Sizes

Apple, mansanas Apricot
Blackberry, lumboy Atis (sweetsop)
Tips for Success: Modifying Philippine Blueberry Avocado, abokado
Cuisine to the CKD Nutrition Cherries, seresa Balimbing (carambo
la), starfruit
Cranberry, kranberya Banana, saging. any
Grapefruit, pomelo, suh variety: saba, latund
1. Leach vegetables and root crops a, limit to ¼ per serving an, seňorita, lady
(potatoes, yams, purple yam) to lower the fingers
amount of potassium. Grapes, ubas Breadfruit, rimas
2. Leaching legumes (munggo) can also Lemon, kalamansi, limo Cantaloupe, melon
reduce amount of potassium, but make n, dayap, sitron
sure to take your phosphate binders. Lime, kalamanski, apog Chico, sapodilla
3. Use low-sodium soy sauce and limit the Macopa, makopa Durian
suggested amount to half of the original Mangosteen Guava, bayabas,
recipe. For recipes calling for a soy including juice
sauce/vinegar combination, try using Passion fruit, pagkahilig Honeydew, melon
balsamic vinegar for the “dark” sauce bunga
appearance. Peaches, canned Kiwi
4. When using green leafy vegetable for Pear, peras Jackfruit, langka (les
soups, add ½ cup raw leaves just before Pineapple, pinya. limit s than a tablespoon
serving for lesser potassium content. juice to ½ cup is fine to accent
5. Enjoy the natural flavors of fruits without desserts)
dipping in salt or other salty sauces. Plums, sirwelas, limit 2 Lanson, lanzones, l
6. Incorporate spices such as black pepper ansones
(paminta), hot pepper (sili), and bay leaf.
Pomegranate, granada Mango, manga
7. Use fresh ingredients rather than using
Rambutan Nectarines
high-sodium packaged sauces and “mix-
Raspberry, prambuwesa Orange, orange
mix” or prepared powder seasonings.
s juice, dalandan
8. Some cola drinks from other countries do
Santol Papaya
not add phosphoric acid or any form of
phosphorus. (I checked the cola Strawberry Prunes
ingredients in the Philippines last summer Tangerine, dalanghita,  Sineguelas (Spanis
and it did not have phosphorus additives.) mandarin h plum)
Always read your labels, watch your fluid Watermelon, pakwan (1 Tamarind, sampaloc
intake, and you may be able to find cup/serving = ½ cup . No for pulp; yes
another type of cola beverage without high fluid) with nectar for
phosphorus content. flavoring in soups.
9. Minimize the use of salted and/or dried Limit fresh fruit to
fish. This process was used in the past less than 5.
because of the lack of refrigeration. Enjoy Tropical fruit cocktail
fresh fish instead.
10. For recipes calling for coconut milk, I
suggest substituting with sour cream or ½
cup milk. Coconut milk has double the Table 2Vegetables, Including Common
amount of potassium compared with Vegetables in the Philippines
regular milk. Just add coconut extract to
obtain the coconut flavor. Allowed Limit or Avoid

Table 1Fruits, Including Common Fruits in the Limit to 2 Servings/d 1 Serving = ½ Cup

