🅰️ A – Apple

Benefits: Low potassium fruit, rich in fiber, reduces inflammation

Preparation:

• Raw sliced (with peel)

• Stewed apple (boiled with little cinnamon, no sugar)

• Apple porridge mix with oats

Best Time:
✔ Mid-morning (10–11 AM)
✔ Evening snack

Combine With:

• Oats

• Curd (small quantity)

• Handful soaked almonds (if potassium allowed)

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🅱️ B – Bottle Gourd (Lauki)

Benefits: Kidney-friendly vegetable, high water content

Preparation:

• Steamed bottle gourd curry

• Lauki soup (no cream)

• Lauki chapati mix

Best Time:
✔ Lunch vegetable
✔ Light dinner

Combine With:

• Brown rice (small portion)

• Moong dal (limited quantity)

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🅲 C – Cucumber

Benefits: Hydrating, low sodium

Preparation:

• Raw salad (no salt, add lemon & pepper)

• Cucumber mint raita (low salt curd)

Best Time:
✔ Lunch salad
✔ Afternoon hydration

Combine With:

• Chapati

• Vegetable pulao (low salt)

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🅳 D – Dal (Moong preferred)

Benefits: Plant protein (controlled quantity)

Preparation:

• Thin moong dal soup

• Dal with bottle gourd

• Avoid thick, heavy dal

Best Time:
✔ Lunch (small bowl only)

Combine With:

• Red rice small portion

• Steamed vegetables

⚠ Limit to ½ cup cooked

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🅴 E – Egg White

Benefits: High quality protein, low phosphorus

Preparation:

• Boiled egg white

• Egg white omelette (no yolk)

Best Time:
✔ Breakfast
✔ Post illness recovery

Combine With:

• Chapati

• Vegetable salad

⚠ Avoid yolk in advanced CKD

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🅵 F – Fenugreek (Methi)

Benefits: Controls sugar & BP

Preparation:

• Soaked methi seeds water (1 tsp overnight)

• Methi chapati

Best Time:
✔ Early morning (soaked water)

Combine With:

• Warm water

• Lemon drops

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🅶 G – Garlic

Benefits: Natural BP control

Preparation:

• Light sauté in olive oil

• Garlic chutney (no excess salt)

Best Time:
✔ Add in cooking (daily small amount)

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🅷 H – Horse Gram (Limited)

Benefits: High protein but use carefully

Preparation:

• Soaked & boiled (discard first water)

Best Time:
✔ Once weekly

⚠ Avoid in high creatinine stages

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🅸 I – Idli (Low salt)

Benefits: Light & digestible

Preparation:

• Reduce salt in batter

• Steam properly

Best Time:
✔ Breakfast

Combine With:

• Coconut chutney (limited)

• Vegetable sambar (thin)

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🅹 J – Jeera (Cumin)

Benefits: Improves digestion

Preparation:

• Jeera water (boil ½ tsp in 1 cup water)

Best Time:
✔ Morning empty stomach

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🅺 K – Kidney Beans (Rajma – Limited)

Preparation:

• Soak 8–10 hours

• Discard water

• Pressure cook well

⚠ Once in 10–15 days only

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🅻 L – Lemon

Benefits: Reduces kidney stone risk

Preparation:

• Lemon water (no salt)

Best Time:
✔ Morning
✔ Before meals

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🅼 M – Millets (Ragi, Foxtail – Limited)

Preparation:

• Ragi dosa

• Foxtail millet upma

⚠ Portion control (½ cup cooked)

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🅽 N – Nuts (Almond – 4 pieces max)

Preparation:

• Soaked overnight

Best Time:
✔ Morning snack

⚠ Avoid excess (phosphorus high)

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🅾 O – Oats

Benefits: Fiber, heart protective

Preparation:

• Oats porridge (water based)

• Add apple pieces

Best Time:
✔ Breakfast

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🅿 P – Papaya (Small portion)

Preparation:

• Fresh cubes

Best Time:
✔ Mid morning

⚠ Avoid large portion (potassium)

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🆀 Q – Quinoa (Limited)

Preparation:

• Wash thoroughly

• Boil and strain

Best Time:
✔ Lunch

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🆁 R – Rice (Red or Matta – small portion)

Preparation:

• Wash well

• Cook soft

Best Time:
✔ Lunch

⚠ 1 small bowl only

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🆂 S – Spinach (Leached method)

Preparation:

1. Chop

2. Boil 5 minutes

3. Discard water

4. Cook again

⚠ Controls potassium

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🆃 T – Tomato (Limited)

Preparation:

• Remove seeds

• Use small quantity

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🆄 U – Urad Dal (Limited)

⚠ High potassium
Use rarely

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🆅 V – Vegetable Soup (Kidney friendly)

Ingredients:
Bottle gourd + carrot + cabbage

Preparation:

• Boil

• No cream

• Low salt

Best Time:
✔ Evening

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🆆 W – Water

Amount:
✔ 1.5–2 Litres (based on doctor advice)

Best Time:

• Spread through day

• Avoid excess at night

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🆇 X – Xylitol (Sugar substitute – minimal use)

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🆈 Y – Yogurt (Curd – limited)

✔ ½ cup per day
✔ Low salt

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🆉 Z – Zinc rich foods (Pumpkin seeds – 1 tsp)

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🕒 DAILY TIMING STRUCTURE

6:30 AM – Warm jeera water / lemon water
8:00 AM – Oats / Idli + egg white
10:30 AM – Apple / Papaya
1:00 PM – Red rice + bottle gourd + moong dal
4:00 PM – Almond (4) + cucumber
6:30 PM – Vegetable soup
8:00 PM – 2 chapati + light vegetable
Before Bed – Small warm water sip

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🚫 STRICTLY AVOID

❌ Pickles
❌ Papad
❌ Processed foods
❌ Bakery
❌ Red meat
❌ Cola drinks
❌ Excess salt
❌ Banana (advanced CKD)

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⚖️ DASH MODIFICATIONS FOR CKD

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