How to Protect Your Kidney Health: Avoid These 5 Foods
These 5 foods are full of ingredients, additives
and chemicals shown to cause the worst problems to your kidneys and overall health.
If you want to protect your kidney health,
keep these 5 supermarket staples out of your
shopping cart.
If you have chronic kidney disease, good nutrition and diet are critical components of the treatment plan.
But why is diet so important for protecting
your kidney health?
While the right dietary regimen is important
for everyone, those with diminished kidney
function have shown the worse reaction to
an unbalanced diet.
Patients suffering from chronic kidney disease
(CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) cannot rely on their kidney to maintain the delicate balance their body needs.
The kidneys regulate the quantity of water,
electrolytes, minerals and waste products
in the metabolism.
Stepping out of this balance will not just
make you feel tired, out of energy and sick,
will also make your kidney disease progress
at an higher rate.
This is why the outcomes of bad dietary habits
have shown to be disastrous.
So here is the list: These foods are the worst
of the worst, starting from number 5:
An excess of salt in your diet will alter
the delicate sodium balance in your body.
The kidneys will have to work harder to restore
this balance, and the result will be fluid
retention and higher blood pressure.
While water retention will cause some cosmetic
issues, like cellulite, high blood pressure
is one of the main risk factors for kidney
disease.
In my experience, most people just eat too
much sodium, so almost anyone can see an immediate health improvement reducing salt intake.
Table salt is the worse, since it is heavily
processed and contains chemicals.
Himalayan salt is a good substitute, see comment section for some trusted sellers.
There are several studies confirming that
an excess of red meat can be a danger for
kidney health.
Protein metabolism requires a lot of work
from the kidneys.
This is why high protein consumption has been
linked to an higher risk of kidney disease
and kidney stones.
Still, meat is a source of high quality proteins
and should be a component of an healthy diet.
My advice is to reduce the intake of meat,
especially red meat, to maximum two portions
a week.
Processed meat should be completely avoided.
There's a number of fruit and vegetables kidney patients should be avoiding
bananas, prunes, raisins, collards, potatoes,
cantaloupe and tomatoes are too rich in potassium and can be dangerous.
Healthy kidneys are perfectly able to process
the excess of potassium you can get from fruit
and vegetables.
But an excess of potassium in the blood of
a kidney patient can cause symptoms as severe
as an heart attack.
Still, vegetables are really good for your
health, and should always be an important
part of your diet.
For every 150 calories of dietary sugar you
consume a day, you risk of diabetes, one of
the main risk factors for kidney disease,
increases by 1.1 percent - according to a
research published in the journal PLOS ONE.
If this is not enough, dietary sugar has been
linked to esophageal cancer, colon cancer,
breast cancer and lung metastasis.
And while the sugar industry has done a number of cover-ups to shift the blame to fats, paying scientists and falsifying studies, it is pretty obvious nowadays that excess of sugar is unhealthy as it gets.
So, how can you reduce sugar in your diet?
Sugar is hidden in almost every processed
food under a variety of names: dextrose, fructose, lactose, corn syrup, maltose, molasses, sucrose and so on.
Best way to protect your kidneys and your
health is to totally avoid processed foods
and sugary beverages.
Your kidneys and your waistline will thank
you!
The influence of drinking sodas and other
soft drinks on human health has been widely
researched over the last decades.
You might expect some damages to your health
if you regularly consume unhealthy beverages.
Still, the results of most studies were way
worse than the expectations.
But why are sodas so bad for your kidney health?
Sodas have a very high concentration of caffeine, sugar, artificial sweeteners, phosphoric acid and other chemicals.
In a study conducted on more than 3000 women during 10 years, a rate of decline of more than 30% in GFR was observed in test subject who drank 2 or more serving a day of artificially sweetened sodas.
In my experience, this kind of very direct
and sharp correlation is not very common in
trials done on thousands of subjects.
And the numbers here are pretty scary: only
two cans a day and you will end up losing
It's not a chance, it's certain.
Very scary, if you think about it.
This is why I'm putting sodas on the top of
my list of things to avoid.
An advice from kidney doctors:
Diet sodas are even worse than regular sodas
for your Kidney Health!
