Top 10 SUPER FOODS That Can Heal Your KIDNEYS

Hello Health Champions. Today we're going to talk  about the top 10 foods that can help heal a kidney  

and the very first we need to clear up some  confusion because usually they just talk about  

a kidney diet as if that was just one thing but  it makes all the difference what stage of kidney  

disease do you have what are we trying to do  here because the standard recommendations what  

they call a kidney diet that's about restricting  certain things that is not about healing at all  

has nothing to do with it what they're talking  about is to minimize the consequences in advanced  

cases because the kidney isn't working so we have  to limit certain things of the toxins don't build  

up too fast and when we're talking about healing  recommendations when we're actually trying to fix  

a kidney and restore it back to normal now we're  talking about something completely different when  

they classify kidney disease they divide it into  different stages from one to five where stage  

three also has an A and A B and the diagnosis  is based on something called creatinine and  

the kidneys as you may know filters out hundreds  of liters of water every day and with that water  

follows basically everything that's dissolved  everything except really large particles like  

red blood cells and proteins so sodium and glucose  and creatinine all filters out with the water but  

then the kidney reabsorbs everything of value so  glucose gets reabsorbed at about a hundred percent  

as long as we're not diabetic sodium gets absorbed  over 99 percent but creatinine gets reabsorbed at  

zero so if creatinine Rises that means that  the kidney is not flowing very well there's  

not enough fluid going out through the kidney  and this is measured in milliliters per minute  

and it's called estimated glomerular filtration  rate so they estimate that based on the level of  

creatinine and if you're filtering 90 milliliters  or more that means you either completely normal  

or it means that you have some sort of kidney  problem in stage one that's not related to the  

filtration volume it could be that they run a  urinalysis and there is protein in the urine  

or something like that something different  than filtration rate if you are filtering  

more than 60 but less than 90 you're called stage  two and kind of ironically this is called normal  

on a blood test so you could be stage one or  stage two and you're still in the normal range  

for most blood tests because they don't cut it  off until 60. the next one goes to 45 that's  

stage 3A and then we are down to 30 milliliters  with 3B if you're between 15 and 30 it's called  

stage four and if you're less than 15 it's Stage  5 or end stage renal disease so you're basically  

at complete failure or very very close to  it and at this point pretty much dialysis  

or a transplant would be the only options now  on average about 15 percent of the population  

has some sort of kidney compromise where  they fit fit into one of these stages so  

that's about one in seven in the world and  one percent out of that 15 is stage five so  

we're talking a very small percentage and here  with including stage four that's three percent  

so here we have four percent out of one seven  so we're still less than one percent of the  

population and these are the ones that really need  to be careful these need to follow the guidelines  

very very strictly and avoid all sorts of things  but then we have the other part so stage one don't  

really have that problem at all they don't need  to avoid anything stage two also don't need to  

avoid anything in terms of standard kidney diet  they need to start working on the root cause what  

that ever might be which we're going to talk about  so that's about 50 percent of the people who have  

some sort of kidney compromise and then in stage  three three A is twice as common as 3B so overall  

we have about 20 percent of the people with some  kid kidney problem who need to pay attention Stage  

5 and 4 need to pay very very close attention but  stage 3B they are not home free they need to re  

limit certain things and be careful with certain  things but the rest about 80 percent of the people  

with kidney disease the kidney diet really doesn't  apply at all because it's about restricting things  

that the kidney is failing to eliminate and we  have about 20 percent of people who have that  

problem and we have 80 percent who don't so with  stage five kidney disease that's when the egfr  

is less than 15 there is major damage and they  need to see a nephrologist if they're not if they  

get a blood work back and they're not working  with a nephrologist they need to see one right  

away because they're very close to kidney failure  and this is the most extreme version of limiting  

things so they need to limit basically everything  sodium potassium phosphorus also nitrogen which  

means protein nitrogen is the byproduct of protein  and they might even need to limit water because if  

the kidney is filtering that poorly then you have  to be careful with almost everything that you put  

in your body so do these cause chronic kidney  disease and this is the huge confusion just  

because a person with kidney failure needed to  avoid these does not mean that they are the cause  

instead these are resources we need minerals we  need protein we need water when we're healthy to  

avoid getting it and if we have a mild case  we need these to reverse it so we have to be  

very very clear because so often we make the  mistake of saying if we have to limit these  

when the kidney is damaged then they must be the  cause and nothing could be further from the truth  

so we need them to heal instead and of course  most important is prevention so you want to  

make the lifestyle changes before you ever get  anywhere near this food number one is red grapes  

so the question is is that a good food I got a  list of 25 foods that are very often recommended  

for kidney patients so we're going to go through  and figure out if they are indeed Good Foods so  

the reason they gave for this one was that it  has antioxidants and anti-inflammatory property  

so that might be a good thing but it's kind of  irrelevant to kidneys because it has very little  

to do with how the kidney heals or if it can  filter things out so we also want to look at some  

things that are associated with kidney problems  like phosphorus potassium sodium and sugar and  

