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Current kidney nutrition guidelines (the 2020 KDOQI Guidelines) state to adjust dietary intake according to labs. Many people with CKD especially in stage 3 have no issues with elevated potassium or phosphorus - usually this doesn’t come into play until GFR <30. But, I notice that it’s common for providers to tell patients to avoid high potassium/phosphorus foods even when it’s not necessary.

And even then - it’s NOT food like beans, nuts, tomato, banana, etc that are the problem.

Phosphorus is only 20-50% bioavailable in plant food sources, however it is highly bioavailable as a food additive (such as phosphorus acid in colas). For our patients with high serum phosphorus, we should be foc

I’m a one person show and I have a publicly listed phone number for my business (a Google voice number). That said, I really don’t like taking unscheduled phone calls from unfamiliar numbers or playing phone tag trying to call back someone who left a message. I also just prefer written communication in general to ensure there is a clear record of any conversations.

What I’m thinking of doing is continuing to make my email address publicly available, and for any interested new clients wanting to speak with me must book a time on my calendar. Anyone else currently use this process and have you found it to be a positive change in your business?

I am so embarrassed - been sitting for a year and have never done this before. I promise myself on being very responsible and reliable. Yesterday I had 14 drop in visits scheduled and I completely missed the very last one. It’s a cat I visit twice daily and I had already seen her in the morning. It wasn’t until I arrived today that I realized I never sent the owners an update last night, at first I was like “whoops I forgot to sent them an update” but then I realized I actually had no photos of her on my phone from last night - which is weird because I always take a ton. I mentally retraced my steps and realized I actually just went home after my 2nd to last visit instead of going to see thi

I’m working on a site where we are changing the theme and using Elementor to create a number of a new templates (header, footer, archives). Most of the static websites pages are being reformatted and redesigned with Elementor as well.

Currently I have a staging site where I’ve changed the theme to Hello Elementor and started creating some templates to see how they fit the new layout of the site, but I’m wondering about the pages I’m redeveloping with Elementor. Currently I have created these in the staging site to see how they look with the new layout. Should I be replicating these redesigned pages in production and then just connect all the new pages to the navigation menus when it’s time

I am a dietitian who works with kidney disease patient and I find that the average person 1) has no idea what the kidneys do and how important they are, and 2) have little understanding of just how challenging it can be to live with kidney disease.

Here are a few more kidney facts:

• Not only do the kidneys filter waste in the body, they balance electrolytes, maintain acid-base balance, balance blood pressure, and make hormones that keep the bones strong & stimulate production of red blood cells (preventing anemia).
• The top two causes of kidney disease are diabetes and high blood pressure, but it can have many other causes including genetic and autoimmune conditions. Black and Hispanic Am

In an RD Facebook group I’m in, someone posted about a coworker finding a profile for herself on the Fay website - despite never signing up for their services. Another commenter who does actually work for Fay contacted them about it and they were told “We’re launching an ability for people to claim their own profiles if they have been pre-approved or identified as high performing RDs. They can go to the Fay website to claim their profile.”

Is this NOT super sketchy and possibly illegal?? I have my own practice and I would not want “my profile” including my name, credentials, and photo randomly showing up on some other website.

Hi, I’m a dietitian and I work with patients who need to be mindful of specific food additives. I’m looking for info on what brands (and what specific products) are used for the non-dairy milk options. Appreciate any intel on this! TH website was no use.

I’m in a Facebook breast reduction group and I was really bothered when I posted my before/afters (expressing excitement about my results) and people said things like “they looked great before too!” I think we’ve all gotten those comments irl, people being dumb and saying things like “why would you want to get rid of your boobs, people pay money for those.” But I was just especially perturbed to see this in this group of people, people that I assume understand the struggle well and probably also have complex feelings about their boobs.

Commenting that the “before” looks nice may be well-intentioned, but still kinda comes across in a way that makes me uncomfy. Because how they LOOKED before