Nutrition and Hemodialysis

If you are receiving hemodialysis treatments, your diet is an impor- tant part of your overall care. This booklet will tell you about some things that are important to your diet including:

• getting the right amount of calories and protein staying at a healthy body weight
• other important nutrients in your diet
• sodium and fluids
• phosphorus and calcium I potassium
• vitamins and minerals
• handling special diet needs
• diabetes
• vegetarian diet
• how your nutritional health is checked
• other resources that can help you.

Click here to read more about Nutrition and hemodialysis (National Kidney Foundation)