I added the sugar because most or nobody really  Associates sugar with a problem as far as kidney  

goes so we're going to talk about why that is but  this would be a good food as far as phosphorus  

potassium and sodium it's pretty low but that  sugar is way too much and we'll talk about that  

next so red grapes is an X we do not want that on  a kidney diet and in order to understand why that  

is we need to understand the causes the number  one cause is type 2 diabetes and after that we  

have hypertension closely followed and then kidney  infections in much smaller percentages medications  

can cause this and it is over-the-counter drugs  and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs so these  

are things that we can buy straight from the store  they are no prescription and they're all your pain  

medication and all your colds and flus so you  don't want to use those unless you absolutely  

have to then we have things like lupus which is an  autoimmune disease so a lot of people know about  

rheumatoid arthritis that affects joints and and  Bones basically well lupus is sort of the same  

thing but it goes after soft tissue and the kidney  is one of those things that gets attacked we could  

also have poisoning from metals or chemicals that  can hurt the kidney so a lot of pesticides high  

doses of of environmental chemicals can create  some problems as well and the reason I want to  

talk about sugar in addition to the traditional  criteria is that the number one by far the biggest  

contributor to kidney disease is type 2 diabetes  and not only that but it is the primary cause for  

hypertension as well so if we can handle the  insulin resistance that causes type 2 diabetes  

and hypertension we have eliminated probably 90  percent of kidney disease right there number two  

is apples and the reason they give is that it's  high in fiber and antioxidants it's like this  

Mantra we keep hearing and also a good source of  vitamin C so again this could be a good thing but  

it's not going to help the kidney all that much  so if we look at the phosphorus potassium sodium  

then they're very low and this would seem like a  good thing but again that sugar is kind of high  

so does that mean that apples are a bad food no  not at all but if we're trying to reverse kidney  

disease and insulin resistance is a very common  most common part of that then we're probably  

not going to be reversing insulin resistance  and kidney disease if we keep eating sugar  

however for someone who is very metabolically  healthy then they might get away with eating a  

few apples and some fruit and some sugar here  and there as long as they know where they are  

on the metabolic Spectrum so to speak so I would  put a question mark there because then it would  

depend on where they are and how much they eat so  it's not like a clear-cut case but for most people  

because most chronic kidney disease is due to  insulin resistance we are not going to put apples  

on this list number three is onions and they say  that's a good thing because they provide flavor  

without adding a lot of potassium so let's see if  that's true and we have good numbers on most of  

it potassium is not too high and sugar is not bad  either so as long as you don't eat an entire meal  

like if you make onion soup and you eat a pound or  a couple of pounds then you might get in trouble  

with the potassium but the way most people eat  onions when you give that a check mark number  

four is cauliflower one of my favorite foods I eat  a lot of it they say it's low in potassium and a  

good source of vitamin C and fiber so let's see  if that's true phosphorus is low potassium is 299  

so in my book that's not really a low potassium  in food on the contrary I often tell people that  

typically when people are healthy they they're  looking for sources of potassium and cauliflower  

is a great source of potassium 299 is a pretty  good number but not only that how much of it can  

you eat so cauliflower being a very low carb very  water rich food there's an opportunity to get tons  

of potassium so if you have a tiny bit as a side  dish you're probably fine but we're going to put  

a question mark on that and why is that what does  the question mark mean it means that something in  

here is kind of high so it depends on how much  you're going to eat of it so let's say that you  

make mashed potatoes or cauliflower mash then  it could be a serious issue if you are in these  

groups the 3B 4 and 5 that need to restrict this  so that means your egfr is less than 45 and if you  

ate one pound of cauliflower which is not that big  a deal if you steam it and you squeeze some water  

out and you make mashed cauliflower as a potato  substitute it would be pretty easy to get in  

the neighborhood of fifteen hundred milligrams of  potassium so is that a lot well let's look at that  

