Re: Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

[Guest guest]

Amy, what happens when you go to a buffet restaurant? Do you follow your

diet there? You should have no problem in Las Vegas EXCEPT (as my mother used

to

say) your eyes are bigger than your stomach. The buffets in Vegas are

terrific. Good luck at the tables and the diet.

Jack (NY)

[Guest guest]

Amy, what happens when you go to a buffet restaurant? Do you follow your

diet there? You should have no problem in Las Vegas EXCEPT (as my mother used

to

say) your eyes are bigger than your stomach. The buffets in Vegas are

terrific. Good luck at the tables and the diet.

Jack (NY)

[Guest guest]

Amy, what happens when you go to a buffet restaurant? Do you follow your

diet there? You should have no problem in Las Vegas EXCEPT (as my mother used

to

say) your eyes are bigger than your stomach. The buffets in Vegas are

terrific. Good luck at the tables and the diet.

Jack (NY)

[Guest guest]

Absolutely.

The buffet style restaurants in the area are magnificent, and they have

something for everyone.

You'll find plenty of healthy choices (when in doubt, I go all veggie

but I'm only on a low salt diet).

The deciding factor is your will to stick to the healthy choices. It's

tough to pass up some wonderful absolutely UNhealthy food when it is

within arms' reach!

Best advise I can give is to eat often and do it when you aren't

particularly hungry. Don't look at delicious food when you are starving.

That helps me a lot.

Have fun!

Bill Kuhn

Middle-of-Nowhere, Kansas, USA, Earth

Re: Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

Amy, what happens when you go to a buffet restaurant? Do you follow

your

diet there? You should have no problem in Las Vegas EXCEPT (as my

mother used to

say) your eyes are bigger than your stomach. The buffets in Vegas are

terrific. Good luck at the tables and the diet.

Jack (NY)

[Guest guest]

Never been to Las Vegas.

I find that eating out anywhere, the main problem is sodium. The rest you

can control by just eating less of it. Being a vegetarian always seems to be

a problem though. For sodium, you can often specially request no salt be

added to grilled items, and you can ask for your toppings, sauces etc. on

the side, so you can control the amount you eat more easily. Not wanting to

eat meat always seems to be problematic though. It's a meat culture out

there.

Pierre

Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

> Here's a problem I'd like to pose to everyone....can you stick to a renal

> diet while visiting LasVegas, NV?? I have to go to Vegas for the first

time

> in my life in July for my sisters wedding. We will be staying a week and

> I'm nervous as all get out about what and where I'm going to be able to

eat.

> Not only do I stick to a low protein, low salt, moderate potassium and

> phosphours diet (they aren't as restricted for me yet since my values have

> been good) BUT I'm also a vegetarian near vegan (the only animal products

I

> still eat are eggs and honey).

>

> So has anyone out there been to Vegas and did you have problems sticking

to

> your diet while there? Any tips to eating in Vegas that you can share?

>

> I'm nervous since I've never been there before and have no clue what I

might

> have to deal with once there. I've tried to contact Circus Circus to find

> out if their resturants can do special orders for me, but I can never seem

> to get a real person on the phone. grrrr....

>

> Thanks for any info anyone can provide,

> Amy

>

>

[Guest guest]

Never been to Las Vegas.

I find that eating out anywhere, the main problem is sodium. The rest you

can control by just eating less of it. Being a vegetarian always seems to be

a problem though. For sodium, you can often specially request no salt be

added to grilled items, and you can ask for your toppings, sauces etc. on

the side, so you can control the amount you eat more easily. Not wanting to

eat meat always seems to be problematic though. It's a meat culture out

there.

Pierre

Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

> Here's a problem I'd like to pose to everyone....can you stick to a renal

> diet while visiting LasVegas, NV?? I have to go to Vegas for the first

time

> in my life in July for my sisters wedding. We will be staying a week and

> I'm nervous as all get out about what and where I'm going to be able to

eat.

> Not only do I stick to a low protein, low salt, moderate potassium and

> phosphours diet (they aren't as restricted for me yet since my values have

> been good) BUT I'm also a vegetarian near vegan (the only animal products

I

> still eat are eggs and honey).

