Kidney Disease Research Updates
Winter 2009

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Featured in the NIDDK Reference Collection

Cooking and Kidney Disease

Brilliant Eats: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Anyone Who Wants to Be KidneyWise offers easy, delicious, and nutritious recipes for anyone who is interested in overall kidney nutrition. Author Kelly L. Welsh, R.D., C.D., writes, “Although every person with kidney disease needs an individualized diet, there are several nutrients that all renal diets consider: calcium and phosphorus, sodium, fluids, potassium, protein, and calories.” The book begins with general nutrition guidelines, and then offers specific information for patients who are predialysis, on hemodialysis, on peritoneal dialysis, or who have undergone a kidney transplant. The cookbook presents recipes organized into five sections: appetizers, salads, sides, entrees, and desserts. Each recipe includes the preparation time, number of servings, ingredients, preparation instructions, and nutritional information per serving, including calories, protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fats, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium. The book concludes with a reference section that offers a subject index, a refrigeration chart, a list of baking equivalents, garnishes, herbs, and a few lined pages for notes. The book is illustrated with brightly colored graphics and full-color photographs. The cookbook, copyright 2008, is published by the PKD Foundation and is available for $24.95. All proceeds support the PKD Foundation. To order a copy, contact CAM Inc., 9221 Flint, Overland Park, KS 66214, 1–866–524–6732, 913–381–7139 (fax), pkd@cam-inc.com. Online ordering is available at www.kidneywise.org.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Reference Collection is a free, online database that helps health care professionals, health educators, patients, and the general public find educational materials not typically referenced in most databases. The NIDDK does not control or endorse the information contained in this collection; the information is provided as a convenience to our visitors. To find more resources about kidney disease, visit www.catalog.niddk.nih.gov/resources.

NIH Publication No. 09–4531
March 2009

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