Hello, how are your kidneys doing? this is Katherine, welcome to 00Kidney!
Today, there are a couple of interesting questions from you that I want to answer!
Before we start, I want to tell you something about a video that took me a lot of time to
make and that I'm uploading tomorrow.
It's about a big, crucial issue and I think that all kidney patients should know about
it.
So please stay tuned for tomorrow.
On with the comments now!
This one is from a user called AMG.
He says: I'm 72 and my eGFR is 44.
I hve ckd stage 3.
What dietary changes can I make?
I have never smoked.
Don't drink.
But Love cakes, sweets etc.
I am 3 stones overweight.
Would it be possible for me to get back to an eGFR of 60??
This is a very specific question, so I want to take a step back and analyze the possibilities
a little bit.
Now, a gfr of 44 at an age of 72 is not that bad that it cannot be improved.
I've seen people doing it, and it is possible.
It takes a lot of dedication, though.
As you may already know, gfr decreases with age, even in healthy people.
So progresses are going to be slower for someone of your age.
For example, while for people under 50 years old a normal gfr would be 100, for someone
in their seventies a normal gfr would be 75.
But this doesn't mean you cannot improve your kidney function.
The first thing to do would be to start actually tackling the problem.
Usually, doctors would just tell you to keep an eye on it and to not make things worse.
So, if you want to solve this issue, you would have to work on it by yourself, and to find
a specialist willing to help you during your journey.
Diet would be the second step.
How much of an issue your diet really is?
Do you have prediabetes?
How high are your blood sugar levels?
Answering these questions is crucial to improve your health.
But, remember that it is possible to improve and you've already done the first step coming
here to seek for info.
Another comment, this one is on my video How to Lower Creatinine.
Arturo Baella asks "is a kidney detox beneficiary for CKD ??"
And my answer is... yes, it can be!
A detox is a great way to remove some of the toxins we introduce every day in our body.
We are constantly exposed to chemicals, toxins and poisons.
They're in the air, in the water and in the food.
Now, the problem with most detoxes is that they are basically liquid only diets, and
even if they last just a few days or a week, they could be hard.
So my advice is to get everything else right in your renal diet before venturing in a cleanse.
Now, if you are ready and want to try a good kidney detox, I've made a video about it,
you can see the link in the card above.
Let me know how it goes!
This was our last comment for today!
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