so if you're stage three and four kidney disease  that means there's moderate to severe damage and  

they say that you should restrict sodium to less  than two thousand I don't necessarily agree with  

that but we'll we'll go with it for now and  they say that phosphorus needs to be less than  

a thousand but then protein between 60 to 80 so  that's kind of a low to to moderate more on the  

low side and again it's mostly for stage four that  you need to restrict that but then we're talking  

about potassium is why is that so important  because if you can't eliminate potassium if  

your kidneys are out of shape then as potassium  builds up it could slow down your heart and in  

extreme cases it could stop your heart altogether  so absolutely we want to avoid that so if you're  

in stage 3A they say you're still filtering well  enough that it's not a problem in 3B they want  

to limit your potassium to 3 000 milligrams and  if you're in stage four they want to limit it to  

less than 2 000. so if you try to heal your kidney  with a keto diet which wouldn't be a bad idea and  

you eat tons and tons of cauliflower then that  could easily get above those limits especially  

with with other things that you probably eat and  even though these limits are there to limit the  

consequences of if you already have some kidney  damage we want to understand that there's still  

hope here there's still some regenerative capacity  in the kidney if we start doing the right things  

number five is garlic and the reason they say it's  good is that it may have anti-inflammatory and  

antioxidant properties so garlic shows up a lot  it's a mid herb and it is very powerful I don't  

think there's any problem in taking it for all  sorts of reasons now if we look at the minerals  

here phosphorus is is kind of high Potassium  is really high sodium sugar is really low  

but we have to remember that garlic is not  something you're going to eat a pound of  

and if you have a couple of cloves or even a  whole bulb you're not going to get enough that  

that potassium is really going to be a problem  and on that note I probably want to mention  

Ginger also which is very similar in terms of  medicinal properties antibacterial anti-fungal  

it does a lot of good and again you're not going  to eat a pound of Ginger it's pretty potent so  

you'll have a few grams or an ounce or so you're  not going to be in trouble because you're not  

eating much of it so we put a check mark on both  of those number six is cabbage and they say that  

it contains phytochemicals with anti-inflammatory  properties again that's probably a good thing it  

may assist the kidney a little bit in healing but  in terms of a kidney diet it's kind of irrelevant  

because we're trying to limit things that the  kidney can't filter so that doesn't really  

late at all but when we look at what it contains  the things that we might need to avoid they're  

all very low so we don't have a problem with  cabbage if you did a cabbage soup diet where  

that's all you eat then that might create some  problems but if you just kind of use it normally  

no problem number seven is cherries they say they  have antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties  

so you hear how most of these Foods that's the  reason they give and nobody really knows why it's  

like they're just repeating a mantra they don't  really know why these Foods belong on the list  

or not we've just heard these things they must  be good for something eat more plants and fruit  

but we want to understand that the reasons so  that we can do the right thing for our situation  

so phosphorus is low potassium is is up a little  bit but the big one here again is the sugar and  

if we're trying to reverse insulin resistance  which is a root cause of most kidney problems  

then cherries is not something that we want to eat  a lot of number eight is bell pepper and they say  

it's low in potassium and high in vitamin A and  C the red and the green are slightly different  

and the one that sticks out as maybe getting a  little bit high is the potassium so if you just  

have a few slices on the side not a problem but  if you do like a stir fry with fajitas and you  

do tons and tons of of bell pepper and onion you  might get up a little bit too high and the green  

is very similar but you notice that it would  probably be the better option if you're trying  

to really restrict potassium so we're going to  give it a question mark it's probably all right  

the way most people eat it but the question marks  there just to say that it would depend on how much  

you eat number nine is berries they say that  they're low in potassium and a good source of  

vitamin C and fiber so I love berries let's see  how they do and we're pretty low in all of these  

numbers raspberries were also pretty low and with  strawberries we're also pretty low so very very  

similar numbers overall so this is a great food if  you're trying to reverse insulin resistance with a  

low carb or ketogenic diet you can still have a  handful now if you work on a strawberry picking  

farm and you put one in your mouth for every  strawberry you pick then you could probably  

get too much of both the sugar and potassium but  if you eat a handful then you're going to be all  

right so we get check marks on those berries  number 10 recommended food is egg whites they  

say it's a low phosphorus source of high quality  protein so let's talk about that egg white has  

really nice numbers here but I always tell people  that you don't really want to eat egg white by  

itself because nature packaged it together for a  reason and when you eat the whole egg now you're  

