Dietary Sources of Protein and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression: The Proof May Be in the Pattern.
The medieval philosopher Moses Maimonides (Spain, 1135-1204) wrote that “No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” Not so long ago, before we had the means of dialysis therapy, and still today in many parts of the world, diet represents the sole management strategy in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).