Month: November 2011

Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating for Patients on Dialysis

Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating for Patients on Dialysis

By Margaret, DaVita dietitian in El Paso, Texas We’re all familiar with the busy schedule of the holiday season. We rush through shopping, decorating and holiday parties. On top of all that, there is an extra challenge: continuing healthy, safe eating habits during the holidays. 

Holiday Eating Tips for People on Dialysis

Holiday Eating Tips for People on Dialysis

After Halloween (and all the diet pitfalls that holiday brings), it seems there’s an array of foods tempting us to overindulge. Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and New Year’s Day all seem to revolve around traditions that include food. Because diet is so critical for people 

Happy Holidays Brunch for the Kidney Diet

Happy Holidays Brunch for the Kidney Diet

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or just enjoy all the festivities this time of year, our renal-friendly brunch menu and tasty recipes will make this holiday season more delightful. Many times people on a dialysis diet either feel they must deprive themselves of yummy 

Holiday Blues and Chronic Kidney Disease

Holiday Blues and Chronic Kidney Disease

Written by DaVita Social Worker Arlene Antonoff, LCSW, BCD The holiday season is here, along with the anticipation of seeing family and friends, exchanging gifts and sharing traditional foods. Movies and television programs will be showing holiday specials. Stores, shops and offices will be playing