>

> So has anyone out there been to Vegas and did you have problems sticking

to

> your diet while there? Any tips to eating in Vegas that you can share?

>

> I'm nervous since I've never been there before and have no clue what I

might

> have to deal with once there. I've tried to contact Circus Circus to find

> out if their resturants can do special orders for me, but I can never seem

> to get a real person on the phone. grrrr....

>

> Thanks for any info anyone can provide,

> Amy

>

>

[Guest guest]

Never been to Las Vegas.

I find that eating out anywhere, the main problem is sodium. The rest you

can control by just eating less of it. Being a vegetarian always seems to be

a problem though. For sodium, you can often specially request no salt be

added to grilled items, and you can ask for your toppings, sauces etc. on

the side, so you can control the amount you eat more easily. Not wanting to

eat meat always seems to be problematic though. It's a meat culture out

there.

Pierre

Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

> Here's a problem I'd like to pose to everyone....can you stick to a renal

> diet while visiting LasVegas, NV?? I have to go to Vegas for the first

time

> in my life in July for my sisters wedding. We will be staying a week and

> I'm nervous as all get out about what and where I'm going to be able to

eat.

> Not only do I stick to a low protein, low salt, moderate potassium and

> phosphours diet (they aren't as restricted for me yet since my values have

> been good) BUT I'm also a vegetarian near vegan (the only animal products

I

> still eat are eggs and honey).

>

> So has anyone out there been to Vegas and did you have problems sticking

to

> your diet while there? Any tips to eating in Vegas that you can share?

>

> I'm nervous since I've never been there before and have no clue what I

might

> have to deal with once there. I've tried to contact Circus Circus to find

> out if their resturants can do special orders for me, but I can never seem

> to get a real person on the phone. grrrr....

>

> Thanks for any info anyone can provide,

> Amy

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks! I'm feeling less apprehensive now. )

I figured there would be buffet style resurants all over due to the nature

of Vegas, just wasn't sure if I could eat off of them. As for sticking to

healthy choices, it's actually quite easy when you have to pass on anything

with dairy or animal products in it...this means anything made with butter,

milk, lard, etc... So nearly all deserts on those buffets are off limits to

me. As long as they have lots of fruit, salad, and veggies for me to make a

meal of, I can totè along some peanut butter, soy milk, vegan cookies, and

almond cheeses to eat in my room as snacks (and to keep my good protien

level where it needs to be).

Thanks again for all the advice/info!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Thanks! I'm feeling less apprehensive now. )

I figured there would be buffet style restaurants all over due to the nature

of Vegas, just wasn't sure if I could eat off of them. As for sticking to

healthy choices, it's actually quite easy when you have to pass on anything

with dairy or animal products in it...this means anything made with butter,

milk, lard, etc... So nearly all deserts on those buffets are off limits to

me. As long as they have lots of fruit, salad, and veggies for me to make a

meal of, I can tote along some peanut butter, soy milk, vegan cookies, and

almond cheeses to eat in my room as snacks (and to keep my good protein

level where it needs to be).

I found out that my sister-in-law has talked to the people catering the

wedding and she made sure there was a low sodium vegan main dish and steamed

veggies selection for me!! She is so cool to have considered this for me.

Thanks again for all the advice/info!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Thanks! I'm feeling less apprehensive now. )

I figured there would be buffet style restaurants all over due to the nature

of Vegas, just wasn't sure if I could eat off of them. As for sticking to

healthy choices, it's actually quite easy when you have to pass on anything

with dairy or animal products in it...this means anything made with butter,

milk, lard, etc... So nearly all deserts on those buffets are off limits to

me. As long as they have lots of fruit, salad, and veggies for me to make a

meal of, I can tote along some peanut butter, soy milk, vegan cookies, and

almond cheeses to eat in my room as snacks (and to keep my good protein

level where it needs to be).

I found out that my sister-in-law has talked to the people catering the

wedding and she made sure there was a low sodium vegan main dish and steamed

veggies selection for me!! She is so cool to have considered this for me.

