RCTs of Dietary Interventions in CKD with Dr Dylan MacKay 

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Explain why we need more RCTs in nutrition and CKD.
Describe how the potential renal acid load equation can be used to “dose” fruit and vegetables intake for metabolic acidosis.
Consider that all source of dietary potassium are not equal in terms of impact on blood potassium concentrations.
Dr. Dylan MacKay, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Chronic Disease in the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Internal Medicine Section Endocrinology at the University of Manitoba. He has a background in Human Nutritional Sciences, with training and experience in clinical trials and patient-oriented research. His work concentrates primarily on type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease and often focuses on the delivery of foods. He is currently leading two trials looking at dietary interventions in CKD, one looking at metabolic acidosis and one looking at hyperkalemia.