A revolutionary program that can indefinitely postpone the need for dialysis If you've been diagnosed with kidney failure, this book could save your life. If you suffer from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, or any of a host of conditions that put you at risk for kidney disease, you owe it to yourself to read what is in this book. If you are among the 60,000 North Americans who go on dialysis each year, the information in this book could substantially improve your quality of life. In Coping with Kidney Disease, a leading expert tells you, in plain English, what you need to know to: * Understand kidney failure * Recognize early warning signs of kidney failure * Get a proper diagnosis * Talk with your doctors about it * Confidently evaluate treatment options * Take charge of your treatment * Delay dialysis or even avoid the need for it altogether The centerpiece of Coping with Kidney Disease is Dr. Walser's revolutionary 12-step program for avoiding dialysis. Based on treatments he has pioneered with his own patients at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the program calls for a supplemented low-protein diet supported by treatments to control blood pressure and correct high cholesterol. So effective has this breakthrough strategy proven to be that in many patients it actually worked to slow or arrest the progression of kidney failure to the end stage. Knowledge is power. Coping with Kidney Disease empowers you with what you need to take charge of kidney disease.

Better eating for healthier kidneys — the renal diet cookbook and meal plan. While a kidney disease diagnosis can be overwhelming, you're not alone. Nearly 26 million adults are affected by chronic kidney disease, but there is hope: your diet. In the Renal Diet Cookbook, renal dietician Susan Zogheib, MHS, RD, LDN provides a 28-day plan to establish long-term dietary changes to slow the progression of kidney disease. She knows it can be confusing to figure out which foods to eat and which to avoid. In her comprehensive renal diet cookbook, she details weekly meal plans featuring recipes that keep your potassium, sodium, and phosphorous levels in check. The Renal Diet Cookbook removes the mystery and stress of figuring out what foods to eat, with: Targeted weekly meal plans to preserve your kidney health Recipe modifications for dialysis patients Helpful FAQs about managing chronic kidney disease Recipes in the Renal Diet Cookbook include: Strawberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast, Baba Ganoush, Roasted Beef Stew, Baked Mac and Cheese, Herb Pesto Tuna, Persian Chicken, Honey Bread Pudding, and much more! More than a recipe book, The Renal Diet Cookbook is your 28-day action plan to kick-start a kidney-healthy diet.

"This book explains why: low and very low protein diets and diet supplements may be harmful for some kidney patients; my 'smart diet' for chronic kidney disease (CKD) can help you live longer and slow the loss of your kidney function; your kidney function number, for most patients, should not be serious a concern; for the small percentage of CKD patients who need it, a later start of dialysis may be best" -- Back cover.

Stopping Kidney Disease is the most comprehensive guide to understanding how your kidneys work and how to make your remaining kidney function last as long as possible. Lee Hull wrote this book to share what he has learned after living successfully with incurable kidney disease for over twenty years.

The Handbook of Chronic Kidney Disease Management focuses on practical aspects of managing patients with mild to moderate Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), incorporating the expertise of cardiologists, endocrinologists, general internists, and nephrologists. Chapters include case vignettes and management algorithms, and treatment recommendations reconcile recently published clinical guidelines from NKF, AHA, NCEP, and ADA. In addition, treatment recommendations in this handbook take into account the realities of reimbursements in the U.S.

Save Your Kidneys Second Edition, is a book in English language for the prevention of kidney diseases and education of kidney patients. Incidence of kidney diseases is increasing very fast and awareness about same is very low in society. Cost of therapy of advance stage of chronic kidney diseases is prohibitively high. So prevention and early diagnosis is the need. Save Your Kidneys is a complete, compact and practical guide on all major kidney problems written by Nephrologist Dr. Edgar V. Lerma, Dr. Sanjay Pandya, Elizabeth Angelica Lapid-Roasa, Coralie Therese C. Dioquino-Dimacali, Filipina Cevallos Schnabel, Contents of this book are divided in to two groups. First part contains all basic information about kidney and major kidney diseases as well as their prevention. First part is aimed for all those individuals who value awareness. Second part contains basic information about early diagnosis, care and treatment of common kidney diseases, which every patient and their family needs to know. Book is prepared with long experience of authors to treat kidney patients. So this book will provide answers of all common questions frequently asked by kidney patients about their diseases and normal individual about prevention of kidney problems. Highlights of the Book: Easy to read - aimed to provide up-to-date and practical information about kidney diseases. Simple guidelines that everyone must know to keep kidneys healthy. Simple tips on how to recognize warning signs of kidney diseases to enable an early diagnosis. Practical and detailed treatment advice for a person with chronic kidney diseases, helping delay dialysis or even avoid it altogether. Detailed explanation of dietary selections and restrictions for patients with kidney failure.