One of 15 Foods Excellent for Kidney Health: Cherries

• washed and usually the whole bag (which raises potassium and gets me in trouble)

TRY to eat only a handful at a time because eating cherries DAILY is good for your body.

At this time the only way I eat cherries is washed and by the handful. However, I have gathered some recipes I would like to try out (they are posted in my Delicious stack) and hopefully they will become a regular part of my diet because I LOVE cherries and I know that they are VERY good for me!!

• heart healthy
• anti-inflammatory
• reduces pain of gout and arthritis
• antioxidants
• minerals
• vitamins A and C
• cancer fighter
• reduces heart disease and diabetes
• aids in weight loss

Delicious: Cherry Stack
Collection of cherry recipes in a stack on Delicious. NOT all recipes are healthy or kidney friendly but once you learn what IS you can tweak recipes to suit you by having MORE of the acceptable ingredients and LESS of the not so good! ;)

Choose Cherries

Health Benefits

Benefits of Cherries

DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a Dr.or other medical professional. I AM a sufferer and fighter of Polycystic Kidney Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Gout. Any information I share has been researched on the internet or has been given to me via papers and printed information from my Drs., nurses, dietician, social workers or other health care professionals. I mean NO harm to anyone and I advise you BEFORE using any information I have provided to CHECK with YOUR health professionals and doctors. I simply want to share what I am learning throughout my own personalized journey to wellness. It has been said, "Write what you know." THIS I know because I live with it DAILY. Having said that:

Food has been a struggle for me for a long while now but I MUST work at this and TRY hard to eat right and healthy and improve as much as I possibly can for as long as I possibly can so I figured if I am struggling with these things DAILY and doing all this work and learning ANYWAY, why not SHARE things that I am learning with others and make their journey a little bit easier for them too.

SO, I started these pages as a help BOTH for myself and for YOU.

If it is helpful PLEASE feel free to let me know! ;)

This is a HARD process and journey to wellness and I hope that if even for a moment, even ONE item or idea or trick that I share makes your journey lighter or easier then I have given purpose and meaning to the reasons why or how this has been MINE as well.

I always wish you well and good luck with your journey too. xo