Low-protein Diets in Renal Patients

Assesses different types of low-protein diet used in patients with chronic renal failure, analyzes the composition and absorption of low-protein diets, and addresses problems often neglected with these diets, such as normal food intake, protein/amino acid composition, provision of energy, mineral content of low-protein diets, nutrient absorption in uremia, changes in nutrient availability due to food processing, bone disease and low protein diet, and assessment of nutritional status. Directed toward nephrologists and others interested in clinical nutrition.