KIDNEYS WEAK? POTASSIUM MUST BE REDUCED
 If you have had diabetes for a long time, you may not know you have FAILING KIDNEYS so here's a list of What NOT to eat to limit DAMAGE TO THEM!

The suggestions and lists below are some high and low potassium foods.

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Food Type	Tip
Fruit	Choose apples, berries or grapes, instead of bananas, oranges or kiwi. Select watermelon, instead of cantaloupe or honeydew. Eat peaches, plums or pineapple, instead of nectarines, mangos or papaya. Choose dried cranberries, instead of raisins or other dried fruit. Drink apple, cranberry or grape juice, instead of orange juice or prune juice.
Vegetables	Choose green beans, wax beans or snow peas, instead of dried beans or peas. Prepare mashed potatoes or hash browns from leached* potatoes, instead of eating baked potato or French fries. Use summer squashes like crookneck or zucchini, instead of winter squashes like acorn squash. Cook with onion, bell peppers, mushrooms or garlic, instead of tomatoes, tomato sauce or chili sauce.
Dairy	Prepare pudding with nondairy creamer, instead of eating yogurt or pudding made with milk. Enjoy sherbet, sorbet or a Popsicle®, instead of ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Miscellaneous	Choose vanilla- or lemon-flavored desserts, instead of chocolate desserts. Eat unsalted popcorn or pretzels or rice cakes, instead of nuts or seeds.

High-potassium foods

Limit or avoid high-potassium foods.

Food Type	High-potassium foods
Fruits	Avocados Bananas Cantaloupe Dried fruits Honeydew Kiwi Mangos Oranges & orange juice Papaya Prune juice
Vegetables	Artichoke Dried beans and peas Pumpkin Potatoes, French fries Spinach (cooked) Sweet potatoes Tomatoes, tomato sauce Vegetable juices Winter squash
Dairy	Ice cream Milk Yogurt
Miscellaneous	Chocolate Molasses Salt substitute Seeds and nuts

Low-potassium foods

Food Type	Low-potassium foods
Fruits	Apples Berries Fruit Cocktail Grapes Lemon Peaches Canned Pears Pineapple Plums Watermelon
Vegetables	Carrots Cabbage Cauliflower Cucumber Eggplant Green beans Lettuce Onion Summer squash Sweet peppers
Dairy substitutes	Nondairy creamers Nondairy whipped topping Rice milk (unenriched) Sorbet or Popsicle®
Snacks	Jelly Beans Hard candies Plain donuts Popcorn (unsalted) Pretzels (unsalted) Red licorice

Grains

Starch found in sources such as rice, noodles and pasta can be healthy for those needing to consume a low-potassium diet, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Choose refined-grain foods over whole-grain foods, which are higher in potassium. If you want potatoes, learn to leach potassium out, instructions at bottom* of page

What is potassium and what does it do in the body?

Potassium is a mineral that controls nerve and muscle function. The heart beats at a normal rhythm because of potassium. Potassium is also necessary for maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance and pH level.

In order for potassium to perform these functions, blood levels must be kept between 3.5 and 5.5 mEq/L. The kidneys help keep potassium at a normal level.

When is potassium too low or too high?

Low potassium

Potassium comes from the foods we eat. Healthy kidneys remove excess potassium in the urine to help maintain normal levels in the blood.

Because most foods have potassium, ---low potassium (called hypokalemia) is uncommon in people who eat a healthy diet.

Some of the effects of low potassium include muscle weakness, cramping and fatigue.

High potassium

When kidneys fail they can no longer remove excess potassium, so the level builds up in the body. High potassium in the blood is called hyperkalemia, which may occur in people with advanced stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Some of the effects of high potassium are nausea, weakness, numbness and slow pulse.

For people with stage 5 CKD (also known as end stage renal disease or ESRD), dialysis is necessary to help regulate potassium. Between dialysis treatments, however, potassium levels rise and high-potassium foods must be limited.

Have your potassium levels checked regularly and ask your renal dietitian or doctor about your potassium results.

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How to prevent potassium levels from getting too high

Here are things you can do to keep your potassium at safe levels:

• Talk to your renal dietitian about creating an eating plan.

• Limit foods that are high in potassium. Means learn the LIST!!

• Limit milk and milk products or replace with nondairy substitutes.

• Discard liquids from canned fruits and vegetables.

• Avoid salt substitutes and other seasonings with potassium.

• Read labels on packaged foods and avoid potassium chloride.

• Pay attention to serving size.

• *RENAL DIABETICS need to LEACH their POTATOES with a two-boil. Ridding them of POTASSIUM,
  
• SEE: http://www.davita.com/recipes/vegetables/garlic-mashed-potatoes/r/5026
  

 

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