News & Views News& Views Free New Recipe Book Urges People to be Kind
to their Kidneys Food lovers with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) can now benefit from a free, new, simple to follow cookbook with more than 30 mouth-watering recipes. From rice fishcakes for starters, to a main of stir fried pork with noodles and a dessert of spiced baked apple, each recipe is designed to be low in phosphates, nitrates and potassium to help kidney patients.
The recipe book ‘Food for Thought’ features kidney-kind recipes created specifically for people with CKD. Simple, yet tasty, the meals are ideal for sharing with family and friends.
Fiona Loud, Chair of the Kidney
Alliance, who has lived with CKD for 20 years, said: “A renal diet is vital for helping to preserve kidney function for as long as possible – and it doesn’t have to be bland and tasteless. This recipe book has been created for people like me with CKD, but the food is so delicious you won’t mind sharing it with others who don’t have the disease. Each recipe has its own nutritional data as well, so it’s easy to keep track of your salt intake.”
Over the years I have hunted through reams of cookbooks and struggled to adapt countless recipes so it’s fantastic to have easy to follow recipes all in one place.”
This is the second edition of the
cookbook, produced by the National Kidney Federation (NKF) and supported by an educational grant from Amgen Ltd. CKD is defined by kidney damage and impaired kidney function that progresses
over time. When the kidneys fail, dialysis or a kidney transplant are the only remaining treatment options. Around one in 10 people in the UK have
CKD and the incidence increases with age.1 Early diagnosis is vital and can help prevent the disease from worsening.
Timothy Statham, Chief Executive of the National Kidney Federation, said: “Diet plays a crucial role in the treatment of kidney disease. Following a special diet can seem overwhelming at first and we are often asked for tasty recipe ideas so we are delighted to be involved with this book.
It’s a really useful resource for both patients and dietitians and shows that making small changes can make a big difference to how you eat. Everyone needs to look after their kidneys and this recipe book is full of delicious ideas that everyone can enjoy.”
To download the free recipe book, please visit the National Kidney Federation (NKF) website on
www.kidney.org.uk. For hard copies, please contact the NKF team directly at:
nkf@kidney.org.uk or call:01909 544 999.
Reference: 1. National Kidney Federation (NKF). Chronic kidney disease (CKD), 2011. Available online at
http://www.kidney.org.uk/Medical-Info/ckd-info/#common [Last accessed: February 2012].
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Researcher Develops Toolkit to Improve Health of Homeless
A dietitian at Edge Hill University has designed an innovative new resource to help improve the health of homeless people in the UK.
Dr Anne Coufopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Health and Registered Dietitian, has written the guidance Food, Nutrition and Homelessness in conjunction with Dr Kathleen Mooney, Lecturer in Nutrition and Registered Nutritionist at Liverpool Hope University.
It has been developed for the
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Queen’s Nursing Institute’s (QNI) Opening Doors Project, which aims to improve the health of homeless people and
families.The resource will be used by their national network of over 600 nurses and other health professionals.
The purpose of the toolkit is to help
these practitioners working with homeless individuals and families to recognise and screen for nutritional deficiencies and malnutrition.
Dr Coufopoulos, whose research
focuses on nutrition and inequality, commented: “To me, it is important that research has a real world impact and the potential to make a difference, particularly for those groups in society often marginalised. I’m pleased that my latest project will help improve the health of the homeless.
Routine screening for malnutrition in
high-risk groups, such as the homeless, should be a priority. Unfortunately the homeless are often a group who are
'hidden' or overlooked in tackling
malnutrition.The development of this toolkit will hopefully assist practitioners in recognising and screening for nutritional need amongst single homeless and homeless families.”
The toolkit looks at a healthy diet
and the key issues and barriers faced by the homeless in the context of food and healthy eating. There is also a discussion of malnutrition among the homeless population and the tools that can be used for nutrition screening. The guidance also uses a case study to illustrate how the screening and malnutrition tools can be used by nurses in their day-to-day work.
Jo Fitzpatrick, QNI’s Project
Manager, said: “This guidance addresses an important knowledge gap and is the only publication of its kind that talks about dealing with malnutrition in the homeless population. Nutrition is so important for this client group and this guidance is specifically tailored to their needs.”
For information on how to obtain
a copy of the pack, please visit the website:
www.qni.org.uk/news/93.
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