National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has educational information on diet and kidney disease. Please contact Patty McCormac at
patty.mccormac@kidney.org to ask for brochures on specific nutritional topics.
Other resources
www.davita.com/diethelper
DaVita Diet Helper -- This site helps patients plan, prepare and track their kidney-friendly meals, depending on their particular diet prescription. The site also has a number of helpful links found at the bottom of the page.
Main phone: 1-800-244-0680
Contact page:
http://www.davita.com/about/contact/
www.culinarykidneycooks.com
Culinary Kidney Cooks -- These cookbooks are excellent resources for anyone suffering End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and any patient who is on dialysis. These kidney-friendly meals are designed to be flavorful and tasty-- a real improvement on typically bland renal diets.
Main phone: (714) 842-4684
Email inquiries:
Eric.Brooks@CulinaryKidneyCooks.com
www.amazon.com
My Renal Life - Gloria Ann Jeff-Moore
This book is to give fellow dialysis patients and pending dialysis patients an insight on the importance of following a reanl diet and their medication regiment. The education section of this book will help in grasping an understanding of what foods can benefit or be harmful to a renal diet. You'll learn that the renal diet is quite complex.
List of Cookbooks for Kidney Patients
A list of cookbooks and free online downloads offered by the NKF, with a brief description and how to order them.