Nutrition & Fitness
If you have chronic kidney disease, exercise, sleep and good nutrition will help you feel better. Here are some tips for eating healthy and staying fit.
Eat healthy
Following a nutritious diet will help you feel good and live well with kidney disease. Whether you’ve just been told you have chronic kidney disease, you’re on dialysis or have a kidney transplant, these guidelines will help you live a healthier life.
Former patient Chuck Bowden received a transplanted kidney in 2020.
Stay fit
Being physically fit is an important part of having a healthy life. Even if you’ve never exercised before, starting now will improve your heart health, help your kidney function and give you a better night’s sleep.
Transplant recipient and former peritoneal dialysis patient Angela Pappas.
Ask the nutrition and fitness team
We’re there when you need us
For more information on eating healthy, activity and exercise, contact our nutrition and fitness department at info@nwkidney.org or
call 206-720-3990.
Nutrition and fitness resources
Knowledge is power! Here are some helpful websites, interesting blogs and useful handouts for patients and health care professionals.
Lacey Tygerson, a registered dietitian, speaks to patients at a free class.