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General Diet Information | Chronic Kidney Disease | Hemodialysis | Peritoneal Dialysis | Transplant | Pediaric Diet | Protein | Sodium | Potassium | Phosphorus | Fluids | Calories | Cholesterol | Diabetes and Sugar | Spanish Resources

General

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Nutrition Counter, http://www.aakp.org/brochures/nutrition-counter/

Life Options
Express Cooking
http://www.lifeoptions.org/stories/stories.php?story=l24

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Nutrition, Diet
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozTopic.cfm?topic=4

Chronic Kidney Disease

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/dsp_kidneyCats.cfm?cat=7

Hemodialysis

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Dialysis Diet
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/dsp_dialysisCats.cfm?cat=7

Life Options
Just the Facts: Fluid and Dialysis
http://www.lifeoptions.org/catalog/pdfs/teaching/Fluid.pdf
When Your Thirst Is at Its Worst
http://www.lifeoptions.org/stories/stories.php?story=l11

Kidney School
Nutrition and Fluids for People on Dialysis
http://www.kidneyschool.org/mod_09/mod09_01.shtml

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Dietary Guidelines for Adults Starting on Hemodialysis
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=178
Living Well on Dialysis: A Cookbook for Patients and Their Families
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=146

Peritoneal Dialysis

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Dialysis Diet
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/dsp_dialysisCats.cfm?cat=7

Kidney School
Nutrition and Fluids for People on Dialysis
http://www.kidneyschool.org/mod_09/mod09_01.shtml

Life Options
Just the Facts: Fluid and Dialysis
http://www.lifeoptions.org/catalog/pdfs/teaching/Fluid.pdf
When Your Thirst Is at Its Worst
http://www.lifeoptions.org/stories/stories.php?story=l11

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Living Well on Dialysis: A Cookbook for Patients and Their Families
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=146

Transplant

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Transplant Diet
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/dsp_transplantCats.cfm?cat=7

Pediatric Diet

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Pediatric Diet
http://www.aakp.org/aakp-library/dsp_pediatricCats.cfm?cat=7

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Nutrition for Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=94

Protein

 National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Enjoy Your Own Recipes Using Less Protein
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=59

Sodium

 National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Sodium and Your CKD Diet: How to Spice Up Your Cooking
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=175

Potassium

 National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Potassium and Your CKD Diet
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=103

Phosphorus

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Phosphorus and Your CKD Diet
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=101

Fluids

Life Options Just the Facts: Fluid and Dialysis
http://www.lifeoptions.org/catalog/pdfs/teaching/Fluid.pdf
When Your Thirst Is at Its Worst
http://www.lifeoptions.org/stories/stories.php?story=l11

Calories

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
How to Increase Calories in Your Diet
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=169

Cholesterol

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Cholesterol and Chronic Kidney Disease
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=55

Diabetes and Sugar

Kidney School
Nutrition and Fluids for People on Dialysis
http://www.kidneyschool.org/mod_09/mod09_01.shtml

Spanish Resources

Life Options
Información esencial: Líquido y diálysis
http://www.lifeoptions.org/catalog/pdfs/teaching/SP_Fluid.pdf National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Nutrition, Diet (Many articles are available in Spanish.)
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozTopic.cfm?topic=4