Acid & Alkaline

[drgirlfriend]

Has anyone else been told to change their diet due to Renal Tubular Acidosis? On top of dealing with sodium, phosphorus, potassium and protein, my boyfriend has been told to eat more alkaline foods to combat too much acid in his blood. I'm trying to cook for him and it's getting more and more difficult. Any words of wisdom?
 

[MooseMom]

Oh man, I've never even heard of Renal Tubular Acidosis!  But the word "acidosis'' caught my eye because I am being treated for that very thing.  I take 650g of sodium bicarbonate each day, which comes out to 8 tablets per day.  I started taken them when my potassium suddenly jumped up to 6.  I don't know if this will help your bf, but I'll post this link to Dr. Agar's Home Dialysis Central site anyway, and maybe it's worth speaking to the doctor about.

http://forums.homedialysis.org/showthread.php/2861-Acidosis-and-other-stuff

[monrein]

Very interesting link MM.  I need to address this with my neph actually.

[drgirlfriend]

Thanks for that, MM! The boyfriend is taking 6 sodium bicarb tablets a day, but I am not aware of their effect on his potassium. At least not yet. He read your link and will start asking questions there. At this point, any definitive proof/real documentation that diet seriously helps at the point of dialysis isn't showing up. We've seen info about changing diet at the early stages of renal failure, but not this late in the game.