Kidney health

Low acid diet and kidney

Alkaline Diets Reduce Risk of Kidney Failure

Low acid diets that emphasize alkaline fruits and vegetables have gained attention in the diet of the day world, but critics cited a lack of scientific evidence. The evidence is growing that low acid diets may indeed have significant merit for kidney health. An estimated 26 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease (CKD), and diet could play a dramatic role in preventing kidney failure and subsequent reliance on dialysis. A new study, in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology(JASN), shows that among patients with chronic kidney disease, consumption of high acid diets may increase the risk of kidney failure three fold over a low acid diet. The findings suggest that patients may want to limit their intake of meats and increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables to help protect their kidneys.

This data has been obtained from Innate Response.

Kidney health

I am sending the kidney cleansing recipe again.

KIDNEY CLEANSING BROTH.

This kidney-cleansing vegetable broth is a very much  healing broth.The main ingredient in this broth is celeriac.

Celeriac (a.k.a. celery root) is a winter root vegetable and many people have not seen it, let alone try it. 

Celeriac is a nutrient-dense root vegetable that is very healing for the digestive system. Due to its excellent analgesic and antiseptic properties, celeriac is antibacterial, antifungal and can be used therapeutically for healing of digestive disorders including peptic ulcers, gastritis, indigestion and constipation. As with most root vegetable, celery root juice can be very healing for the internal organs especially liver and kidneys and help boost the immune system.

 

Method:

To make this broth I use a crock pot (slow cooker) as it is not only easy and economical, it also retains all the nutrients and flavors from the vegetables. If you don’t have a crock pot, you may also cook over the stove. The method will be very similar to when cooking using a slow cooker.

 

What You Need:

This portion serves four. You may substitute these ingredients with other hardy vegetables that you fancy.

Use a large crock pot or non-aluminium 4-quart/liter pot and fill with the following cubed vegetables:

1 medium celery root/celeriac – remove skin

(You may use 4-5 potatoes in place of celeriac but leave the skin on)

1 bunch of celery (about 10-12 ribs)

4-5 medium-sized carrots

4 large onions (or more if desired)

4-5 cloves of garlic

Seasalt to taste (the soup tastes good even without salt, but when adding salt, the soup actually tastes even “sweeter”)

Note: Use smaller quantities if you are cooking in a small pot. I always make more and store the balance in the fridge for later.

 I add a tsf of fenugreek seeds and a half of jalapeño if you desire spicy broth.

Fill your broth pot or crock pot with 2 quarts/liters of water to boil over high heat. While waiting, wash and scrub the vegetables well with a vegetable brush. Cut them up into small cubes.

Put all your cut vegetables into the boiling water. In a crock pot, I put it on high heat yet it doesn’t dry out the water. If you are cooking over the stove, you will have to put it on lower heat, have the lid on and check every now and then to be sure it doesn’t boil over or dry up.

I put the slow cooker to cook on high for about six hours, until all the vegetables turned soft.Otherwise, use a blender and blend till you get a smooth consistency. Do this while the soup is warm, NOT when it’s hot or cold. Then add the pulp back into the broth and drink as a thick soup. 

Serve hot to warm.

Let the soup cool before storing. Keep in air-tight container in the refrigerator and consume in no more than 48 hours. To reheat, simmer over stove, do not use microwave oven.

Kidney health

I wanted to share some information with you today.

As we know,kidneys are very important organs of our body.

They are very sensitive.we cannot function without the kidneys.However some simple measures can help improve or maintain kidney function.They include,

Proper Hydration

Stay away from Dye tests,contrast media if possible.

Should you really have to have the dye for the test or the procedure,please be sure to hydrate yourself well so you can excrete or get rid of dye properly from your system.

I read recently that Baking soda can help preserve kidney function or slow the decline in some patients.

The dose of Sodium Bicarbonateis 1/4 to 1/2 tsf a day.

Please do not drink the water with baking soda fast.

I have also given before in my blog,the kidney cleansing broth recipe.

Peanuts and/ or other nuts

You don’t have to shell out big bucks to get the health benefits of nuts. The humble peanut—while technically a legume—appears to do just fine in helping to prevent heart disease and in extending life as almonds, walnuts, and other pricier tree nuts, according to a new study published March 2, 2015 in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the international study of more than 200,000 people, scientists found that those who regularly consumed peanuts and other nuts were less likely to have died of any cause — especially heart disease — during the study than those who rarely ate nuts.

“This confirms what we found a few years ago—and our results were greeted with intense skepticism,” Meir Stampfer, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who was not involved in this latest study, said in a March 5, 2015 Harvard Health Blog.

Spicy foods and health

People who eat spicy foods nearly every day have a 14% chance of living longer than those who consume spicy foods less than once a week, according to a new study. Regular spicy food eaters also are less likely to die from cancer and heart and respiratory diseases than those who eat spicy foods infrequently. This was published in British medical journal.

The study was in populations who ate chilies in form of chili peppers which have capsaicin which has antiinflammatory properties.