The renal diet limits foods high in sodium, potassium, phosphorus, and protein. Eating a low-salt diet helps lower blood ...

You should limit sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams daily to decrease fluid retention and blood pressure. Eat no more than ...

Eating the right foods may help you age healthfully, slow brain aging, impact gut health, and more. Now, new research names a specific diet that may lower the risk of kidney disease. Specifically, the ...

Plant-based diets are a hot topic in chronic illness management, but they are often misperceived as an eating pat-tern that ...

With chronic kidney disease (CKD), eating more protein than your kidneys can handle can raise waste products in your blood and strain kidney function. If you are not on dialysis, a low protein diet is ...

Hallie Levine is an award-winning health and medical journalist who frequently contributes to AARP, Consumer Reports, the New York Times, and Health.com. She lives in Fairfield, CT, with her three ...

In this Ask The Professor Q&A, David St-Jules, a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, and Dr. John Westhoff, associate professor in the School of Medicine and ...

Rates of chronic kidney disease have been rising quickly in the U.S. This diet could help lower your risk of developing it. A plant-based eating style called the EAT-Lancet diet can reduce the risk of ...

Kidney stone is a fairly common condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there are several causes of kidney stones, the primary risk factors include dehydration and a poor diet. Due ...

It's official: The ketogenic diet proved to be effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in the first randomized controlled clinical trial of ketogenic metabolic therapy for PKD. It's ...