5 Foods Damaging Your Kidneys 1. MEAT Meat is enriched with protein. High protein level in body is dangerous for your kidneys. Protein increases the metabolic rate and puts load on kidneys making it difficult to release waste out of body. Therefore for healthy and damage free kidneys meat should be consumed in moderate amount. 2. Salt Sodium requirement for your body is very little. It can be maintained by vegetables and fruits easily. Many people add too much table salt to change the flavor of their food. Too must salt is dangerous for kidneys. When you eat too much salt, your kidneys respond by retaining water in order to dilute this electrolyte in your bloodstream to maintain proper heart function. This places a load on the kidneys and makes it difficult to excrete waste material out of body. 3. Carbonated Beverages Carbonated beverages including soda and energy drinks are also hazardous for kidneys. They are responsible for kidney stones. Instead of them try to have plain drinking water with lemon. It helps your kidney to work properly. 4. Dairy Product Like meat dairy product are also enriched with proteins. Consuming dairy products increased the excretion of calcium in the urine, which has been associated with a higher risk of developing kidney stones. Excess protein can cause kidney failure. Reducing dairy products helps to prevent you from dialyses and make filtering process easy. 5. Caffeine Caffeine is one of the source of kidney stress. It is blood stimulant and increase the flow of blood in kidneys. Caffeine consumption may lead to chronic kidney failure, obese and diabetic rats.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:28:08 +0000
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