Potassium disorders are one of the most common electrolyte abnormalities in patients with
chronic kidney disease (CKD), contributing to poor clinical outcomes. Maintaining serum …

Potassium-rich foods might provide many health benefits even to people who have declining
renal function. The barrier to obtaining these health benefits has long been the concern over …

Diet therapy for hyperkalemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is at a crossroads: many
researchers and clinicians are no longer recommending the low-potassium diet, which has …

Traditionally, diets for kidney disease were low in potassium. This recommendation was
based on outdated research and often wrong assumptions that do not reflect current …

There are data demonstrating that ingestion of potassium-rich foods reduces the incidence
of stroke, hypertension, nephrolithiasis, and osteoporosis. Dietary-consumption data …

In patients with advanced-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), progressive kidney function
decline leads to increased risk for hyperkalemia (serum potassium> 5.0 or> 5.5 mEq/L) …

Objective Low-potassium diets are recommended to reduce serum potassium (Sk) and
prevent complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but evidence underpinning this …

Objective Low-potassium diets are recommended to reduce serum potassium (Sk) and
prevent complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but evidence underpinning this …

Objective Several recent publications, including an expert summary on hyperkalemia
management, have encouraged plant-based foods for patients with chronic kidney disease …

The advent of new potassium binders provides an important breakthrough in the chronic
management of hyperkalemia for people with CKD. In addition to the direct benefits of …