Published Feb 16, 2006
mandymarie7791
31 Posts
I have been working on a hemodialysis diet for HOURS and I am getting nowhere I have the diet done. The problem is finding out how much sodium, potassium, and protein is in each item. For instance, breakfast- 6oz oatmeal, 1/4 c scrambled eggs, 1 slice of white toast etc... I cannot find the nutritional values of these foods anywhere and I am soooo frustrated. I have just wasted endless hours on this when I could have been studying HELLLLPPPP!!!!!
TexasPediRN
898 Posts
Nobody should be in tears over trying to figure something out!
Have you tried using the internet as a resource?
Here are some helpful links for you:
http://health.allrefer.com/health/kidney-diet-dialysis-patients-info.html#definition
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=73
I also recommend contacting a dietitian at a hospital, and seeing if they have any information that could help you.
As for counting calories/nutritional value:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000020.html
and click on 'online searchable data base of food"
Good luck!
VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN
49 Articles; 5,349 Posts
Here are some other very useful links:
Protein content in foods (very specific, in mg: 1st list alphabetic; second list sorted from greatest content to lowest):
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a203.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17w203.pdf
Sodium content (in mg: 1st list alphabetic; second list sorted from greatest content to lowest):
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a307.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17w307.pdf
Potassium content (in mg: 1st list alphabetic; second list sorted from greatest content to lowest):
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a306.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17w306.pdf
Phosphorus (in mg: 1st list alphabetic; second list sorted from greatest content to lowest):
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a305.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17w305.pdf
Calcium (in mg: 1st list alphabetic; second list sorted from greatest content to lowest):
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a301.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17w301.pdf
Calories (kcal):
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17a208.pdf
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/wtrank/sr17w208.pdf
Great general resource:
http://links.nephron.com/nephsites/adp/intro.htm
Hope this helps :)
Thank you very much Meghan and Vicky!!!!