Drink water or green tea instead
This is all for today!
These 5 foods are full of ingredients, additives
and chemicals shown to cause the worst problems to your kidneys and overall health.
If you want to protect your kidney health,
keep these 5 supermarket staples out of your
shopping cart.
If you have chronic kidney disease, good nutrition and diet are critical components of the treatment plan.
But why is diet so important for protecting
your kidney health?
While the right dietary regimen is important
for everyone, those with diminished kidney
function have shown the worse reaction to
an unbalanced diet.
Patients suffering from chronic kidney disease
(CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) cannot rely on their kidney to maintain the delicate balance their body needs.
The kidneys regulate the quantity of water,
electrolytes, minerals and waste products
in the metabolism.
Stepping out of this balance will not just
make you feel tired, out of energy and sick,
will also make your kidney disease progress
at an higher rate.
This is why the outcomes of bad dietary habits
have shown to be disastrous.
So here is the list: These foods are the worst
of the worst, starting from number 5:
An excess of salt in your diet will alter
the delicate sodium balance in your body.
The kidneys will have to work harder to restore
this balance, and the result will be fluid
retention and higher blood pressure.
While water retention will cause some cosmetic
issues, like cellulite, high blood pressure
is one of the main risk factors for kidney
disease.
In my experience, most people just eat too
much sodium, so almost anyone can see an immediate health improvement reducing salt intake.
Table salt is the worse, since it is heavily
processed and contains chemicals.
Himalayan salt is a good substitute, see comment section for some trusted sellers.
There are several studies confirming that
an excess of red meat can be a danger for
kidney health.
Protein metabolism requires a lot of work
from the kidneys.
This is why high protein consumption has been
linked to an higher risk of kidney disease
and kidney stones.
Still, meat is a source of high quality proteins
and should be a component of an healthy diet.
My advice is to reduce the intake of meat,
especially red meat, to maximum two portions
a week.
Processed meat should be completely avoided.
There's a number of fruit and vegetables kidney patients should be avoiding
bananas, prunes, raisins, collards, potatoes,
cantaloupe and tomatoes are too rich in potassium and can be dangerous.
Healthy kidneys are perfectly able to process
the excess of potassium you can get from fruit
and vegetables.
But an excess of potassium in the blood of
a kidney patient can cause symptoms as severe
as an heart attack.
Still, vegetables are really good for your
health, and should always be an important
part of your diet.
For every 150 calories of dietary sugar you
consume a day, you risk of diabetes, one of
the main risk factors for kidney disease,
increases by 1.1 percent - according to a
research published in the journal PLOS ONE.
If this is not enough, dietary sugar has been
linked to esophageal cancer, colon cancer,
breast cancer and lung metastasis.
And while the sugar industry has done a number of cover-ups to shift the blame to fats, paying scientists and falsifying studies, it is pretty obvious nowadays that excess of sugar is unhealthy as it gets.
So, how can you reduce sugar in your diet?
Sugar is hidden in almost every processed
food under a variety of names: dextrose, fructose, lactose, corn syrup, maltose, molasses, sucrose and so on.
Best way to protect your kidneys and your
health is to totally avoid processed foods
and sugary beverages.
Your kidneys and your waistline will thank
you!
The influence of drinking sodas and other
soft drinks on human health has been widely
researched over the last decades.
You might expect some damages to your health
if you regularly consume unhealthy beverages.
Still, the results of most studies were way
worse than the expectations.
But why are sodas so bad for your kidney health?
Sodas have a very high concentration of caffeine, sugar, artificial sweeteners, phosphoric acid and other chemicals.
In a study conducted on more than 3000 women during 10 years, a rate of decline of more than 30% in GFR was observed in test subject who drank 2 or more serving a day of artificially sweetened sodas.
In my experience, this kind of very direct
and sharp correlation is not very common in
trials done on thousands of subjects.
And the numbers here are pretty scary: only
two cans a day and you will end up losing
It's not a chance, it's certain.
Very scary, if you think about it.
This is why I'm putting sodas on the top of
my list of things to avoid.
An advice from kidney doctors:
Diet sodas are even worse than regular sodas
for your Kidney Health!
Drink water or green tea instead
This is all for today!
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