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Andrew Kowalski, MD, FASN Not long after I saw the heading of my last blog post did another WSJ article come across my news feed. “My...

Andrew Kowalski, MD, FASN An article by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ, Nov. 2023) titled Trouble With America’s Ultra-Processed Diet...

Andrew Kowalski, MD, FASN The current trend in providing healthy food options has been "lion in sheeps clothing." The plant-based trend...

Vitamin D (D3/D2; calcifediol/calcitriol separately) Potential benefit: corrects deficiency, improves PTH abnormalities in CKD-MBD; may...

High-Phosphorus Processed Foods (Avoid/Limit) These usually contain phosphate additives (look for “phos-” on labels). Absorption is...