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Kidney Sundays offer faith-based communities chance to make the kidney connection
Increasingly, people are turning to places of worship to get accurate, useful information about issues that uniquely affect African Americans. Kidney health is one of those issues because kidney failure affects African Americans more than other groups. In fact, African Americans make up about 12 percent of the population but account for 28 percent of new cases of kidney failure. And almost 80 percent of kidney failure cases among African Americans are caused by diabetes and high blood pressure.
Kidney Sundays is a great opportunity to raise awareness within faith communities about the risks for kidney disease and the importance of getting tested. The Kidney Sundays Toolkit provides faith-based organizations with the tools and materials they need to include kidney health messages into their programs and events. The materials—including talking points to help health champions talk about kidney disease with their congregation—are easy to use in a wide variety of settings within an organization. In fact, they can be used by anyone who wants to have a conversation about kidney disease with their friends, family, co-workers, or community group outside of a faith-based setting.
Visit http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/kidneysundays to get the Kidney Sundays Toolkit today!
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Brought to you by The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP), an initiative of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Manage diabetes and high blood pressure with healthier eating
Diabetes and high blood pressure are the two leading causes of kidney disease. Other risk factors include heart disease and a family history of kidney failure. Eating healthy is one way to maintain good health. Small changes to your diet can help you manage your diabetes and high blood pressure and possibly protect your kidneys.
The National Kidney Disease Program (NKDEP) and National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), both of the National Institutes of Health, have a few tips to get you on your way to healthier eating!
Tips on How to Eat Less
Tip 1: Make sure you eat breakfast everyday.
Tip 2: Share a single dessert.
Tip 3: Eat healthy and cut back on salt
Tip 4: When eating out, have a big vegetable salad, then split an entrée with a friend or have the other half wrapped to go.
Tip 5: Drink a glass of water 10 minutes before your meal to take the edge off your hunger.
Tip 6: Listen to music while you eat instead of watching TV (people tend to eat more while watching TV).
Tip 7: Eat slowly. It takes 20 minutes for your stomach to send a signal to your brain that you're full.
Tip 8: Teaspoons, salad forks, or child-size utensils may help you take smaller bites and eat less.
Tip 9: Make less food look like more by serving your meal on a salad or breakfast plate.
Tip 10: Make a list before you go to the store. Don't grocery shop on an empty stomach.
Tip 10: Try not to snack while cooking or cleaning the kitchen.
Healthy Recipes and Food Substitutions
NKDEP wants to help you and your family maintain your kidney health. Visit the following websites for more information on recipes and food substitution tips that may help you adapt meals for your family.
More Matters Recipe Substitution Ideas
Tasty Recipes for People with Diabetes and their Families
For more information on healthy food substitutions and healthy recipes for people with kidney disease, visit these links of the American Kidney Fund:
