Eating Well with Kidney Failure

Front Cover
Class Publishing Ltd, 2006 - Cooking - 230 pages

If you have kidney failure, you need to adapt and change what you eat. But, as this practical and exciting book shows, you don't need to go on a crash diet, or to deny yourself the foods you love - you just need to adapt your favourite recipes with kidney-friendly foods. You can eat well, enjoy your food, and give your body the nutrition it needs.

This brilliant book provides a clear guide to eating well with kidney failure, as well as a collection of more than fifty delicious recipes to show you how it all works in practice. The recipes have been analysed for their nutritional content and are coded to help you choose most appropriate dishes for your individual requirements.

The authors, all dietitians specialising in kidney failure, have more than 20 years experience and are passionate about helping you to enjoy your mealtimes, giving you:

- Plenty of hints and tips to help you eat in a healthy and enjoyable way.
- Advice on choosing meals, showing you step-by-step what to look for in takeaways and pre-packaged foods
- Over 50 delicious and attractive recipes, from quick snacks to special occasion meals
- Practical advice to help you to adapt your favourite dishes in a kidney-friendly way

 

Contents

Protein
13
Salt sodium
28
Vitamins minerals and supplements
48
Practical hints
61
Recipe coding
74
Pitta crisps with tzatziki
80
A trio of toasts
88
Meat and poultry
99
Vegetarian main dishes
113
Tabuleh
120
Side dishes
123
Desserts
129
Easy baking
139
Useful addresses
147
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2006)

Helena Jackson BSc, PgDip, MSc, RD, Specialist Renal Dietitian, St George's Hospital, London Gavin James BSc, MSc, RD, Clinical Services Manager, St George's Hospital, London

Bibliographic information