MIKE Program

• Eat a healthful diet
• Move for regular physical activity, at least 30-60 minutes/day
• Avoid harmful products and substance abuse including excess alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
• See your doctor for regular checkups, especially if you or members of your family have high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease
• Know your numbers to maintain healthy kidney:
  • Creatinine (blood test);
  • Albumin (urine test);
  • Blood Pressure.
• Remember to know your blood glucose and blood cholesterol, too.
• Follow your doctor's advice to see a specialist, follow nutritional recommendations, or take medicine.

The MIKE Program is a partner in the National Institutes of Health  and  the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Kidney Disease Education Program, www.nkdep.nih.gov.