Mr. Bradley is a 70-year-old man with a long medical history including uncontrolled diabetes mellitus since age 45 who presents to the West Smithtown Dialysis Center with new-onset end-stage kidney disease. Mr. Bradley lives in an assisted living facility where he receives full-time nursing care. As a dialysis nurse, your role is to review the nutrition guidelines with Mr. Bradley, who has diabetic retinopathy and loss of vision. He is a non-ambulatory war veteran, former smoker, and former alcohol abuser whose BMI is normal, though he has lost 3% of his body weight since being diagnosed with kidney failure one month ago. A food frequency questionnaire shows that Mr. Bradley generally meets his recommended intakes of all food groups, but his fiber intake is low, and his dairy foods
consumption exceeds the recommendation by double due to his love of milk, ice cream, cheese, and other dairy products. Mr. Bradley's comprehension of the need for a lower-phosphorus diet is reflected by which statement?
a) "I will need to avoid legumes"
b) "I will need to limit dairy products"
c) "I will need to eat fewer fatty meats"
d) "becoming a vegetarian would best meet my protein needs"
e) "I can eat all the bread I want"
Ans: b) "I will need to limit dairy products"
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What will be an ideal response?