Last updated: December 12, 2024

Overview

The kidneys and liver are essential for cleaning your blood, maintaining fluid balance, and breaking down the foods you eat. If you have kidney or liver problems, changing your diet can help protect these organs and improve their function. Find healthy eating advice for chronic kidney disease, kidney stones, chronic hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Kidney 

Chronic kidney disease

Having chronic kidney disease means your kidneys aren’t working as well as they should to filter waste and get rid of extra fluid from your blood. Learn how making changes to your diet can help manage kidney disease:

• Healthy eating guidelines for people with early chronic kidney disease 
• Basic kidney diet information (BC Renal) 
• Kidney community kitchen (Kidney Foundation of Canada)

Kidney stones

Kidney stones are small hard crystals that can form in your kidneys. Find out about the types of kidney stones and how dietary changes can lower the risk of reoccurrence:

• Healthy eating guidelines for prevention of recurrent kidney stones

Liver

Chronic hepatitis

Chronic hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that lasts for at least 6 months. Read about how diet and lifestyle changes can help you manage this condition:

• Healthy eating for chronic hepatitis (HealthLinkBC File #40c)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

NAFLD refers to conditions where fat builds up in the liver in those who drink little or no alcohol. NAFLD may also be called metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Diet, physical activity and sleep play important roles in prevention and management. Learn about causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment:

• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
• Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) (University Health Network, Canada)