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FOODS
List of Low Protein Foods provided by Gayle

Blueberry and cranberry are especially useful for kidney health. Northland brand is delicious. Dilute 2 ounces in 1 ounce of mineral water. Even better is to freshly juice in season cranberries.

Bread non yeasted breads like Spelt bread can be purchased online from Pacific Bakery. They have a variety of non-yeasted breads such as Spelt, Rice, Rye, or Kamut; Rebates and deals; nutritional info; recipes spelt and spreads and purchase an informative Video on How to bake Non Yeasted Breads.

Spelt flour is available in the USA from purity foods. Purity Foods is located in Okemos, Michigan USA. Spelt can be found at local health food stores.

Parsley is useful to lower blood pressure. Chew a few freshly grown sprigs. It will need to be planted each year.
Garlic is another food that helps lower blood pressure, maintain alkalinity, and limit an increase in disease forming bacteria.

Cheese low Phosphorus developed by Nephrologists called Dairy Delicious link is from JC

Soups frozen vegan by Tabatchnick. Some Organic Soups; some low sodium soups.
Vegetarian Entrees special diets like all veggie frozen-Taste- like-Chicken-Nuggets from Gardenburgers Soy Free foods are here.
Amy's organic frozen entrees, low sodium Celiac Disease, Vegetarian soups. Carefully check all ingredients. Avoid soy and dairy with liver cysts.

Mulungai or drumstick plant is said to be very useful as a solution to world hunger. This vegetable is said to give protein to the body in a very digestible plant form. It is also called Moringa.

Saffron organic is available for about $35 for a huge tin which lasts about two months. This is a useful herb for liver cysts, lowering blood pressure, and encouraging clotted constricted vessels to lay down new pathways.

Salt Himalayan Pink crystal salt Halite also known as Himalayan crystal salt is a wonderful salt for those times when you need to use a touch. When combined with a natural artesian water filtered through layers of volcanic rock, one drop provides bodies with 84 essential minerals in the exact proportions that are needed by the body. It is said to have stored sunlight within its crystals. Here is a recipe for solé. To buy different forms of halite. Halite is useful for energy work. Most of this information is from the German book: Water and Salt the essence of Life.

Tupelo honey has a different molecular structure, higher in the ratio of levulose than any sweetener; thus it will never granulize. Its sugar structure is so different it bypasses the liver and is easily absorbed. It is one honey I consistently test alkaline and I experience no mood swings, headaches, or liver pains. It does not elevate my cholesterol. This was first harvested by Creek Indian tribes near what is now the southeastern states of Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Florida. The bee honey utilizes the nectar from the high black gum tree flowers that grows along river banks. Here is a map of where tupelo honey might be harvested based on the location of gum trees within the United States. Lanier is one company selling tupelo honey. I have heard it can be found at health food stores, Safeway, and bee apiary farms. Another delightful honey I have found in Europe is Linden flower honey, also a tree flower honey.
Thyme flowers make a delightful tea, a pleasant aromatic honey. Thyme can provide some antiseptic properties as well. Thymol is made from thyme.

BREAD BAKERS COOKBOOKS
Bread Alone by Daniel Leader This has many recipes for non-yeasted spelt breads.

Whole Grains Sourdough Bread Video very informative for anyone serious about baking non-yeasted spelt bread. Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book can be found at the same site.

RAW UNCOOKBOOKS
Raw The Uncook Book by Juliano Brotman. This one has a recipe for essene bread that is sunbaked by using sprouted grains.
Raw by Roxanne Klein, Charlie Trotter. I have had the pleasure of eating at Roxanne's in Larkspur, California - a delightful culinary experience that is well equal to any fine dining experience in Europe. These meals take a long time to prepare.They are made totally from raw nuts, vegetables, fruits, and sprouted grains with all the remaining enzymes still active and abundant. Roxanne has closed her restaurant but still has take out, equally delicious.

