Seafood Restaurants and CKD: Fish, Shellfish and the Sauce on the Side

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What to know about seafood restaurant food with CKD

Seafood restaurants offer the friendliest protein on the site's lists — plain fish is moderate-to-friendly — but the preparation decides the rating: fried, buttered and garlic-sauced versions move the columns fast. The friendly order is grilled, broiled or steamed fish with lemon, a vegetable side and a salad. The ratings below show which seafood staples stay manageable.

How to order at the seafood restaurant

Choose grilled or broiled fish without butter sauce, lemon on the side, a steamed vegetable and a salad with dressing on the side. Skip the fried platter, the garlic butter and the bisque — the soup is the sodium end.

Ratings for ordering at seafood restaurants with ckd

Kidney-friendlyFish oil, salmonK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyFish oil, cod liverK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, carbonated, lemon-lime soda, no caffeineK 1 · P 0 · Na 10 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, carbonated, SPRITE, lemon-lime, without caffeineK 1 · P 0 · Na 9 mgKidney-friendlyLemonade, powder, prepared with waterK 6 · P 0 · Na 6 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder, prepared with waterK 3 · P 7 · Na 13 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Lemonade fruit juice drink light, fortified with vitamin E and CK 10 · P 1 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, ARIZONA, tea, ready-to-drink, lemonK 10 · P 1 · Na 4 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, tea, black, ready-to-drink, lemon, sweetenedK 14 · P 1 · Na 3 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, tea, instant, lemon, dietK 14 · P 1 · Na 6 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, tea, instant, lemon, sweetened, prepared with waterK 15 · P 0 · Na 2 mgKidney-friendlyLemonade, frozen concentrate, white, prepared with waterK 15 · P 2 · Na 4 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, lemonade, frozen concentrate, pink, prepared with waterK 17 · P 2 · Na 4 mgKidney-friendlyPudding, lemon, dry mix, regular, prepared with sugar, egg yolk and waterK 6 · P 16 · Na 63 mgKidney-friendlyAlcoholic beverage, malt beer, hard lemonadeK 27 · P 7 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, tea, ready-to-drink, lemon, dietK 37 · P 0 · Na 1 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, tea, black, ready-to-drink, lemon, dietK 14 · P 33 · Na 17 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, NESTEA, tea, black, ready-to-drink, lemonK 19 · P 36 · Na 21 mgKidney-friendlyGlutino, Gluten Free Wafers, Lemon FlavoredK 36 · P 39 · Na 111 mgKidney-friendlyCookies, gluten-free, lemon waferK 36 · P 39 · Na 111 mg

Practical tips

• Grilled or broiled fish with lemon is the friendly seafood order.
• Fried platters and garlic butter are the sodium-and-fat concentrators.
• Clam chowder and bisque are the soup end — the sodium is in the broth.

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