Free Webinar Highlights Kidney-Friendly Nutrition

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For those living with chronic kidney disease, a healthy nutrition plan is vital. What foods are best? How much caffeine can you really have? The "Kidney Nutrition Essentials and Today's Trends" webinar helps answer these questions and more.

Kidney Nutrition Essentials and Today's Trends (free webinar by Kelly Welsh, Renal Dietician)

WHEN: Sunday, July 28th 2013, 2pm-4pm

WHERE: St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Classroom B (T2208), 2nd Floor, Juravinski Tower, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Kelly Welsh, RD, CD, is a renal dietitian as well as a Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) patient, wife and mother. She has conducted numerous nutritional seminars and educational meetings for PKD patients internationally. On July 28, her webinar will be shown free of charge to people interested in developing a nutrition plan that supports kidney health.

"Healthy kidneys help balance the amount of calcium and phosphorous in the body as well as help to remove excess potassium and sodium. When the kidneys are compromised, we need to pay careful attention to what we eat and drink," said Shiona Mackenzie-Morrison, Hamilton Chapter Coordinator of The PKD Foundation of Canada.

"There's a lot of buzz out there about certain foods and nutritional supplements. That's why it is so helpful to hear from a renal dietitian who understands from personal experience with a chronic kidney condition what we really need to know. I'm sure anyone who wants to know how to eat to promote healthy kidneys will learn something useful from the upcoming webinar at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton."

Kelly Welsh is the author of "Brilliant Eats: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Anyone Who Wants to be Kidney Wise", a cookbook that shows how families faced with kidney disease can incorporate healthy eating into their daily lives.

This presentation is part of an ongoing series of two-hour informational support meetings hosted by the Hamilton Chapter of the PKD Foundation of Canada.  They are open to the public, free of charge and the venue is wheelchair accessible.  Local street parking (free) and hospital parking (payment required) is available.

More information about The PKD Foundation of Canada is available by calling toll free 1-877-410-1741 or visit the website www.endpkd.ca.