Nutrisystem?

[Savemeimdtba]

I do paid blogging and one of my assignments this week was to check out nutrisystem and make a video.  It looks pretty interesting.. and if I win the video contest I get a free months worth of nutrisystem food.  So, my question is.. has anyone tried nutrisystem and are the foods safe for ESRD patients?  Seems like if it's all packaged food it would have a ton of phosphorous in it.. so I'm a little iffy about it.

Anyways, if you want to check out the video we made, you can do so at http://yournextdisaster.sweet-catastrophe.com/

[dwcrawford]

I know that they have a diabetic line but I too  had wondered about renal diet.  Hope you find out.  I'd sure buy some ready made meals.

[willowtreewren]

Oftentimes the worst part of prepackaged food for ESRF patients is the sodium. It is usually loaded.

Aleta

[kellyt]

High sodium would be my guess, as well.   That's why my doctor said "no" to any diet group other than Weight Watchers pre and post transplant.

Good luck with your blog.

[peleroja]

The greater majority of the "meat" they use is soy based, hence higher in potassium.  It's fair to medium sodium.  I don't recall there being an overabundance of cheese on things, but many of their pasta dishes are loaded with tomato, more potassium.  It really isn't all that renal friendly. 

[kitkatz]

There is packaged food for renal patients available here in California.  I have not tried it yet, but can get info on it.

[MandaMe1986]

The sodium I would think would be bad, but maybe not.  You never know. And I would think that if the portions are the right size and that is all you eat. You would be safe of some of the other stuff. Just a thought.

Oh and I love that song! Mika is great, in fact I was listening to lollipop when I watched your video. Haha.

[peleroja]

I just remembered.  Every one of their dishes has the nutritional information right on the internet.  This is the info for their beef tacos:

 Nutrition Facts

    * Serving Size: 1 Package | Servings Per Container: 1.0
    * Amount Per Serving – Calories: 220 | Calories From Fat: 60

         % Daily Value*
Total Fat    7.0g    11%
Saturated Fat    1.5g.    8%
Cholesterol    20mg.    7%
Sodium    720mg.    30%
Total Carbohydrate    23g.    8%
Dietary Fibre    6g.    24%
Sugars    3g.    
Protein    18g.    
Percent Daily Vitamin A    25%
Percent Daily Vitamin C    15%
Percent Daily Calcium    10%
Percent Daily Iron    15%

* Based on 2000 calorie maximum recommended amounts.
Ingredients

FREEZE DRIED BEEF TACO FILLING: COOKED BEEF, TOMATOES, TOMATO PUREE, HYDROLYZED BEEF STOCK AND CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CHILLI POWDER (CHILLI PEPPER AND SPICES), GREEN PEPPERS, RED PEPPERS, TEXTURE SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ONIONS, MALTODEXTRIN, GUAR GUM, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN AND CORN GLUTEN, SUGAR, CORN OIL, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICE EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE. TACO SHELLS: GROUND CORN, SOYBEAN OIL AND LIME. CONTAINS SOY.

They've redone their website, so it took me a while to figure it out, but you can get this info for every one of their products.

[Deanne]

I emailed them once to ask if their meals would be ok for a renal patient. They said no.