
• Suck on hard candy or mints, or use chewing gum to keep your mouth moist
(sugar-free if you have diabetes.)
• Try sour candy.
• Drink lemonade instead of water or squeeze lemon juice in your ice cubes
when you make them.
• Stay away from salty foods. Salt makes you thirsty.
• If you have diabetes, try to keep blood sugar under control. High blood sugar
will make you thirsty.
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High sodium foods to avoid
Snack foods
• Salted crackers
• Salted party snacks such as:
›› Cheezies
›› Pretzels
›› Chips
›› Salted popcorn - use air
popped only
›› Peanuts
Quick foods (convenience foods)
• Packaged frozen entrées/meals (like microwave dinners)
• Packages/boxed foods with more than 10% daily value of sodium per serving
• Battered frozen fish or chicken
• Bottled or canned spaghetti and pasta sauces
• Canned beans, stews, soups, gravies
• Canned fish (sardines, kippers, oysters, etc.)
›› Canned tuna and salmon
packed in water and rinsed
before eating is okay, or
use “no salt added” tuna /
salmon
• Canned meats:
›› Devilled ham
›› KAM®, SPAM®, etc.
›› Flakes of turkey, ham or
chicken
›› Potted meats (such as pâtés)
• Dry packaged soup mixes, OXO®, bouillon
• Fast food items such as fried chicken, Mexican or Chinese food, or pizza
Milk products
• Blue, feta, parmesan cheeses
• Processed cheese (cheese slices, Cheez Whiz®, Velveeta®)
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Salted, smoked, pickled, or cured meats
• Bacon
• Bologna, ham, pepperoni, salami, cold cuts
• Corned beef
• Other deli meats including shaved/sliced turkey and beef as these often
have a lot of added sodium
• Hot dogs
• Kosher meats
• Salted, dried, or smoked fish
• Sausages
Vegetables and fruit
• Canned vegetables/fruits with added sodium
• Dried fruit
• Sauerkraut
• Scalloped potato mix, instant potatoes
• Vegetable juices (unless labeled low sodium or no salt added)
Grain products
• Baking mixes such as pancake mixes and biscuit mixes
• Breads, cereals, crackers with more than 10% daily value of sodium per
serving
• Seasoned pasta mixes (Hamburger Helper®, Kraft Dinner®)
• Seasoned rice mixes (Rice–a-Roni®, Side Kicks®, Fast and Fancy®)
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Condiments
›› Accent®
›› Pickles
›› Any mixed spice that has
salt
›› Relish
›› Salsa
›› Celery salt
›› Seasoned pepper
›› Chili sauce
›› Seasoned salt
›› Garlic and onion salt
›› Soy sauce
›› Meat tenderizers
›› Steak sauce
›› M.S.G. (monosodium
glutamate)
›› Steak spice
›› Taco sauce
›› Picante sauce
Foods with higher potassium content
(desired blood potassium level: less than 5.5 on hemodialysis)
*All fruits and vegetables contain potassium.
*Some of these foods can be worked into your diet – ask your dietitian.
Fruits highest in potassium:
›› Apricot (raw)
›› Mango
›› Avocado
›› Nectarine
›› Banana
›› Orange, orange juice
›› Cantaloupe
›› Papaya
›› Currants
›› Pomegranate, pomegranate
juice
›› Dried fruits (all)
›› Prune juice
›› Grapefruit juice
›› Tamarind
›› Guava
›› Tangelo
›› Honeydew melon
›› Kiwi
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Vegetables highest in potassium:
›› Artichoke
›› Potato
›› Bamboo shoots
›› Pumpkin
›› Beet greens
›› Spinach
›› Broccoli
›› Squash
›› Brussels sprouts
›› Sweet potato
›› Dandelion greens
›› Swiss chard
›› Lima beans
›› Tomato
›› Parsnips
›› Vegetable juice
Other foods higher in potassium:
›› All “bran” cereals
›› Gravy
›› Black strap molasses
›› Low sodium baking powder
›› Brown sugar
›› Milk
›› Chocolate
›› Molasses
›› Coconut
›› Nuts
›› Coconut milk (1/4 cup)
›› Salt substitute (NoSalt®,
NuSalt®, HalfSalt®)
›› Dried peas, beans, and
lentils
›› Unsalted cheddar cheese
›› French fries
›› Wheat germ
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High phosphorus foods
Phosphorus and calcium are minerals naturally found in your body. When you have
normal kidney function, they stay in good balance. When your kidneys don’t work
well, phosphorus levels in your blood go up and calcium can go down.
To fix this problem, your body will take calcium from bones to “balance” things
again. This can cause your bones to become weak and painful, and they could
break easily.
The calcium binds with phosphorus and can form deposits in your skin, joints,
blood vessels and organs. This can cause itching, stiff joints, and problems with
other parts of your body, like your heart.
Here is how you can help keep your phosphorus and calcium in a healthy balance.
1.Avoid high phosphorus foods.
2.Have a meal or snack when you take your phosphate binders (such as Tums®,
calcium carbonate, Renagel®, Fosrenol®, Milk of Magnesia®, PhosLo®).
3.Read food labels – choose grain products with less than 6% Daily Value for
phosphorus, or not more than 12% Daily Value of fibre (3 grams of fibre per
serving) if phosphorus is not listed on the lable.
4.Follow dietary advice from your dietitian.
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High phosphorus foods to avoid:
• Cake donuts, muffins, biscuits, pancakes, waffles (store bought or mixes)
• Chocolate
• Dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese)
• Nuts, nut butter, seeds, lentils, dried peas, and beans
• Whole grain breads and cereals, such as: natural bran, All-Bran®, Bran
Buds®, Bran Flakes®, Oat Bran®, Raisin Bran®
• Self-rising flour, baking powder (Your dietitian can help you find a lowphosphorus baking powder)
• Organ meats (such as liver or kidney)
• Sardines
• Canned salmon bones
• Processed foods such as: hot dogs, sausage, bologna, pizza
• Coca-Cola®, Pepsi®, or other colas, Dr. Pepper®
• Beer
Phosphate added in processing is 100% absorbed by the body.
Phosphate found naturally in foods is 60 – 70 % absorbed by the body.
Daily food intake
• Milk
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• Potatoes
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• Vegetables ___ ___
• Fruit
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• Grains
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• Meats
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• Fat
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Sample label for grains
1.Start here
• Watch serving size
2.Limit sodium
• Aim for less than
10% sodium
3.Limit fibre
• Aim for less than 3
grams (12%) fibre,
if phosphorus is not
listed on the label.
4.Limit phosphorus
• Aim for less than
6% phosphorus in
grains
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If you have any questions, please ask.
We are here to help you.
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Prepared by: Food and Nutrition Services
Designed by: Capital Health Library Services, Patient Education Team
Printed by: Dalhousie University Print Centre
The information in this brochure is provided for informational and educational purposes only.
The information is not intended to be and does not constitute healthcare or medical advice.
If you have any questions, please ask your healthcare provider.
LC85-0628 Revised April 2014
The information in this pamphlet is to be updated every 3 years.