getting much much more phosphorus which could be  a problem but you're getting less of the others  

it has the trace amount of sugar not a problem  at all so here again it's going to depend on  

where you are like a Stage 5 wood stage five or  four would probably want to eat the egg whites  

and anybody else would probably want to eat the  whole egg because you're getting much much better  

nutrition and the only issue would be that that  phosphorus is a little bit High I'm still going  

to give this question mark because they call it  a high quality protein and we need to understand  

that when you combine the egg white and the egg  yolk it is an excellent source of protein in fact  

it's the best outside of mother's milk but when  you isolate the white egg you're only absorbing  

and utilizing about one-third so it's kind of a  myth that it should be this great protein source  

so if you can at all then you definitely want to  eat the whole egg but I still put a question mark  

on that because if you're doing a keto diet to  heal your kidneys and reverse diabetes and you  

eat 10 or 12 or 15 eggs a day now you're probably  going to push that phosphorus a little bit too  

high so if you have that issue then you probably  want to limit yourself to two or three or four  

eggs 11 is olive oil they say that it contains  heart healthy monounsaturated fats and I totally  

agree when we look at it I would recommend extra  virgin olive oil and even better organic because  

it's not very expensive these days for for that  when we look at the minerals the phosphorus  

potassium and sodium we have very very low numbers  it's zero to one basically non-existent but I  

wanted to point something out because this is  a huge common misconception is that olive oil  

which is a plant oil or even a fruit oil if you  want to be strict has 16 percent saturated fatty  

acids and 74 monounsaturated fatty acids and it  is most often compared to other plant oils so  

they say this is healthy and all the vegetable  oils in the store they're healthy but in fact  

the fat in extra virgin olive oil is much closer  to beef fat than it is other plant oils so beef  

actually has 42 percent monounsaturated fats  which we know are the heart healthy ones and  

the saturated obviously is much higher because  it's a solid fat it's part of an animal just  

like humans we store fat this way also but we have  a significant amount of monounsaturated fats and  

the other plant fats basically have no saturated  fats so these two are much closer in relation  

than Olive Oil would be to other plant oils and  overall olive oil is something that definitely  

gets a check mark put it on everything number  12 is pineapple they say it contains bromelain  

which is an enzyme that may have anti-inflammatory  effects again that might be good if inflammation  

is part of the kidney thing but again a kidney  diet is about avoiding things that can't get  

out so that's a little irrelevant when we look at  the numbers here the minerals are very low but the  

sugar is much too high so you do not want this on  a kidney diet 13 is cucumber they say it's low in  

potassium and a refreshing option for hydration I  would agree with that very fresh and it has very  

low numbers across the board so I don't have a  problem at all eat cucumber 14 is radishes and  

again have antioxidants and anti-inflammatory  properties just repeating that Mantra whether  

it's relevant or not for that list and again very  nice numbers just like cucumber basically and it  

gets a check mark even though it's not something  that I personally enjoy very much but if you do  

go for it 15 is skinless chicken and they say it's  low in phosphorus and high in protein so skinless  

chicken would have not super low but kind of  low numbers and because it's a concentrated  

food you're not going to eat as much as you could  of something that is more water rich but why would  

you eat skinless chicken when there is whole  chicken unless you just want it to taste bad  

so whole chicken has more fat and that's why  they're telling you to eat the skinless but  

in fact the two factors that we're concerned with  the phosphorus and the potassium are lower in the  

whole chicken and also you probably because the  whole chicken has more fat it's more satisfying  

so chances are you would eat a little bit less  of it so you control those numbers even better  

so I give it a question mark because it's going to  depend on how much of it you eat I don't recommend  

the skinless over the whole so I think that you  can definitely eat the chicken it's just going  

to matter how much of it you eat and then there's  cranberries and they say that it may help prevent  

urinary tract infections so cranberries are very  often used for anything urinary tract like bladder  

infections and there's some evidence especially  anecdotal that it can help support everything  

from the kidney to the bladder now let's look at  the numbers and the numbers are really low over  

here but the sugar even if it isn't really high  I put a question mark there and why is that well  

have you ever tasted cranberries straight right  they're very very tart so the only way people  

are going to eat them is loaded up with sugar  served with the Thanksgiving turkey or they're  

going to hear about cranberry juice being good for  urinary tract infections and they go to the store  

and they buy the thing that's almost as sugary  as Coca-Cola so you don't want to do that at all  

however there is a way to get the job done and  that is if you have an issue then you go by that  