VEGETARIAN COOKBOOKS
The Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison (a favorite cookbook that I am constantly reaching for.) I enjoy her cookbooks immensely. She encourages the reader to make use of readily available ingredients substituting if you are unable to find a particular item. The salads are delicious.
Vegetarian suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen by Deborah Madison
Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen by Deborah Madison
Field of Green: New Vegetarian Recipes from Greens restaurant by Annie somerville

The Savoury Way by Deborah Madison

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison A very thick vegetarian cooking book that has many vegetables listed and ways to cook them. She is my favorite cookbook author and Greens Restaurant in Ft Mason in San Francisco is a must for me whenever I visit the Bay Area. For a review of this book click here.

VEGAN COOKBOOKS - HEART HEALTHY
Millennium Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegan Cuisine by Eric Tucker. This cookbook uses seitan, wheat and soy products (I avoid soy seitan and wheat as it makes my liver cysts grow). It is heart healthy vegan dishes.This is the number one favorite restaurants of vegetarians in the USA. My personal favorite is Fleur de Lys in San Francisco on Sutter Street and Greens Restaurant in San Francisco. Charlie Trotters Vegetables by Charlie Trotter. Plan on spending all day preparing these recipes. They are delicious but require planning.

KIDNEY COOKBOOKS
Cookbook Dialysis
Cookbook Renal
or download a copy of a Renal Cookbook

 

LOW PROTEIN COOKBOOK USED BY DR. WALSER
Low Protein for PKU. Though this book is written for PKU, the recipe are useful for a very low protein diet. This is the book renal dieticians used for recipes for 22 gram protein diet supplemented with essential amino acids from Dr. Walser's program at Johns Hopkins.

 

DR. WALSER'S BOOK ON SLOWING DOWN DECLINING KIDNEY FUNCTIONING LATE
COPING WITH KIDNEY DISEASE by Mackenzie Walser MD Johns Hopkins University Professor of Medicine. – a review
Coping with Kidney Disease is a useful, well-written and helpful book when one is approaching dialysis or transplant. It is written for the layperson, however parts are technical. Precise directions are given as to how one can go about arresting the downward progression of kidney disease once protein appears in the urine. Limiting protein to 22 grams each day or 0.3 grams per kilogram of body weight, supplementing with essential amino acids, and maintaining alkalinity accomplishes this. I have seen this work with one extremely well motivated individual. If dropping the daily protein intake before nephrotic syndrome develops is helpful, has not yet been established. The book uses sodium bicarbonate to correct acidosis. A better alternative alkalizer might be sodium citrate. Several unique observations are made by Dr. Walser
• nausea and vomiting is associated with anemia
• leg cramps - itching is when the body is too acid
He corrects anemia early so it does not lead to LVH left ventricular hypertrophy. I would add when taking iron tablets take an all natural rose hips vitamin C for increased iron absorption. He goes over medications including many OTC’s that can precipitate a decline in kidney functioning. Very interesting reading email
Reverse Aging by Sang Whang - a review
This book has an alternative to eating alkaline or to supplementing with potassium citrate or nettle extract by drinking alkaline corrected tap water. I have yet to try a water ionizer. He writes about a far infrared device and the use of acid water to wash. Farmers dip fruits and vegetables in acid waters to keep them crisper. I found this interesting since most of the books on youthful skin talk of using acid solutions. His explanation seems plausible - that the skin needs the added acidity to keep bacteria from invading and penetrating the skin. email
An Apple a Day - Is it enough today? by M.Ted Morter, Though it is about an alkaline diet, it is not geared specifically to kidney or liver disease.

NUTRITIONAL DATABASE
Bowes & Church's Food values of portions commonly used. By Pennington & Bowes
USDA national nutrient database for an online search.

LINKS
PKDiet web site listing a program to try with dietary changes, lifestyle changes for individuals with cystic organs —kidney, liver, Caroli's, medullary sponge kidney, PKD, PLD, and more.

last updated: Sunday, July 6, 2008 6:51 PM