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Understanding Potassium on Nutrition Labels
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By Fiona Bellefeuille, Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash You may have noticed that potassium […]
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Guest Blog post by Shirley (member of KidneyConnect.ca)
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Modifying Chinese Food to Fit a Renal Diet
This is a guest blog by Leah Butcher, dietetic summer student at Kidney Foundation of Canada We know that there […]
Spotlight on phosphorus: the nutrition facts table’s missing mineral
This is a guest blog by Emily Robins, Dietetic Intern, Grand River Hospital – Kitchener, ON Over the past four […]
A happy and healthy holiday season!
As the holidays draw ever nearer (and my list of things to do seems to get longer) food is constantly […]
Is there a banana hiding in your sandwich?
There aren’t too many “nutrition emergencies” in the hospital setting. But when a patient has a critically high potassium level […]
Respect the renal diet!
Every once in a while I hear something that really sticks with me. Today I met with a lovely patient […]
