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Originally Posted by jazzy75149
before my doctors put me on a low protein diet due to bad kidney bloodwork.
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Ask the doctor if this means low ANIMAL protein, or if he would like you to restrict plant based proteins (beans, quinoa, soy) as well. Plant based proteins can fill you up for fewer calories & fat than an animal protein will.
You should be watching your sodium as well. 1500mg or less. I can give you some tips/tricks for this:
boneless/skinless chicken breasts frozen in a big bag, are soaked in brine, too salty, just buy fresh breasts when they are on sale & freeze your own with salt free seasonings.
canned foods, make sure they are no salt added. they have more of these varieties now.
canned soups, I would not do. Pacific brand makes a low sodium chicken broth that I use quite a bit to make my own soups. That way, I can control the amt of sodium I am getting. Even the Swanson's reduced sodium broth has over 500mg per serving, which is only a cup. If you have to, I would have the Healthy Request soups, but I always add more water than called for if I do that.
anything from a box, ie hamburger, chicken or tuna helper, potato, noodle, rice mixes, etc are pretty much out of the question unless you have less than a serving.
instant oatmeal has sodium, too. better to make your own & portion it out & freeze it for a quick meal or snack.
You mentioned your kidney bloodwork was bad? What was your creatinine? Your blood urea nitrogen? (BUN) Your GFR? (glomerular filtration rate, measure kidney function) It's important to watch these if you are having kidney trouble.
Good luck!