AboutSarah A. Allen Expertise I am a nutritionist with a bachelors degree in dietetics and am currently working on my masters degree. I have four years working experience in clinical and community nutrition. I can answer most of your general questions relating to medical conditions (pregnancy, food allergies, eating disorders, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, Alzheimers, etc). **Please remember only a medical professional with access to your medical chart can give you personalized medical advice.** I can also answer questions about vegetarianism, weight loss/gain, sports nutrition, and fad diets.
Experience Work Experience: 4 years in clinical nutrition at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, 1 year community nutrition at Eastern Illinois University
Organizations American Dietetic Association, Illinois Dietetic Association, Eastern Illinois Dietetic Association
Education/Credentials B.S. in dietetics from Eastern Illinois University; currently working on my master's degree in the same area, also at Eastern Illinois University.
Awards and Honors EIU Senior of the Year-Dietetics
Question My husband has high blood pressure and I have been a Type 2 diabetic for over 10 years. Now I have been advised I need to cut way back on my potassium intake, no more than 2000. My dietician has given me a few handouts but none of these handouts gives me guidance on all three problems comparatively. Where would I go to get a single guide that covers carbs, potassium, and sodium?
Answer Any information you can receive about a "renal diet" will be low potassium, low sodium, and should also be carb controlled. If the information you find is not carb controlled, you should be able to use carb counting or the exchange program (whichever you currently use to control your diabetes) with the foods found in the renal diet. The National Kidney Foundation has some good information at www.kidney.org and The American Association of Kidney Patients at www.aakp.org DLife, a website about diabetes, has information for diabetics who need to follow a renal diet at http://www.dlife.com/dLife/do/ShowContent/type1_information/preventing_complicat...
I hope that helps. If looking at those websites brings up further questions, please contact me again.
