Kidney Health and Dietary Impacts

Human beings tend to take their kidneys for granted, but when the kidneys fail,

all the fun goes out of life. I'm gonna talk about a few things

that cause damage to the kidneys, and then I'm gonna talk about some things

that

are very healing for the kidneys.

Soda pop falls under the first heading.

Soda pop is harmful to the body in countless different ways.

We know it causes cancer. We know it causes diabetes and heart

disease and all kinds of other problems, and needs to be avoided.

One of the many ways in which soda damages our bodies is by

harming the kidneys, and in my opinion, diet soda

is even worse than the kind with sugar.

There are some prescription medications that also damage the kidneys.

If you're on medications, you probably should look up the side

effects of your med

and just see what it's doing to your body.

Here is a short list of just a few of the medications that are harmful to the

kidneys.

Orlistat, Ozempic... Ozempic's a terrible drug.

Proton pump inhibitors, those are the PPIs, the, uh,

acid-reducing medications.

Acetaminophen, as it's called in the United States.

It's called paracetamol in other places.

Tylenol, that's one of the brand names of it.

Very harmful to the kidneys and to the liver.

Glyphosate. Glyphosate is in a lot of genetically

modified foods. It's Roundup. It's a very, very

harmful chemical. It's one of the reasons why we need to eat

organic foods. Toxic metals. I prefer to use the term

toxic metals rather than the term heavy metals because not all heavy metals are

toxic and not all toxic metals are heavy.

Alcohol, of course, damages the kidneys and the

liver. And tap water.

There's an article on my newsletter that discusses water, drinking water, and

what kind of water is the best to drink.

Here's a list of just a few of the things that are beneficial to the kidneys.

Baking soda. Here's an article from the Journal of the

American

Society of Nephrology.

Talks about a daily dose of baking soda affecting kidney function

in a beneficial way.

Uh, they don't say how much baking soda to

take, but I would suggest

perhaps half a teaspoon full two or three times a day, uh, in

water. Uh, but it... Baking soda's beneficial for the

body in numerous ways, and I hasten to

add

there's lots of research showing that taking baking soda does not cause

elevations in blood pressure. Just in case someone

is worried about the fact

that baking soda contains sodium and they think it's gonna make their blood

pressure go up, it will not.

And here's the good news for people who are taking proton pump inhibitors, the

acid-reducing drugs.

If you have... If you've experienced GERD, if you experience heartburn,

just take half a teaspoon full of baking soda in a glass of water.

You can take up to one teaspoon full, but generally speaking, half a

teaspoon full is gonna do it.

It instantly neutralizes the acid, and you don't have the

negative side effects of the proton pump inhibitors because they do have a

lot of side effects.

My favorite herb for the kidneys is astragalus.

It's very beneficial to the kidneys.

Also, morinda, which is also known as noni.

Very beneficial to the kidneys.

If you have a kidney condition, then drinking distilled water will help

to eliminate, uh, toxins and, and heavy metals from

the kidneys.

Watermelon juice. Now, I'm ordinarily not a fan of fruit juices.

I tell people, "Eat your fruits. Don't drink them." And of course,

if you're a

diabetic, you wouldn't want to drink watermelon

juice or any other fruit juice.

But if you're not a diabetic, uh, watermelon juice can be very

beneficial for the kidneys.

Also, if you are a diabetic, then eating a lot of watermelon...

Now, you would want to check your blood sugar

during this to make sure that the

watermelon, uh, the, the fructose in the watermelon

is not causing

elevations in blood sugar,

but it can be very, very helpful.

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