Have Kidney Disease? Try These 5 Tips to Follow the Renal Diet

The renal diet is designed for those with chronic kidney disease or kidney failure to ensure their kidneys function properly and protect them from further damage. Additionally, the renal diet can help maintain healthy blood pressure and reduce the risk of diabetes. Those without kidney concerns shouldn’t follow the renal diet as it will exclude nutrient-rich foods your body can benefit from. 

Foods included in the renal diet for kidney disease have limited potassium, phosphorus, protein and sodium. (Not that those who have dialysis included in their treatment have different needs.) This article explains the renal diet for those with kidney disease and not on dialysis. 

There are still plenty of delicious and renal-diet-compliant meals. Here’s what you need to know about the renal diet and how to follow it. 

For more on organ health, find out which foods you should eat for kidney, lung and heart health. 

What is the renal diet?

One of the functions of the renal diet is to control how much nutrients come into the body. I know how that sounds;…