SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH
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SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . 2 LABEL READING GUIDELINES . 3 BREADS . 4. CEREALS . 5 FRUIT AND JUICE . 6 VEGETABLES . 7 . MEAT AND ALTERNATIVES . .8 . DAIRY PRODUCTS AND DAIRY ALTERNATIVES . 9. DRINKS . 10 . SOUP AND BROTH . .11 . SNACKS . 11. CRACKERS AND COOKIES . .12 . DESSERTS AND CANDIES . 13. FATS . 14. SALT-FREE SEASONINGS . 14 SAUCES . 14. CONDIMENTS . 14. SEASONING & SPICES . 15. SUGAR & SWEETENERS . .15 . SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH FoodsNutrition You Information Can Eat The foods listed can be enjoyed by people with kidney disease . These foods are lower in sodium, potassium and phosphorus . As of August 2011, these foods fit the guidelines . Some foods listed in this document have brand names that are only found at certain stores . We have attempted Please be aware that companies can change to provide a list of the stores that carry the brands we ingredients at any time. The dietitians who suggest, but it will likely change over time . Be sure to made this list take no responsibility for changes check your local grocery stores, as well as natural and to food products, labels or ingredients. health food stores, for these product lines . This list is not an endorsement or promotion of these companies by the This guide is not to replace the advice of your health care BC Renal Agency . professional . If you have questions about any food, please check with your renal dietitian . Brand Name Where You Can Find It Save-On Foods, Overwaitea, If you are limiting your fluids, remember to follow the Dairyland® guidelines provided by your renal dietitian . Price Smart Foods, Coopers Eating Right™ Safeway™ For diabetic or heart healthy versions of this grocery list, Extra Foods, Superstore, please ask your renal dietitian . Foremost No Frills Great Value™ Walmart Marketplace IGA, Island Farms Thrifty Foods™ __________________________________________ Extra Foods, Superstore, Jersey Farms No Frills, Thrifty Foods™, Costco Lucerne® Safeway™ __________________________________________ Extra Foods, Superstore, No Name® No Frills President’s Extra Foods, Superstore, Choice®, Blue No Frills Menu TM Save-On-Foods, Overwaitea Western Family™ Pricesmart foods Ziggy’s Extra Foods, Superstore, Internationale™ No Frills Other Places To Try: Whole Foods, Choices, Planet Organic 2 SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH FoodsNutrition You Information Can Eat Sodium will always be listed on a nutrition label but potassium and phosphorus are NOT always listed on a label . If potassium or phosphorus are not listed it does not mean the food does not contain them. Another way to check if a food is high in potassium or phosphorus, is to check the Ingredient List . The first three ingredients in the list will be the highest amount in the food . Phosphorus can be found as an additive in many processed foods and drinks . These additives are absorbed very quickly into the blood and can cause your phosphorus levels to increase . Learn to read food labels and know the Step 1: ingredients. Manufacturers can change the ingredients Look for the serving size. in a product at any time, so it is important to check labels If you eat more than this, you will also often . be getting more of each nutrient . Avoid foods containing phosphorus additives . These can be identified on the ingredient list by the termphosph Step 2: as part of a word . Examples: Read the nutrient amounts. • Coca Cola Classic™: Ingredients: water, sugar/ It will be listed by weight or % Daily glucose-fructose, caramel colour, phosphoric acid, Value . natural flavour, caffeine . Step 3: • Aunt Jemima Original Pancake and Waffle Mix™: Ingredients: wheat flour, corn flour, sugar, Check the sodium content. monocalcium phosphate, dextrose, sodium Use the chart below to find out if the bicarbonate, salt, dried egg yolk, glucose solids, item has the correct amount of sodium . modified corn starch, color . To help reduce sodium • High Liner Frozen Cod Fish Fillets™: Ingredients: cod, water, sodium phosphate intake from processed foods, follow these guideline amounts: Most foods: less than 6-10% Frozen entrees: less than 25% Soups: less than 20% 3 SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH Foods You Can Eat TIP: Breads with sprouted grain, whole grain, BAGELS or multigrain may be higher in potassium • Dempster’s® Original and phosphorus . Please see the list • Olafson’s® Broadway Classic™ Original below for high fibre breads that are good • Olafson’s® Brooklyn Breakfast™– Original and whole choices . wheat BAGUETTE/DINNER ROLLS white, whole wheat, French, Italian, light rye, sourdough HIGHER FIBRE CHOICES BREAD COUNTRY HARVEST™ whole wheat, white, French, sourdough • 7 Grain™ *see list (right) for higher