Low Phosphate Diet

Information on a low phosphate diet for people with kidney disease.

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To support the dietary education for long-term condition management of people with chronic kidney disease and requiring a low phosphate diet.

The target group will:

  • understand that they need to follow a low phosphate diet due to their kidney disease
  • know the risks associatied with high blood serum phosphate levels
  • know their blood serum phosphate target range
  • know that phosphate binders are/ may be needed to achieve their taget blood serum phosphate level
  • know that phosphate binders must be taken with foods containing phosphate if they are to be effective
  • be able to identify foods high in phosphate and suitable lower phosphate alternative foods
  • be aware of the impact of additives on controlling phosphate levels
  • be aware of the benefits of cooking from scratch without processed foods
  • be able to plan and follow a low phosphate diet to achieve their blood serum target range
  • NICE Guideline (NG203) Chronic kidney disease: assessment and management. 2021.
  • The Renal Association. Clinical practice guideline on undernutrition in chronic kidney disease. 2019.
  • National Kidney Foundation. KDOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease: 2020 Update.
  • ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with acute or chronic kidney disease. 2021.
  • Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and The Renal Association. Managing hyperglycaemia in people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. London: ABCD, 2021.
  • British Dietetic Association 2021. BDA Renal Nutrition Specialist Group. Phosphorus in Foods: Considerations in Chronic Kidney Disease. An evidence-based summary.
  • European Guidelines for the Nutritional Care of Adult Renal Patients (EDTNA) 2003.
  • McCance and Widdowson’s Composition of Foods Integrated dataset (CoDID, 2015 accessed from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/composition-of-foods-integrated-dataset-cofid).
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  • NICE (2013) Hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease: Management of hyperphosphataemia in patients with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease. Clinical guideline 157.
  • Kalantar-Zadeh K., Gutekunst L., Mehrotra R., Kovesdy C.P., Bross R., Shinaberger C.S., Noori N., Hirschberg R., Benner D., Nissenson A.R. and Kopple J.D. (2010) Understanding Sources of Dietary Phosphorus in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 5, pp. 519-530.
  • National Kidney Federation. (2009) KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, prevention, and treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder (CKD-MBD). Kidney International,113, pp.S1-130.
  • Christian S Shinaberger (2008). Is controlling phosphorus by decreasing dietary protein intake beneficial or harmful in persons with chronic kidney disease? The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 88, Issue 6, 1 December 2008, Pages 1511–1518
  • British Dietetic Association (2013). Renal Nutrition Specialist Group – low phosphate diet rationale.
  • Schlemmer et al (2009). Phytate in foods and significance for humans: Food sources, intake, processing, bioavailability, protective role and analysis. Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 2009, 53, S330 –S375
  • Hannah J et al (2017). Phosphorus in food: new insights and recommendations for practice. Journal of Kidney Care, vol 2 no 3 p 66-72.
  • NHS 5-a-day portion sizes. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/5-a-day-portion-sizes/ (Accessed 2019).
NDR-UK Ref No: 9473V2E
Classification: DT
Related Printed Version: 9473
Publication Date: 2019
Last Review: 2022
Last Update: 2022

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