Philippines and Has >150 mg
1 Serving is ½ Cup Potassium/Servin
Allowed Limit or Avoid g
Alugbati, Malbar spinach Ampalaya,
Limit to 3 Servings/d. 1 1 Serving = ½ Cup bittermelon/bittergo
Serving = ½ Cup or and Has >150 mg urd leaves and fruit
Medium (Size of Potassium/Serving
Asparagus Artichoke
Tennis Ball)
Beans (green), sitaw Broccoli
Bean sprouts, toge, Camote—sweet
Watch Your Portion
 cooked and drained potato tops  Dairy
Cabbage, repolyo (leaves), talbos ng
kamote, unless Limit to ½ cup dairy and 1 ounce of cheese.
strictly limit to ½  Other
cup
Carrot, karot Cassava, kamoten It is important to limit all products with coconut,
g kahoy chocolate cocoa, Ovaltine, beer, cola,
Cauliflower Chili pepper pancake/biscuit/cake/dessert mixes or any
leaves, dahon ng prepared products with phosphorus additives
sili such as phosphoric acid, phosphosoda, etc.
Chayote Dried beans and Tobacco leaves are also high in potassium.
dried peas  Condiments
Corn, maiz Gabi, taro both
root/tuber and Limit soy sauce, fish sauce (patis), and packaged
leaves mixes because of the high sodium content.
Cucumber, pipino Labanos, Oriental-
 Common Dishes in Filipino Cuisine
daikon white radish
Eggplant, talong Labong, Bamboo Dish CKD
shoot Adherence/Modific
Garden/green peas Munggo, mung ations
beans Adobo With varied
Garlic, bawang Parsnips variations. Minimize
Ginger, luya Patola, sponge the use of soy
gourd sauce and consider
Horseradish, malunggay  Potato, patatas using more vinegar.
leaf tips (½ cup) Atchara (pickled Papaya is high in
Kangkong, swamp Pumpkin papaya) potassium.
cabbage Barbecue, grilled Limit the use of soy
Lettuce, litsugas (½ cup) Puso ng saging, skewered meat sauce.
banana blossom Binakol (meat stewed in No. Coconut water
Okra Sigarilyas, winged coconut water) is high in potassium.
bean Bopis, dinuguan, batcho These dishes use
Onion, sibuyas Soybeans y, callos internal organs,
Pepper, all types Squash, winter which are high in
(acorn, phosphorus.
butternut), kalabas Regular meat may
a be used to
Petsay/pakchoi, Chinese Tomato: limit to 2 substitute. Pork
cabbage (½ cup) thin slices blood in dinuguan is
Radish, not irental Tomato juice/sauce acceptable in terms
Rice Ube, purple yam of potassium and
Seaweed, lato Ubod, heart of palm phosphorus content.
Singkamas, jicama Crispy pata/lechon In moderation
Turnip, white kawali (deep-fried pork because of its high
Watercress knuckles or belly) fat content.
Yellow squash Daing na Reduce soy sauce
Zucchini bangus (marinated and salt. Use more
milkfish) vinegar.
Guinataang (ingredients No. Coconut milk is
stewed in coconut milk) high in potassium.
including laing
 Protein
Humba (braised pork Trim off fat.
Fresh meat and seafood are allowed. However, belly) Minimize use of
AVOID organ meats (liver, tongue [lengua], peanuts and
intestines [pacreas]), processed meats soybean paste.
(tocino, longaniza), salted fish Kaldereta (stew in Limit the sauce
(bagoong, alamang, tuyo), and canned meats. tomato sauce) when eating this
dish.
Avoid ALL nuts. Kare-kare (ox-tail Ox-tail and peanuts
stewed in peanut sauce) are high in before serving.
phosphorus and
potassium.
Lechon (roasted pig) Yes.  Common Desserts or Snacks (Merienda) in
Lumpia, fried and fresh Refer to above list Filipino Cuisine
for filling. For
fresh lumpia, skip
the hearts of palm Dessert/Snack CKD
(ubod). Adherence/Modificati
Munggo guisado (Mung Munggo is high in ons
bean stew) both phosphorus Buko fruit salad Buko is high in
and potassium. potassium.
Paksiw (ingredients Yes. Braze de Yes.
stewed in vinegar) mercedes (boiled
Pancit Yes. Include meringue with
allowed ingredients. creamy filling)
Mung bean noodles Cassava Cassava and coconut
(sotanghon) are low bibingka (Cassava milk are high in
in potassium. cake) potassium.
Pancit molo (dumpling Include in fluid Champorado (chocol Chocolate or cocoa is
soup) allowance. ate rice porridge) high in potassium and
Pinakbet (vegetable Include allowed phosphorus.
stew) vegetables. Guinomis (pandan Include gelatin in fluid
Avoid ampalaya, kal and molasses- allowance. Use small
abasa. flavored gelatin) amount of coconut
Pochero (boiled meat Include allowed cream or use whipped
and vegetables) vegetables. Avoid cream as topping.
banana or saba and Halo-halo (mixed Include shaved ice in
chick peas. Leach fruit and beans and fluid allowance. Limit
potatoes first before shaved ice) milk/ice cream to ½
adding. cup. Skip the
Relleno (stuffed meat) Stuff meat with beans, camote, ube,
allowed ingredients. and saba. Use small
Sinigang (soured broth) Use tamarind nectar amount
or juice from fresh of lanka (jackfruit), sago
tamarind. Powdered , corn, and little
mixes of tamarind macapuno strings.
are high in sodium.
Skip Kutsinta Minimize the use of
the labanos (Orienta coconut as topping.
l radish).
Use kangkong inste Leche flan (milk Yes. Take your
ad of spinach. custard) phosphate binder.
Count broth in your Maja blanca (white No. Coconut is high in
fluid allowance. coconut custard potassium.
Sisig (thrice cooked This dish uses
pork) internal organs Palitaw Minimize the use of
which are high in coconut as topping.
phosphorus (pig's Limit the use of nuts
head: jowls, cheek, and sesame seeds.
ears).
Pandesal (salted Yes. Sodium content is
Tapa, beef Skip salt.
bread) acceptable.
Tinolang Instead of green
manok (chicken soup) papaya, use Puto (rice cake) Yes.
chayote. Choose
lower potassium Turron (crisp banana No. Banana is high in
green leafy rolls) potassium. Try using
vegetable such as other fruits to wrap. I
adding 1/2 cup tried apple and pears
of malunggay just
with good results.