fibre breads • 12 Grain™ • Vitality 6 Nature Grains™ BREADCRUMBS • Vitality 14 Nature Grains™ • Vitality 100% Whole Wheat™ BREAD STICKS (unsalted) • Vitality Multigrain™ CROISSANTS DEMPSTER’S • Smart White Made With Whole Grain® ENGLISH MUFFINS • Smart 100% Whole Grain Wheat® • Oroweat®– Sourdough; Extra Crisp • WholeGrains 12 Grain® • President’s Choice® Original • WholeGrains Multigrain® • Healthy Way with ProCardio recipe 100% Whole HAMBURGER/HOT DOG BUNS Grain Wheat® white or whole wheat PRESIDENT’S CHOICE® BLUE MENU ™ OATMEAL MUFFIN MIXES BREAD • President’s Choice® Organics™– Apple Cinnamon, Oatmeal SILVER HILLS™ • Dr . Oetker Added Touch™– Fat Free Carrot, Fat • Little Big™ Free Lemon Poppy Seed • Marvelous Multi™ • Dr . Oetker Organic, Apple Cinnamon (Save On • Steady Eddie™ Foods organic section) • Chia™ • No Name – All Purpose, Oatmeal WESTERN FAMILY™ PITA BREAD • 100% Whole Wheat™ • Byblos Pita Pockets- Greek, whole wheat, white • Olafson’s® Original Greek Style Pita TACO SHELLS TORTILLAS • Casa Mendosa™ Whole Wheat Tortillas • Stonehedge Farms Tortillas – white; yellow corn • Old El Paso® Flour Tortillas • President’s Choice® Soft Flour Tortillas (Ancient Grain) 4 SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH Foods You Can Eat Alpha-Bits HIGHER FIBRE CHOICES CONTINUED... Cap’n Crunch® Corn Chex® (higher sodium) HOT Cornflakes CORNMEAL Corn Pops® Crispix® CREAM OF RICE Crunchy Corn, President’s Choice® Organics™ Fruity O’s, President’s Choice® or Western Family™ CREAM OF WHEAT Frosted Flakes® instant is higher in sodium, try the quick-cooking variety Honey Bunches of Oats, Post Honeycomb ROLLED OATS Kashi™ Flakes & Berries • Nature’s Path® Organic Instant Original Kashi,™ 7 Whole Grain Puffed • Nature’s Path® Organic Instant Apple Cinnamon Kashi,™ 7 Grain Honey Puffed • President’s Choice® Instant Life® Multigrains™ • Quaker™ quick cooking Puffed Rice Puffed Wheat STARCHES Rice Chex ®(higher sodium) Rice Krispies® (higher sodium) BARLEY Special K® (higher sodium) COUSCOUS (avoid packaged or seasoned mixes) PASTA (avoid packaged seasoned mixes) TIP: Dried Higher Fibre cereals may be higher in • All plain types potassium and phosphorus . Please see • Catelli® Healthy Harvest® Whole Wheat Pasta ® the list below for better high fibre cereal • Catelli Smart™ Pasta choices Fresh (NO spinach or flavoured) • Olivieri® linguini, fettuccini, beef tortellini • Western Family™ linguini, fettuccini, beef tortellini HIGHER FIBRE CHOICES • Ziggy’s Internationale™ linguini, fettuccini, beef Corn Bran Squares™ (higher sodium) tortellini Mini Wheats® RICE Kashi™, Bite Size Whole Wheat white or brown, avoid packaged seasoned mixes Kashi™, Organic Cinnamon Harvest Muffets® RICE NOODLES Post Grape-Nuts Flakes Quaker Oatmeal Squares™(higher sodium) Shreddies (higher sodium) TIP: Shredded Wheat White rice and pasta are very low in Special K® Satisfaction™ (higher protein, higher in sodium) phosphorus Weetabix® continued on right . 5 SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH Foods You Can Eat Apple Applesauce TIP: Apricots (1 fresh or canned, 4 halves) Most foods contain some potassium . A Blackberries large portion of a low potassium food Blueberries can make it a high potassium food . Boysenberries 1 serving = 1 medium fruit or ½ cup Casaba melon Cherries (10) If using canned fruit, drain juice and Coconut, fresh (1 piece 2”x 2”x ½”) discard to decrease fluid and potassium . Crabapples If you do not need to restrict potassium Cranberries in your diet you may be able to eat a Currants (red, white or black) Figs (fresh, 1 medium) wider variety of fruit . Check with your Fruit cocktail (canned in juice) dietitian . Gooseberries Grapefruit* *Some people have medication that should NOT be taken with grapefruit. Check with your pharmacist. JUICES Grapes (15) • Apple Kumquat (5) • Apricot nectar Lemon • Five Alive® Lime • Grape (canned, bottled) Loganberries (frozen) • Peach nectar Longans (15 fresh) • Pear nectar Lychees (10 fresh) • Pineapple Mandarin orange (canned or 1 medium fresh) • RW Knudsen® Maraschino cherries • Spritzers (lemon-lime, Jamaican-style lemonade) Passion fruit Peach JUICES LOWER IN POTASSIUM Pear (½ fresh or canned) Pear, Asian (1 medium) • Cranberry Persimmon (American) • Cranberry cocktail (CranRaspberry, CranGrape, Pineapple CranBlueberry) Plums (1 fresh or 3 canned) • Grape (frozen concentrate) Pomegranate (½ medium) (pomegranate juice is high in • Lemonade (homemade or frozen concentrate) potassium) • Limeade (homemade or frozen concentrate) Prickly pear Quince Rambutan (canned in syrup or 2 fresh) Raspberries Rhubarb WARNING: Strawberries People on dialysis should NOT eat Tangerine starfruit, also called carambola . Watermelon 6 SHOPPING GUIDE for KIDNEY HEALTH Foods You Can Eat Alfalfa sprouts Radicchio, raw Arugula (raw) Radish, raw Asparagus (cooked, not canned) Seaweed, kelp,