Plant-based choices can make for ‘kidney-friendly’ diets

Plant-based diets are a hot topic in chronic illness management, but they are often misperceived as an eating pat-tern that includes only plant-based foods and excludes animal products, according to experts who spoke with Healio.“As soon as we say vegan or vegetarian diet, it can immediately shut down conversations from both doctors and patients,” Melanie Betz, MS, RD, CSR, FNKF,