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Journal Club

How to help your patient choose the right hamburger when they have kidney disease

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

A while ago I was consulted to help someone lower their sodium intake. After the consult, one of the nurses asked me how it went,

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Journal Club

What should I tell my patients to eat to fix metabolic acidosis?

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

If you are reading this series, that I have hopefully already convinced you that: So in today’s post, my goal is to give you some

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Journal Club

Backgrounder on Metabolic Acidosis in CKD

March 16, 2024March 21, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

I want to develop a metabolic acidosis nutrition assessment cheat sheet, similar to my one for hyperkalemia, so I am digging down the rabbit hole

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Journal Club

Can diet fix acidosis in CKD?

March 14, 2024March 13, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

My first position in renal nutrition was in hemodialysis and I started that job in 2010. My second position in renal was in a pre-dialysis

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Calcium recommendations in CKD

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Calcium is a bit of a controversial topic in CKD – is it good for bone health or bad for calcification? As I have discussed

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Journal Club Nutrition Research Methods

Is 24 hour urine potassium a valid measure of potassium intake?

February 28, 2024April 6, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Because it is hard to understand how much someone is eating based on self-reports, there is interest in the research community to identify and use

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Why are there errors in data from diet assessments?

February 24, 2024February 24, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Continuing in my trend of reviewing diet assessment methods, today I am reviewing an article written by Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick.  Dr. Kirkpatrick is a World-Class

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Journal Club Nutrition Research Methods

What diet recall methods are used in nutrition research?

February 21, 2024February 22, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

I will be giving a talk for the Canadian Nutrition Society about tips and tricks for interpreting peer-reviewed literature for clinicians. So hang on to

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Journal Club Phosphorus

Comparing phosphorus bioavailability in plant, animal and additives

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

When I was doing the research for my previous post on phosphorus bioavailability in plant foods, I came across this article and thought it would

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Journal Club Potassium

Do patients need to avoid potassium sorbate if we are worried about hyperkalemia?

February 1, 2024February 2, 2024 Kelly Picard PhD RD

Based on research I did in my PhD potassium sorbate is the most common potassium based additive. In fact, it accounted for almost 50% of

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