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Convention registration packages are $135 for patient family members. AAKP Life Members and Members receieve a discount.
New this year - a Public Policy Forum at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center. A panel of national health care policy makers, providers and health care professionals will discuss issues relating to health care disparity. Visit the AAKP website to download a copy of the Convention Registration Brochure. | |
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Summer Treat - Chilled Lemon Cake | |
Serving Size: 
20
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- one 3-ounce package lemon gelatin
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Grease and flour a 13" x 9" x 2" pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, blend the cake mix, gelatin, eggs and water for 30 seconds on low speed to mix. Increase mixer to medium speed and mix for 2 minutes.
- Pour cake batter into prepared cake pan and bake 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool cake completely. Do not remove from cake pan.
- While cake is cooling, mix powdered sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl until blended.
- Poke holes over the top of the cooled cake 1/2" apart.
- Spoon the glaze over the top of cake, allowing it to seep into holes. Eventually it will coat the top of the cake with an opaque covering.
- Chill thoroughly and serve.
Nutrient Analysis:
Calories: 224; Protein: 2 g; Carbohydrates: 31 g; Fat: 10 g;
Cholesterol: 33 mg; Sodium: 182 mg; Potassium: 22 mg; Phosphorus: 94 mg Calcium: 40 mg; Fiber: 0.2 g
Renal and renal diabetic food choices
1 starch
1 high calorie
Carbohydrate choices
2
This recipe originally appeared on Davita.com. For more tasty summer recipes, visit www.davita.com and click on the Kidney-Friendly Recipes tab.
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A Healthy Diet Can Help Fight Kidney Disease | |
 New research shows eating poorly can cause kidney disease in otherwise health people.
The report was released last month at the National Kidney Foundation's Spring Clinical Meetings. Loyola Medical Center scientists found that people with normal kidney function and no hypertension or diabetes whose diet was high in red meat, sugar sweentened beverages and sodium and low in fruit, whole grains and low fat dairy were 97 percent more likely to develop kidney disease. Additionally, obese people or those with BMI over 30 were nearly three times as likely to develop kidney disease.
For more information on this story, please click here. |
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Study Questions Sodium Reduction in Diabetics | |
 A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care questions whether new Dietary Guidelines that recommend Americans restrict sodium intake to 1.5 grams a day should be followed by diabetics.
Researchers at the University of Melboume studied the daily amount of sodium present in the urine of 638 type 2 diabetics who participated in a cohort study at a diabetes clinics. The average amount of sodium excretion was 4.2 grams per day. Over the 10-year study, 175 patients died, mostly due to heart disease. The researchers noted that for every extra 2.3 grams of sodium in their urine, the risk of dying during the study dropped by 28 percent.
You can read more on the study by clicking here.
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| Tip of the Month: Potassium Safety Zone | |
Typically, a hemodialysis patient's diet should include 2,000-3,000 milligrams (mg) of potassium per day. A peritoneal dialysis patient, on the other hand, can typically have 3,000-4,000 mg of potassium per day.
When your blood is tested for potassium, the safety zone is generally in the range of 3.5-5.5 milliEquivalents per liter (mEq/L) of blood, although each person has his or her own individual potassium safety zone. With hemodialysis patients, potassium levels are tested before the dialysis treatment, when levels are highest. In fact, it is not uncommon for the potassium level to go up to 6.0 mEq/L in these tests, as it will immediately start coming down when treatment begins. Less than 3.5 or more than 6.0 mEq/L is definitely outside the potassium safety zone.
For tips on how to keep your potassium in the safety zone, click here. |
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