taking advantage of all these powerful home remedies lifestyle and dietary changes together
many patients have the late guinea dialysis by years some have even completely avoided it hello
Katherine from double looking here welcome to our journey together to a better kidney health
there are five things every single kidney disease patient must absolutely do to stop the progression
of chronic kidney disease because no matter what your doctor may have told you dialysis
is not the only outcome kidney disease can have i've been working with people bikini problems for
eight years now and many people that i've met have been able to reverse kidney disease some
even in stage four today i'll show you exactly what they are doing number five manage your blood
pressure and blood glucose levels naturally if we take a look at what the most common causes of ckd
are the first two spots are taken by diabetes and high blood pressure it is clear that if you have
one of these or both they are causing serious damage to your kidneys and while taking the
medication to your doctor may prescribe is really important there are natural remedies that can help
if you need to manage high blood pressure garlic is one of the best home remedies you can use
it works fast and can help manage both high blood pressure and cholesterol magnesium both
from supplements and foods is also going to do wonders for your blood pressure according to
recent studies every 100 milligrams daily increase in dietary magnesium was linked to a five percent
reduction in high blood pressure and you can find magnesium for very cheap omega-3 fatty acids this
is another remedy everyone should be using in the right dosage this is a powerful anti-inflammatory
with blood pressure lowering in triglycerides lowering properties now when it comes to blood
glucose levels what can really help is psyllium husk this is the main ingredient of methamucil
it really helps especially if you take it before meals green tea according to a comprehensive
review green tea consumption is associated with decreased fasting glucose levels and a1c levels
you can also find green tea as an extract but remember that it contains caffeine
and also cinnamon this stacy spice was linked to a lower insulin resistance by several studies
and while there are many other remedies that can help in my opinion these three are a must
if you have diabetes and these three are a must if you have high blood pressure and guys
if we take a look at this slide we can also see an indication of how much these remedies
are going to drop our blood pressure it's clear that with these remedies the results are going to
be very noticeable and for some people even too noticeable i mean not everyone needs to lower
their blood pressure by 23 over 13 or more it will be better to also adjust the medications
this is why keeping track of your levels may be even more important than taking advantage
of these powerful home remedies how to do it number four be your best health advocate
okay guys it's clear that in many countries today healthcare is just another industry
aim at making money and there's only one way to survive the healthcare industry
we must do diligent research and understand who is looking out for our best interests we must know if
what our doctors are doing is for our interest or not and the more you educate yourself the better
you'll be able to advocate for your well-being and get the support you need so watching videos
about your health is a great way to discover new things but there is something more you can do
the doctor's role as an authority figure is still deeply ingrained in the culture i mean if you want
to participate in shared medical decision making you have to do so when you are in the room with
the paper on the exam table crinkling under your bare bottom this can be an emotional situation
and it's not always easy to make the right decision you have to be prepared what to do then
maintain your own records keep your own health journal if you are going to stand up to your md
and be an active figure in your health care you need to know what works for you and what doesn't
and this can help it's just a very simple health diary you can download for free
right now you will have to print some of these and fill in all the info and relative dates
there's a tab for blood pressure one for blood glucose and so on these are measurements that
you can do by yourself and that are really important for the health of your kidneys
by having all of your medical information with you at all times you can work with your doctor
to reduce your risk for medical errors now there's even a more technological way to do this recently
apple released an update to their health app that allows you to store all of your medical records on
your phone it's not just a fitness app it will let you keep track of your blood glucose weight heart
rate and more there are similar apps on android too for example care clinic symptom tracker or
my medical by hyrax incorporation now the health journal helps no doubt about it but it will take
years to see the improvements here's something that will give your kidneys an immediate boost
a lot of kidney disease patients are using this program to improve their kidney function and
lower their creatinine levels there are some very inspiring success stories here on davaokini people
are reversing their kidney disease thanks to what they're learning from this program
if you want to give a fast boost your kidney hack you should consider downloading it i'm
leaving a link down in description check it out to know more time for our number three now the
alkaline plant-based diet okay there's one thing you must know about the alkaline plant-based diet
it really works and like the other four things of today's video
it's something you have to do your kidneys need you to eat this way the reason is simple
healthy kidneys are usually going to be able to efficiently regulate your blood ph level acid
concentration by removing the excess acid you get from what you eat but when you have kidney
disease it's more difficult for your kidneys to remove all these extra acids from your blood
all this acid will cause damage to your body and also put a lot of strain on the kidneys
a lot of extra work this is why eating alkaline works so fast with results immediately visible
not just on your labs but on your skin too not to mention that as we can see here the alkaline diet
has to be plant-based now the plant-based diet alone has a ton of benefits it helps managing
high blood pressure it helps keeping blood sugar levels under control and i know that not everyone
with kidney disease needs to lose weight but if you do this diet can help plant-based foods are
more satiating and more nutritious than processed foods so your caloric intake is going to be lower
which is crucial to help unhealthy body weight and many people don't know this but losing weight is
one of the healthiest things you can do for your kidneys visceral fat the fat we don't see because
it's inside the body is the number one cause of diabetes and inflammation it really destroys your
kidneys now guys if you want to know more about the alkaline diet i made a video about it recently
it's up here number two avoid nsaids antibiotics and unnecessary medical tests
the human kidney is a tenacious organ but some things are really going to damage it beyond repair
taking nsaids is one aspirin ibuprofen nephroxane and more may be very helpful in managing pain but
they should never be used daily they are known to damage the kidneys just like excess of sodium
in the diet and drinking too much not sleeping enough is a less intuitive danger for your kidneys
but there is solid science linking sleeping less than six hours per night to a faster
decline in kidney function another hidden danger are medical tests i have seen too many people too
many patients that were on stage three of chronic kidney disease and they have been pushed to stage
five because they took a contrast during a test and i know three doctors should have known better
but it still happens in particular i'm talking about scans with intravenous contrast underground
like a cardiac underground when they inject dyes into your vein in your hand or arm and mris
very dangerous for people with kidney problems and there is one more thing that damages our kidneys
this one has a special entry because managing it is not easy protein in diet number one the vlpd
the vlpd treatment is mostly used for treating advanced stage pre-dialysis kidney disease
it's not very common in many parts of the world including the us but where it's used including
italy the vlp is showing impressive results i've met people who have been in stage 4 for 20 years
without significant determination of their kidney function and that's impressive now vlpd means very
low protein diet it's a diet based on that notion that the kidneys are damaged by protein once you
remove protein from the diet almost completely the kidneys will improve now this is not a diet
you can self-prescribe it requires very precise calculations and a special supplementation if you
want to know more about it this video up here is going to be very interesting okay guys as usual a
new video is coming next tuesday and i really hope to see you there in the meantime keep taking good
care of your kidneys and be good to yourself this is all for today thank you for watching