Thanks again for all the advice/info!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Thanks! I'm feeling less apprehensive now. )

I figured there would be buffet style restaurants all over due to the nature

of Vegas, just wasn't sure if I could eat off of them. As for sticking to

healthy choices, it's actually quite easy when you have to pass on anything

with dairy or animal products in it...this means anything made with butter,

milk, lard, etc... So nearly all deserts on those buffets are off limits to

me. As long as they have lots of fruit, salad, and veggies for me to make a

meal of, I can tote along some peanut butter, soy milk, vegan cookies, and

almond cheeses to eat in my room as snacks (and to keep my good protein

level where it needs to be).

I found out that my sister-in-law has talked to the people catering the

wedding and she made sure there was a low sodium vegan main dish and steamed

veggies selection for me!! She is so cool to have considered this for me.

Thanks again for all the advice/info!

Amy

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I go to Vegas quite often and if you want peanut butter, just ask as it should

be not problem gettig it.

Tom

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I go to Vegas quite often and if you want peanut butter, just ask as it should

be not problem gettig it.

Tom

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I go to Vegas quite often and if you want peanut butter, just ask as it should

be not problem gettig it.

Tom

[Guest guest]

I am just curious if everyone with IGA is on a renal diet. My doctor has not

advised me that I needed to change anything about my diet. I was diagnosed

with IGA when I was 20. So I have not been put on a diet in the 12 years I

have had it.

Lorrie

[Guest guest]

I am just curious if everyone with IGA is on a renal diet. My doctor has not

advised me that I needed to change anything about my diet. I was diagnosed

with IGA when I was 20. So I have not been put on a diet in the 12 years I

have had it.

Lorrie

[Guest guest]

I am just curious if everyone with IGA is on a renal diet. My doctor has not

advised me that I needed to change anything about my diet. I was diagnosed

with IGA when I was 20. So I have not been put on a diet in the 12 years I

have had it.

Lorrie

[Guest guest]

Hi Lorrie,

I have to add to what Pierre said on most of us not needing a renal diet

until we are about 30% kidney function. The other point that we regularly make

regarding renal diets is that it is imperative that you not start on and diet,

renal or otherwise, without the consultation of your doctor. They must be

highly personalized according to what your individual lab results are.

Potassium

is one of the primary examples where some of us are low on potassium and need

to eat a diet high in potassium as is often the case when you take diuretics,

but on the other hand some of us can be critically high on potassium and a high

potassium diet could even be life threatening. Some have problems with

phosphorus, and others don't.

I try to mention this precaution fairly often because we regularly have new

members.

Thanks for indulging me my soap box once again. I am sure the members who

have been around a long time probably get tired of hearing this warning, but it

is important to keep in mind.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi Lorrie.

The usual pre-dialysis renal diet is only really needed when you're down to

under 30% kidney function, not that there's any harm in being on it before.

I only started it about a year before I started dialysis, so that would make

it something like 24 years after the first time I know I had blood in my

urine.

Pierre

Re: Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

> I am just curious if everyone with IGA is on a renal diet. My doctor has

not

> advised me that I needed to change anything about my diet. I was

diagnosed

> with IGA when I was 20. So I have not been put on a diet in the 12 years

I

> have had it.

>

> Lorrie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Lorrie.

The usual pre-dialysis renal diet is only really needed when you're down to

under 30% kidney function, not that there's any harm in being on it before.

I only started it about a year before I started dialysis, so that would make

it something like 24 years after the first time I know I had blood in my

urine.

Pierre

Re: Eating a renal diet in Las Vegas??

> I am just curious if everyone with IGA is on a renal diet. My doctor has

not

> advised me that I needed to change anything about my diet. I was

diagnosed

> with IGA when I was 20. So I have not been put on a diet in the 12 years

I

> have had it.

>

> Lorrie

>

>

[Guest guest]

I appreciate the feed back. Thank you.

Lorrie

[Guest guest]

I appreciate the feed back. Thank you.

Lorrie

[Guest guest]

I appreciate the feed back. Thank you.

Lorrie