8 March 2012
Nutrition
About Kidney Diseases
Keep Your Kidneys Healthy
Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease
In most cases the prevention of chronic kidney disease is, in the first place, a matter of a healthy lifestyle: physical exercise and/or sports, healthy food with limited calories and reduced salt, and not smoking.
Why is diet so important? When food is broken down in the stomach and intestine and processed in the body, waste is made. The kidneys remove the waste from the blood. If the kidneys are not working properly, the waste builds up in the bloodstream and you may feel weak, tired, and sick. The other balancing act the kidneys perform is the regulation of the body’s fluid and mineral balance. Some people with kidney disease may retain fluid, which leads to puffiness, swollen ankles, hands and feet and breathlessness.
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