A Good Breakfast Recipe for CKD

I am just diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease, and my doctor tells me a healthy diet can help slow down the progression of my condition, but I don’t know how to arrange such a diet plan especially a breakfast. Can you tell me a good breakfast recipe for CKD?

These words come from one of our patient who is just diagnosed with CKD but still has many confusions about his diet. We know many other patients must be also faced with the same question. Therefore, today, we are here to give some suggestions to help them make a healthy breakfast.

Firstly, we need to make clear the principle requirements for their diet. Low salt, fat and sodium, more fruits and vegetables, and correct amount of water, are all worth getting our notice. According to these requirement, some breakfast recipes may be good for people with CKD. If you or your loved ones also have Chronic Kidney Disease, you can choose several foods from the following choices as your breakfast.

Drinks that are good for your health

● Milk especially skim milk and pure milk

● Fruit juice: cranberry juice, kiwi juice, apple juice, etc.

● Vegetable juice: celery juice, carrot juice, aloe juice, etc.

● Oatmeal

Staple foods

● Some types of breads: grilled low-salt flat bread, roasted onion garlic pizza, zucchini bread, etc.

● Sunshine French toast

● Breakfast sticky buns

● Scrambled egg muffins

● Pumpkin pancakes

Soups and salads

● Pasta salad

● Cobb salad

● Crunchy apple fennel salad

● Apple cranberry walnut salad

● Summer fruit slaw

Moderate amount of lean meat and fish

According to patients’ specific condition, some other foods may also add into their breakfast. A good diet plan indeed can assist the whole treatment but it can’t replace the medical treatment. To stop the progression of CKD completely, the effective treatment to protect remaining kidney function should also be sought.