Counselling Strategies - Mindful Eating

Importance to Practice

Whether a person has chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, or other chronic or acute ailments, the nutrition guidelines designed for the management of these and other health conditions can limit or exclude numerous foods and preparation methods (1-3). This limitation/exclusion can lead to significantly reduced choices due to the large amount of restricted items that are found in commonly eaten foods. People have varying levels of