43 | Nutrition and Kidney Disease: What's a Renal Diet?

Does the topic of nephrology and kidney function give you PTSD? For most of us in primary care, nephrology probably wasn’t your strong point in school. And even now in practice, if we’re being honest, we cringe if a patient asks us about a renal diet. What is a renal diet anyway? Is it the same as a kidney diet or a dialysis diet? Don’t worry friend, because today, I am joined by Renal Dietitian, Samantha Podob to break down the kidney diet and what role potassium, sodium and phosphorus have ...