Phosphorus in food

p3aul
p3aul Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My wife has stage 4 kidney disease. She must severely limit Potassium AND Phosphorus in here diet. Tyhe problem is nowhere can we find the amount of phosphorus in any food, prepared or natural. Even in lists of kidney diet foods none have lists of Phosphorus AND Potassium free or low amounts.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Paul

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  • Daisy_Girl2019
    Daisy_Girl2019 Posts: 209 Member
    Google renal diet, it should list foods to avoid.
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    CKD is quite an uphill battle in terms of dietary management...good luck
    Check out https://nutritiondata.self.com/ for ball park estimates of phosphorous (potassium & sodium) contents of food
  • onepebble
    onepebble Posts: 22 Member
    I this is a question for a professional who knows your wife. Can she get a referral to a dietitian?
  • Vune
    Vune Posts: 675 Member
    Your wife should have a registered dietitian specializing in kidney disease. Call her nephrologist today and get that referral in. Honestly, when I was on dialysis, I ate whatever I could keep down. A lot of low-nutrition convenience foods or porridge and the occasional bowl on lettuce, along with prescribed Ensure bars. I went from "we don't expect your kidneys to fail" to dialysis within months, so I don't remember stage 4 very well, but I imagine it was the stretch when I was having migraines with terrible motion sickness. It's a difficult time, waiting for the inevitable. I really think the dietitian can help make the transition easier. I took a ton phosphate binders on dialysis because I lost so much weight they just wanted me to eat.
  • candylilacs
    candylilacs Posts: 614 Member
    CKD diet?
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    edited April 2019
    candylilacs wrote: »
    CKD diet?

    Chronic Kidney Disease


    ..and, oh. Maybe you were making a suggestion rather than asking what it is. Oh, well.
  • suzannesimmons1
    suzannesimmons1 Posts: 58 Member
    A question for a professional not God knows who on a message board who does not know your wife's complex medical needs.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,111 Member
    The USDA nutrient database includes phosphorus information for whole foods (standard database).

    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,053 Member
    Vune wrote: »
    Your wife should have a registered dietitian specializing in kidney disease. Call her nephrologist today and get that referral in. Honestly, when I was on dialysis, I ate whatever I could keep down. A lot of low-nutrition convenience foods or porridge and the occasional bowl on lettuce, along with prescribed Ensure bars. I went from "we don't expect your kidneys to fail" to dialysis within months, so I don't remember stage 4 very well, but I imagine it was the stretch when I was having migraines with terrible motion sickness. It's a difficult time, waiting for the inevitable. I really think the dietitian can help make the transition easier. I took a ton phosphate binders on dialysis because I lost so much weight they just wanted me to eat.

    Hi Paul - another vote for the bolded. Best wishes to your wife!
  • peggy_polenta
    peggy_polenta Posts: 325 Member
    Does she have a Nephrology team that she works with? there is usually a dietitian on the team. not certain of the the health care system where you live, but she doesn't have a team, maybe try the national kidney foundation. they may be able to help or send some to talk about diet. here is a list of high phosphorous foods. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-high-in-phosphorus
  • Keto_Vampire
    Keto_Vampire Posts: 1,670 Member
    Yeah, worked with some Registered Dieticians before; they can definitely help you out/be useful in terms of making choices which she will more likely be compliant with. They are very familiar with CKD dietary restrictions
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