Summertime Crossword
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- 2. Remember to take your phosphate ____ when going out to eat or traveling to keep your bones strong and your heart healthy.
- 6. Tasty, summer fruit with pink flesh and a green rind. Serving size is 1 cup chunks.
- 8. Talk to your dialysis team about how to best protect your dialysis access if your summer plans include diving into a ____ pool.
- 10. Limiting ____ and spicy foods can help you control your thirst.
- 12. Enjoy, lower potassium summer fruits and ____ such as yellow squash, green beans, plums, blueberries, and strawberries to protect your heart.
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- 1. Go to DaVita.com for delicious, summer ___ ideas such as ambrosia, blueberry-peach crisp, burgers, and chicken lettuce wraps.
- 3. Try to do outdoor activities early in the ____ or in the evening when it is coolest.
- 4. Good sources of protein that can be eaten cold include: Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, chicken salad, and ___ eggs.
- 5. Excess ____ in the body can cause high blood pressure, heart problems and breathing difficulties.
- 7. Limiting your fluid intake to four ____ each day can keep your heart healthy and you feeling your best!
- 9. If dialysis treatments must be missed due to severe ___ (such as a hurricane), access issues, or any other emergency, it is best to follow an emergency dialysis diet.
- 11. Summer fruit with a fuzzy skin. It is also the state fruit of Georgia.