If you eat a western-style diet, your kidney function is likely going to decline with age! But it does not have to be that way! If you follow a kidney-healthy diet - a diet to preserve kidney function, you might be able to avoid chronic kidney disease!
Our kidneys are crucial for our health! Here is one example: if our kidneys fail, our risk of dying from heart disease increases 100-fold!
We will learn about the mechanisms behind exhausted kidneys and how we can prevent our kidneys from failing! Our kidneys' capacity is limited! We can drink too much, eat too much salt, too much animal protein, etc., even with healthy kidneys! And with declining kidney function, multiple vicious circles form that drive down kidney function even further! This makes it even more important to keep and even improve your kidney function with a kidney-healthy diet!
But what type of diet is healthy for our kidneys! It is a whole food plant-based diet, with the addition of a few extra steps! A whole food plant-based diet is also a great choice to avoid or combat the vicious circles that worsen kidney function over time: metabolic acidosis, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia and hypertension!
Dietary changes can help prevent chronic kidney disease and improve kidney function, e.g. by avoiding hyperfiltration mode, an inflammatory response by our kidneys. Please be aware that you need to consult your renal dietitian about any changes to your diet. The diet used to preserve kidney function can not be used to treat it!
End-stage chronic kidney disease is not reversible. An increase in GFR is unlikely, but possible in some cases. Dietary changes can often extend the time until dialysis is needed by several years!
Improve your health with plant-based nutrition:
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0:00 - Preserve Kidney Function
0:32 - Explanation of kidney function
1:15 - Vicious circles of impaired kidney function
1:45 - Visualization of impaired kidney capacity
2:31 - Prevention of chronic kidney disease
3:12 - Dietary recommendations
3:37 - Water and potassium
4:31 - Acid-base balance
5:22 - Hyperfiltration mode
5:57 - Advanced glycation end products
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The information contain herein should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropiately qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider.
