When Brittany Sparks, RDN, CSR, CDN, a private practice dietitian in Denver, Colorado, first started working in a hospital nutrition department over 15 years ago, a patient on dialysis who was ...

It's official: The ketogenic diet proved to be effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the first randomized controlled clinical trial of ketogenic metabolic therapy for PKD. It's ...

When you have CKD, your kidneys cannot filter sodium effectively, potentially leading to complications. Learn how much sodium you can still have in your diet.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Attendees were more likely to recommend plant-based cooking after the demonstration. Attendees suggested the ...

Can diets be modified to treat disease? In some cases, the answer may be yes. New research has determined that people who consume a ketogenic diet can improve kidney function in a type of kidney ...

Credit: istockphoto In addition to medications and diet, supplements may also play a supportive role in reducing uric acid levels. Uric acid in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) seems to be a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Healthy and overall plant-based diets had a lower risk of all-cause mortality. An unhealthy plant-based diet was ...

Source: Getty Images To improve patient outcomes, therapeutic diets need to be about nourishment, not restriction or fear. For decades, the “renal diet” has been a standard part of chronic kidney ...

Learn how diet affects calcium oxalate kidney stone risk, including hydration, calcium intake, sodium limits, and ...

Over 5 years, one group received pharmacologic treatment as usual, another used 2 to 4 cups of daily fruits and vegetables as treatment, and a third took oral capsules of NaHCO 3, or baking soda (to ...