Carol Sallasvaara has made drastic changes to her diet over her decades with chronic kidney disease. We were meat and potatoes people," Sallasvaara said in an interview on Thursday, marking World Kidney Day. Kidney disease goes from 'really scary' to inconvenience, Winnipegger saysSlashing her meat intake in favour of more rice and pasta was the drastic change. When she hit end-stage kidney disease, her balance of electrolytes became particularly important. This year's theme for World Kidney Day is "healthy lifestyle for healthy kidneys."

Source: CBC News March 09, 2017 19:05 UTC