A low-protein vegetarian diet is feasible and safe in patients with CKD stages 3-5, showing beneficial effects without increasing the risk for malnutrition.

The renal diet is an eating plan that promotes kidney health and slows kidney damage. The kidneys are a pair of organs that reabsorb nutrients from the diet and filter out waste. A person’s diet ...

From celebrity endorsements to social media transformations, the keto diet appears to be a miracle solution for weight loss. However, what the dramatic photos of before and after do not reveal is a ...

A single-centre study explores a plant-based diet in CKD and its role in preventing malnutrition–inflammation complex syndrome. Learn more about the findings.

Beyond broad recommendations for recurrent kidney stone prevention, clinicians and renal dietitians can create personalized plans.

Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause complications such as chronic kidney disease and increase the risk of death due to cardiovascular diseases. Lifestyle modifications, such as adopting a diet ...

What is a kidney stone? A kidney stone is a solid mass made from crystals that separate from urine. Stones form when certain minerals and salts in urine begin to crystallise. In many cases, the body’s ...

When Annabelle Pleskoff was 15, she woke up before school one morning with severe pain radiating from her right side. After hours of persistent throbbing, she went to the emergency room, where doctors ...

A March 4 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a woman in a white lab coat pulling and rubbing her ears while touting the supposed health benefits of doing so. “The ear is the sensory ...

A single-patient case study raises concerns about the carnivore diet’s impact on kidney stone risk—does cutting out plants do more harm than good? Case Study: You are what you eat—should it be all ...

You may not be able to sell your kidney stone for $15,000, like Gene Simmons of Kiss did on eBay. But if you're diagnosed with these painful pebbles, you'll join the ranks of millions of others who ...