PKD Recipes

If milk is something you cannot live without and are not willing to make your own almond, hempseed, coconut, rice, grain or nut milk, then purchase commercial organic, locally prepared, grain, seed or nut  milk. Note that Soy Milk to be avoided particularly with liver cysts. If you purchase animal based milks, then choose cultured dairy,  like buttermilk, yogurt,  cottage cheese, quark cheese, yogurt, plugra, or creme fraiche. Animal milks–goat or sheep is preferable to cow milk. Lowest fat dairy products are best as these would have the lowest amount of hormones. Pictured above is a low-phosphorus cow milk developed by a dialysis center for kidney patients that restrict phosphorus. Low phosphorus cow milk does have large solute particles that continue to increase the heavy workload on cystic kidneys.

Many farmer’s markets sell local goat cheese. I enjoy this cheese and found myself staying away from the farmers markets until after 1 pm in order to assure the market has sold out.

If you are not able to give up cheese, the following are better cheese choices in their order of health:

Goat Cheese fat free
Ementhaler or Swiss light cheese (with a low fat content)
Jarlsberg Lite thin sliced deli reduced fat Swiss cheese 1 slice ¾  ounce 2.5 grams fat,100 mg sodium
White smooth soft cheeses with a low fat content.
Other white soft cheeses are preferable to the hard yellow cheese.
Low sodium soft white cheese is preferable
Monterrey Jack cheese has 9 grams of fat whereas light swiss cheese has 2.5 grams of fat.
Estrogen is concentrated in the fatty portions.

Dairy Delicious is a low phosphorus milk and cheese designed for kidney patients.
http://www.dairydelicious.com
and offers free samples of their milk and cheese.