concentrated cranberry juice and you only need a  teaspoon in in a big bottle of water it's pretty  

expensive probably thirty dollars or so for a  tiny little bottle but it goes a long way then  

you sweeten it with stevia or something similar  that's safe to sweeten things with and then you  

can drink it and probably get some of these  benefits but if you start consuming things  

that are more like Coca-Cola it's not going to  do you a lot of good 17 is buckwheat and they  

say that it's a whole grain that is a good source  of protein fiber and nutrients what do the numbers  

say well phosphorus is kind of high potassium  sodium is not bad and the phosphorus if you're  

going to eat a lot of it then it's a problem if  you just eat a tiny bit then it's not a problem  

it's a grain it's a concentrated food so you're  probably not going to eat an enormous amount but  

if we keep in mind that most kidney problems have  to do with carbohydrates and Insulin resistant  

that you're basically carbohydrate intolerant  if you're trying to reverse that you do not want  

to go and eat something that is 72 percent  carbohydrate so an x on that 18 is eggplant  

says it's low in potassium and a good  source of dietary fiber so we keep  

hearing these same things and they may be  a good thing but why are they on this list  

and the numbers look pretty good the potassium  is the only thing that sticks out a little bit  

at 229 so if you're just having like some Thai  food maybe where they slice a little eggplant in  

there not a problem but if you are using the  eggplant as a foundation like a casserole or  

a dish then it could easily become too much of  that potassium so we put a question mark there  

green beans pretty much the same thing low  in potassium a good source of fiber and the  

numbers look very very similar same story if  you're a total green bean addict you're going  

to eat it by the pound then it could add up  but otherwise you're probably fine 20 is fish  

and they say it's an excellent source of Omega-3  fat and high quality proteins and I totally agree  

with that it's a fabulous food and if we  take the case of salmon then we see that  

the phosphorus potassium are pretty good they're  they're a little bit on the high end but you are  

not going to eat all that much you're not going  to eat salmon by the pound you're going to have  

four to six to eight ounces which is about 100  to 200 grams and it's concentrated it's going  

to give you a lot of satisfaction for a smaller  amount so no problem there but if we include fish  

as an excellent source of good protein then we  definitely want to consider beef also and it's  

just that saturated fat thing that we've been  told is bad which isn't true but in fact when  

it comes to the things that we want to avoid on a  kidney diet the beef is actually looking a little  

bit better there so we're going to give both of  these a check mark So when is there still hope  

for improvement rather than just limiting the  consequences and the toxic buildup with stage  

five unfortunately it is probably too late in most  cases there's not a whole lot you can do when it  

gets that far but it is a very small percentage  of the population so we want to understand this  

so we never let it get to that point you do want  to work with a nephrologist which is a kidney  

specialist and they can measure these levels they  can measure your kidney function and let you know  

when you need some some dialysis or maybe a kidney  transplant when it comes to stage three and four  

though the odds are much better and especially  stage four is going to be tough but it is possible  

to do something with it now it is going to matter  if we have a lupus versus an insulin resistance  

so if it's insulin resistant it is probably  more straightforward in just reversing that  

insulin resistance diabetes situation whereas if  it's lupus which is autoimmune then it may or may  

not be all that easy so I wouldn't give up on it  but just know that some things are a little more  

straightforward and if it is insulin resistance  then you definitely want to do some things to  

reverse that which is keto low carb fasting  and there's some very powerful supplements  

that we're going to talk about also with stage two  where you're still having reasonably good kidney  

function you don't really need to restrict any  foods then it's typically pretty straightforward  

and the supplements when it comes to stage five  then there is a possibility it could help some  

but I wouldn't just go out and buy things off  the shelf and try I would want to work with  

a professional with someone who can measure and  monitor and know your situation and maybe muscle  

test and figure out what your body is looking for  and this would not be instead of working with a  

nephrologist because they still need to monitor  this very closely in case something changes  

in stage three and four there are some very  powerful supplements and in the clinic I have  

found some to kind of stand above others  and and really be able to to help Serena  

food is from Standard Process renatrophin PMG from  standard process and arginex so what do these do  

well arginex is kind of like a Drano a Roto-Rooter  it cleans out the the pipes if you will it helps  

improve circulation it helps break down oxalates  and Stones it's a great supplement for gout but  

it also helps everything that can get stuck in the  kidney it kind of helps move it through and it has  

some enzymes it if you look at the ingredients it  doesn't tell the whole story there's more to it  

there's more activity because they kind of grown  it renatrophin is to help repair tissue and it  

is especially if there's an autoimmune attack on  the kidney but also anytime that there is tissue  

destruction that PMG is going to be very helpful  and Rena food is a combination of renatrophin  

