Have you ever wished you could instantly peak at the nutrient content of a food while making聽weekly聽menus, grocery shopping聽or聽eating out on a kidney diet? The latest tool for people with chronic kidney disease or on dialysis gives you the ability to do just that. is an iPhone app聽that allows聽a quick, easy way to view thousands of foods from the USDA food database, including some of the major restaurant chains. The featured nutrients are focused on those most important in a kidney diet: protein, potassium, phosphorus and sodium. In addition to providing nutrient data, the KidneyDiet app highlights聽in red values that聽 may require caution聽for a kidney diet.
While this app is not a replacement for advice from your doctor or dietitian, it聽is聽a welcome new聽tool to help make the challenge of following a kidney diet easier. Future versions will include expanded nutrients and聽features to help track and analyze daily intake.
KidneyDiet was created by Pain Free Living, Inc.聽They provide聽health-related applications for聽mobile devices. Visit their website at for more information.
