Why Choose Kidney Foodie Academy?
Reduce protein in your urine
And take pressure off your kidneys to prevent further damage
Prevent and treat metabolic acidosis
Which can improve potassium, protect muscles, improve insulin sensitivity, and reduce harmful inflammation
Lower your blood pressure
Which will protect both your kidneys and your cardiovascular system
Treat certain types of anemia
Which can help relieve you of fatigue, brain fog, and feeling out of breath.
Lower your A1C
Which will reduce your risk of diabetes complications such as retinopathy and nerve damage
Prevent CKD Bone and Mineral Disorder
Which can help prevent vascular calcification, osteoporosis, and other problems with your bones.
Lauren presents information in a way that is so easy to understand and apply to everyday life. I feel so much less stressed about what I can eat now.
What’s Included?
Access to our video and resource library covering all major nutrition strategies for CKD:
Video Library Topic List
Our VERY comprehensive library includes over 19 hours of content and 70+ videos covering the following topics:
- Potassium:
- What is potassium?
- Preparing for lab draws
- Constipation and high potassium levels
- Metabolic Acidosis and potassium
- Salt substitutes and potassium additives
- Potentially negative effects of low sodium and low potassium diets
- Potassium and Supplements and medications
- Including fruits and vegetables while managing potassium levels
- Food preparation methods that affect potassium
- Protein
- Protein and Kidney Pressure
- Protein and Metabolic Acidosis
- Protein and Uremic Toxins
- How much protein to eat (for people with CKD who do not have diabetes)
- What does 56g of protein look like?
- Sources of protein
- What to eat instead of protein
- Conflicting protein recommendations for CKD and diabetes
- How much protein to eat for people with CKD and diabetes
- Blood Pressure and Sodium
- Blood Pressure Medications
- Non-Medication Strategies to Lower Blood Pressure
- Understanding Sodium and the Recommendations
- Reducing Sodium Slowly
- Sodium and Dining Out
- Sodium and Packaged Foods
- Cooking Strategies to Manage Sodium
- Fluids, Sodium, and Blood Pressure
- Phosphorus
- Phosphorus and the Body
- Why your Phosphorus Lab is Misleading
- Natural Phosphorus vs Phosphorus Additives
- Phosphorus in Baking Powder
- Phosphorus and Digestive Enzymes
- Medications with Phosphorus
- Vitamins and Supplements
- Renal Vitamins for CKD
- Iron and CKD
- Calcium and CKD
- Omega-3s and CKD
- Probiotics and CKD
- Vitamin A and CKD
- Vitamin B12 and CKD
- Vitamin C and CKD
- Vitamin D and CKD
- Vitamin E and CKD
- Zinc and CKD
- Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping
- Building a Healthy Kidney Plate
- Including More Fats
- Grocery Shopping Food Guides (30+ lists!)
- 3 Day Meal Plan Download
- Energy Needs for CKD
- Using Food Trackers
- Finding Recipes
- Sample One Week Meal Plan #1 – Microwave Cooking Only
- Sample One Week Meal Plan #2 – Simple Recipes
- Sample One Week Meal Plan #3 – Gluten Free
- Sample One Week Meal Plan #4
- Sample One Week Meal Plan #5
- Sample One Week Meal Plan #6
- Sugar, Sweets, and CKD (Webinar Recording – 64 mins)
- Type 2 Diabetes
- What is Type 2 Diabetes
- Understanding Your Diabetes Numbers
- Understanding Hypoglycemia
- Glucose Monitors
- Understanding Insulin Resistance
- Conflicting protein recommendations for CKD and diabetes
- How much protein to eat for people with CKD and diabetes
- The Importance of Non-Starchy Vegetables
- Added Sugars and Refined Grains
- More Whole Foods and Less Processed Foods
- Should You Go Low Carb?
- Exercise & Diabetes
- Anemia & CKD Nutrition
- Macrocytic Anemia (Webinar Recording – 45 mins)
- Microcytic Anemia (Webinar Recording – 69 mins)
- Normocytic Anemia (Webinar Recording – 62 mins)
- Other Webinar Recordings:
- Finding the right dietitian – 53 mins
- Thyroid and CKD Nutrition – 30 mins
- Gout, Uric Acid, and CKD Nutrition – 67 mins
- How to use Cronometer – 91 mins
- Understanding eGFR – 66 mins
In just two months, my triglycerides have dropped 33% already and my fasting blood sugars have gone down 25 points and are almost in the normal range. The protein in my urine is finally low and my potassium is no longer high. I really can’t believe how much progress I’ve made in such a short time thanks to you.
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Your videos have been a life saver – literally! My GFR has gone up 10 points since I started changing my diet and I feel like I have so much more energy now. I’m feeling so much more optimistic now.
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