PMG and Argin X plus it has a few nutrients and  other things to support the kidney so in terms of  

dosage I wouldn't recommend that you just go out  and and go crazy but just know that if you're in  

stage three or four you're probably going to need  a little higher dosage than what the labels say  

that's just what I find in the clinic for the most  part so probably if you have significant damage  

you might want to try all of these at together  and then I would take maybe six Rena Foods six to  

twelve renatrophin PMG and probably 6 to 12 Argin  X again it's good if you could have someone to  

help you figure that out and if you are in stage  two of kidney disease then I would just go with  

Arena food unless you have someone test you who  shows a little bit different and then I would just  

go with the base recommendation of three for that  21 is asparagus it says it contains antioxidants  

and low in potassium and phosphorus we look at  the numbers phosphorus is pretty low potassium  

not too bad so again depends on how much you eat  if you just eat the three little sticks you get  

in a restaurant not a problem if you eat it by the  pound again you want to kind of watch out for it  

then we have celery which they say is low in  potassium and is anti-inflammatory and when we  

look at the numbers not all that low in potassium  and if you have a few little sticks with your  

chicken wings again no problem but if you get into  the idea of juicing celery because it's so low in  

sugar which wouldn't be a terrible idea then you  could if you need to restrict potassium that could  

build up pretty quickly if you if you juice it if  you just eat it you're probably not going to have  

a problem 23 is kale they say it's a nutrient  dense leafy green and it's low in potassium so  

that's a good thing it appears and it's not all  that low in potassium when we look at it however  

it takes a lot of work these numbers are per 100  grams and it takes a lot of work to eat a hundred  

grams of kale in a salad so it would take a lot to  go over those limits however again if you juice it  

then you could get more potassium but it is kind  of rough on the body actually to juice kale and  

drink it kind of straight I tried that many years  ago when I was doing some juice cleansing and let  

to tell you that wasn't real pretty so  if you just eat it in a salad then you  

should be totally fine on that 24 quinoa it's a  protein Rich grain that is low in potassium let's  

see how that works per 100 grams it has pretty  high phosphorus pretty high potassium as well  

but this is per 100 gram of dry grain so a hundred  grams would probably wide the time you cook it 100  

grams is probably a pretty sizable serving but  again these numbers are not super low we're over  

500 milligrams of potassium you'll probably be  all right but again the one I'm concerned with is  

going to be the carbohydrates if you're trying to  reverse kidney disease usually that means lowering  

carbs so having something that's almost all carb  is not a great idea so we're gonna not put quinoa  

on the list and 25 is watermelon people love to  put that on every kind of list they say it's high  

in water content and it helps with hydration  and it's low in potassium so let's look at  

those numbers so yes indeed phosphorus potassium  sodium is pretty low sugar doesn't look terrible  

with six grams there on the surface it's sort of  like onion but the question is how much would you  

eat of it could you eat more watermelon than you  could onion I would say the answer is probably yes  

the other thing is that kind of guides Us in  that direction is if it helps with hydration  

if you're trying to drink let's just say a  half a gallon a day and it's going to help  

with hydration you couldn't just have a little  square and it'd help with hydration it's very  

very easy to consume watermelon you could very  easily have a pound or even two that much of a  

consumption let's say you eat two pounds worth  then the potassium could still get up there but  

more importantly that Sugar would be way way off  the chart on that so we're going to put an x on  

watermelon also so when it comes to kidney and  diet restrictions and recommendations we have to  

understand cause versus damage control if we want  to heal something then we want to address the root  

cause but most of the kidney diet has to do with  damage control which means we try to limit the  

things that the kidney can't get rid of and that  would increase toxicity in the body so the kidney  

diet the way it's presented there are some good  points to it but it applies basically to chronic  

kidney disease five four and three B primarily  and that's only 20 percent of the people who  

are classified as chronic kidney disease all the  others we are more interested in reversing and  

once we want to reverse it we have to understand  the root cause and it's not so much about limiting  

it's not at all about limiting the minerals they  are good nutrients we need the protein we need  

the fat we need all the good things to rebuild  tissue but we want to get rid of the thing that  

interferes which is insulin that drives the kidney  failure that drives the hypertension that drives  

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