The Post-Covid Acute Renal Failure Happy Kidneys Diet

Since You Asked: Uncommon Advice from Cary Tennis

On a lighter note, my friends, let’s talk about Foods That Are Good for the Kidneys!

Having been out of the hospital for six weeks now, having spent five weeks in the hospital with Covid-19 and another disorder which was life-threatening—I was critical, I was near death for a while—I’m back and it’s just dawning on me now, as I read the medical reports, that I had acute renal failure, and so I have to change my frame of reference now, to integrate the fact that I am now a post-renal-failure person. So I have been looking at diets for the kidneys, what foods I should avoid and what foods I should eat.

One thing that’s driving me nuts: I thought bananas were like the greatest thing, but I’m told by the Healthline web site to avoid bananas because they are high in potassium. Apparently it’s tough on the kidneys. …

Healthline has two pages, “The 20 Best Foods for People with Kidney Disease” and the aforementioned “17 Foods to Avoid If You Have Bad Kidneys." I don’t totally fit the category (lucky me!), because I don’t have chronic kidney disease and I don’t have end-stage renal failure. What I do have is damaged, freaked-out kidneys coming out of the hospital. I think once my kidneys get their bearings, they will come back good as new! That’s what I think! But I want to follow the best possible diet for my kidneys, to give them the best possible chance of recovering as quickly as they can.

Of the twenty best foods … the first one up is cauliflower! …

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