Helping You Navigate The Renal Diet And Optimize Your Nutrition
Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.
My mission is to provide easy to understand, evidence-based nutrition information to help people live a healthy life on dialysis. This is an area that I am passionate about!
Transitioning to life on dialysis and learning the “renal diet” has its challenges to say the least. As a specialist in kidney nutrition I am here to provide the support you deserve to hopefully make the process a little easier.
Maria
I am an experienced Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who has specialized in kidney disease for over 19 years.
Our understanding of your nutrition needs on dialysis has evolved over the years -especially recently with a more plant-based focus.
As a Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition my goal is to reach more people and have a larger impact on the chronic kidney disease community.
Stay connected for monthly blog posts with informative information! I am here to serve you and appreciate your support.
Maria Tointon, RDN, CSR
Editorial Process
There is a lot of nutrition and health information on the internet. What makes this website a reliable one with information you can trust?
All content is created by Maria Tointon, RDN, CSR unless otherwise indicated. Maria has a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition, has completed 1,200 hours of supervised practice through an accredited dietetic internship program, and passed a national exam to obtain her dietitian credential. To maintain this credential requires 75 hours of continuing education every 5 years.
Additionally Maria is a Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR) which requires 2,000 hours practice experience and passing of a national exam every five years to maintain the credential.
All articles are written based on Maria’s 18+ years of experience as a renal dietitian and based on current literature and research. Our content includes references to peer-reviewed research articles, academic text books, or websites you can trust (from government or academic institutions). The Dialysis Dietitian is about science and not popularity, click-bait, or trends.
When a guest author posts on this website, all content is edited and fact checked by Maria prior to publication. Guest authors use the same process of research and referencing. All content is reviewed at least annually and updated as needed based on changes in science.