ideas for cooking for a person with kidney problems

avoid salty foods. posting recipes is not allowed in my lot.

Dear dreamjapan, Your doctors should have told yo that with a 70% rate of kidney failure your husband will not recover but what you have to do is to maintain this rate and try not to let his kidneys get worse. If they get much worse then he will have to be on dialysis. What you should be doing is to restrict the amount of fluids that your husband drinks so that the kidneys do not have to work so hard. My husband had the same problem so I have had so more experience in this area. first, find out how much liquid your husband can safely have a day. See if you can buy Mrs. Dash seasonings anywhere in your country. these are tasty and salt free. Use a lot of garlic, tomatoes (natural salt) and onions for seasong. Give up soy sauce entirely. There is a vegetable sauce without salt. I don't think that I can say the name here but email me praivately and I will give you the name. take care and every best wishes to your husband

Sorry to learn that your husband has kidney trouble. I use a lot of herbs for seasoning. Check out vegetarian or vegan recipes too. I use a little hot sauce to enhence my recipes too. Jut enough to give the dish a little boost to help with the flavore. low sodium salad dressing. Ingredients 1/3 cup honey 1/3 cup canola oil 1/3 cup vinegar 1 teaspoon horseradish Directions 1Mix all ingredients in a container and shake well pour over your salad. http://www.recipezaar.com/Low-Sodium-Salad-Dressing-8492 You can make your own stock. http://www.culinarymusings.com/2007/10/low-sodium-vegetable-soup-stocks-for-the-low-salt-diet/ It's easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.

May be you can use extra lemon and he can get used to the taste.Normally they always advocate against preserved pickles, any preserved item[here the use of salt that is used as preservative is supposed to be potent].However, this is what doctors in our country say and in our country many people use freshly prepared food instead of using preserved, tinned food .Any sauce is bad they would say because it once again falls in the category of heightened salt. Go in for boiled stuff, [steamed with less salt and added lime juice'.Even sprouts can be had with lime and ginger and just a pinch of salt.If he does not have diabetes and there is no restriction on sugar intake, may be porridges would come in as a supplement. cucuber sliced and lemon added can be served without any dressing. Onions too. I can think of some oil free sweet items but they are so typically Indian and I do not know if you would be able to prepare that.

dreamjapan, I think you may try out some western style cooking and food preparation for a start. Just being careful with the salt and sauces is simply not enough to manage the condition and you need to be wary of the calories, proteins, carbohydrates and essential minerals management. There is a helpful website which you may want to refer for the various food and recipe ideas and I hope will be of help for the both of you as you all go about with the needed adjustments to lifestyle and diet. Ref: http://www.davita.com/ Take care and hope that your husband will recover in due time.

you can go online to check... i'm sure there will be many easy recepies that will be able to fill your stomachs. and also not cause so much harm to your bodies.;p i hope your husband is well... take care.

avoid red meat, beef to be specific, because of high protein byproduct. search the net for kidney friendly recipes or visit davita.