Phosphorus Tracker

RENAL DISEASE, PHOSPHORUS AND THE PURE SOURCE PHOSPHORUS MOBILE APP

Deterioration of the human kidneys leads to the retention of many waste products, of which the metal phosphorus is the most important because it is the most destructive. In dialysis and kidney disease patients the therapeutic strategies aimed at controlling blood levels of phosphorus always includes medical advice to restrict phosphorus intake.

Historically, the major barrier to balancing phosphorus has been blamed on the patient’s failure to comply with medical advice. However, patients have never been given the tools to do so, until now.

The phosphorus in your blood is not the result of an infection, and was not made by your body. It comes from the food you eat and the liquid you drink and from nowhere else. All physicians agree that the dietary restriction of phosphorus is in the forefront for treatment of the kidney disease population and recent studies have extended the phosphorus restriction advice to include the general population.

The data in THE PURE SOURCE PHOSPHORUS MOBILE APP lists the total amounts of phosphorus in milligrams (mg) found in food and beverages commonly consumed by Americans. The app also lists information that should help in estimating a day-to-day and meal-to-meal dietary intake of phosphorus. As a user of our app, your goal is to maintain a phosphorus intake close to the RDA amounts for your age and gender.