With all the talk of dialysis, transplants, and treatments for comorbidities, living with chronic kidney disease can be overwhelming. When it comes to your diet, it takes more than a few substitutions to produce real change—and most people need help getting there. Following her bestselling Renal Diet Cookbook, Susan Zogheib takes renal health repair to the next level in the Renal Diet Plan & Cookbook: The Optimal Nutrition Guide to Manage Kidney Disease. With practical guidance that goes beyond kidney disease management, Zogheib offers an empowering, results-oriented renal diet cookbook with diet plans and recipes that help your kidneys work more effectively, allowing you to avoid more invasive options like dialysis or transplants. This renal diet cookbook delivers simple, effective nutritional solutions to get started right away. -- Publisher's description.

Your kidneys, your health. Understanding kidney disease ; Empowered eating for healthier living ; The renal diet meal plans -- Kidney-friendly recipes. Seasonings, sauces, and condiments ; Smoothies and drinks ; Breakfast ; Snacks and sides ; Soups and stews ; Salads ; Vegetarian dishes ; Seafood dishes ; Poultry and meat dishes ; Desserts -- Appendix A: measurement conversions -- Appendix B: the dirty dozen and the clean fifteen.