Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 032 – AAKP National Meeting and Farmers Markets Have an Abundance Of Great Things

Renal Diet Headquarters Podcast 032 – AAKP National Meeting and Farmers Markets Have an Abundance Of Great Things Podcast #32 Released on July 31, 2014 Welcome to the Renal Diet Headquarters podcast with your host, Mathea Ford, CEO of Renal Diet headquarters. This is our weekly talk about how you can succeed with a kidney diet. Brought to you by renaldiethq.com, a website whose mission is to be the most valued resource on kidney disease that people can use to improve their health. Hello, and welcome to the Renal Diet Headquarters podcast. This is our podcast number 32, and you can find more information at renaldiethq.com/032. And this is Mathea Ford, your host, and I want to wish you happy end of July. And this month has been very mild here in Oklahoma. And I hope your month is going well. It's starting to get back to school time, and we're ending the month by talking about picnics and eating healthier and food safe foods. And so this is the last podcast about those topics. And so this week I'm going to talk about eating more salads, kind of fresh salads, and talk about farmers markets a little bit. First, I want to talk about the American Association of Kidney Patients national meeting. I decided I'm going to go to the meeting, and I'm kind of excited because they've asked me to do an expert's table. And I can let you know in about a week or two which table I'll be doing. I'm also going to have books available there, and there will be a time when I'll be available to sign them. So, we'll have a time scheduled where you could come by the little marketplace, and I will sign your book. And I'm excited if you want to come. It's in Las Vegas, and that's September 26 through the 28th, and it's going to be at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. So, if you live in California, Nevada, around that area and you want to go, it's very targeted for patients. 80% of the people there are patients. It does cost money to go. It costs money for the hotel room. But if you can go, it could be a great learning opportunity. And I want to encourage you, but I also just want you to know that anything I share at the meeting, like at my table, I'm going to come back and do a podcast on it so you won't miss out on that information. And I'll probably have a handout that you'll be able to go to the website and download and see what I talked about. And I'm looking forward to having some other opportunities to work with the AAKP in the future. So, I'm going to go to the meeting. And if you go to renaldiethq.com/go/ AAKPmeeting2014 all together, all one word. And that'll be in our show notes at renaldiethq.com/032. That'll be in the show notes. But if you go there and you click on that, that will take you to the information about the AAKP national meeting and you can learn more there. So aside from that, other things going on next month, we are going to be talking about healthy meals at home and herbs and spices, and we're going to talk about how to keep your busy schedule from screwing up your diet. But this week, I want to start out with talking about using food safety and keeping food safe even when you're going to the farmers market. So, farmers markets are a way to get fresh produce and items that are probably less expensive, but you can go a couple of times a week and they're extremely fresh. That's what you expect. Find a farmers market and you get to know your farmers. Go talk to them. Ask them, where do you grow? Where did these come from? When did you pick them? And you can find lots of healthy things, and then those are the things that are going to be in season. So, you're actually being healthy and probably saving a little money at the same time. So,