CKD and Dietary Recommendations
| Typical Dietary Recommendations for Chronic Kidney Disease Patients |
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| Protein: 0.6-0.8 g/kg/day |
| Sodium: <2 g/day (<6 g/day of salt) |
| Potassium: 40-70 mEq/day |
| Phosphate: 600-800 mg/day |
| Calcium: 1400-1600 mg/day (not to exceed 2000 mg/day) |
| Free water (in excess of urine output): 1-1.5 L/day |
Here is a great chart of dietary recommendations by the Cleveland Clinic’s Disease Management website. Over the next year I will find a way to make put this in a simple graphical form for our patients to help with some of their dietary questions.
-Adrian
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