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Hello Health Champions. Today we're going to talk
about the top 10 foods that can help heal a kidney
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and the very first we need to clear up some
confusion because usually they just talk about
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a kidney diet as if that was just one thing but
it makes all the difference what stage of kidney
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disease do you have what are we trying to do
here because the standard recommendations what
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they call a kidney diet that's about restricting
certain things that is not about healing at all
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has nothing to do with it what they're talking
about is to minimize the consequences in advanced
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cases because the kidney isn't working so we have
to limit certain things of the toxins don't build
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up too fast and when we're talking about healing
recommendations when we're actually trying to fix
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a kidney and restore it back to normal now we're
talking about something completely different when
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they classify kidney disease they divide it into
different stages from one to five where stage
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three also has an A and A B and the diagnosis
is based on something called creatinine and
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the kidneys as you may know filters out hundreds
of liters of water every day and with that water
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follows basically everything that's dissolved
everything except really large particles like
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red blood cells and proteins so sodium and glucose
and creatinine all filters out with the water but
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then the kidney reabsorbs everything of value so
glucose gets reabsorbed at about a hundred percent
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as long as we're not diabetic sodium gets absorbed
over 99 percent but creatinine gets reabsorbed at
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zero so if creatinine Rises that means that
the kidney is not flowing very well there's
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not enough fluid going out through the kidney
and this is measured in milliliters per minute
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and it's called estimated glomerular filtration
rate so they estimate that based on the level of
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creatinine and if you're filtering 90 milliliters
or more that means you either completely normal
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or it means that you have some sort of kidney
problem in stage one that's not related to the
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filtration volume it could be that they run a
urinalysis and there is protein in the urine
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or something like that something different
than filtration rate if you are filtering
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more than 60 but less than 90 you're called stage
two and kind of ironically this is called normal
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on a blood test so you could be stage one or
stage two and you're still in the normal range
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for most blood tests because they don't cut it
off until 60. the next one goes to 45 that's
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stage 3A and then we are down to 30 milliliters
with 3B if you're between 15 and 30 it's called
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stage four and if you're less than 15 it's Stage
5 or end stage renal disease so you're basically
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at complete failure or very very close to
it and at this point pretty much dialysis
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or a transplant would be the only options now
on average about 15 percent of the population
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has some sort of kidney compromise where
they fit fit into one of these stages so
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that's about one in seven in the world and
one percent out of that 15 is stage five so
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we're talking a very small percentage and here
with including stage four that's three percent
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so here we have four percent out of one seven
so we're still less than one percent of the
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population and these are the ones that really need
to be careful these need to follow the guidelines
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very very strictly and avoid all sorts of things
but then we have the other part so stage one don't
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really have that problem at all they don't need
to avoid anything stage two also don't need to
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avoid anything in terms of standard kidney diet
they need to start working on the root cause what
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that ever might be which we're going to talk about
so that's about 50 percent of the people who have
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some sort of kidney compromise and then in stage
three three A is twice as common as 3B so overall
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we have about 20 percent of the people with some
kid kidney problem who need to pay attention Stage
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5 and 4 need to pay very very close attention but
stage 3B they are not home free they need to re
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limit certain things and be careful with certain
things but the rest about 80 percent of the people
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with kidney disease the kidney diet really doesn't
apply at all because it's about restricting things
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that the kidney is failing to eliminate and we
have about 20 percent of people who have that
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problem and we have 80 percent who don't so with
stage five kidney disease that's when the egfr
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is less than 15 there is major damage and they
need to see a nephrologist if they're not if they
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get a blood work back and they're not working
with a nephrologist they need to see one right
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away because they're very close to kidney failure
and this is the most extreme version of limiting
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things so they need to limit basically everything
sodium potassium phosphorus also nitrogen which
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means protein nitrogen is the byproduct of protein
and they might even need to limit water because if
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the kidney is filtering that poorly then you have
to be careful with almost everything that you put
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in your body so do these cause chronic kidney
disease and this is the huge confusion just
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because a person with kidney failure needed to
avoid these does not mean that they are the cause
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instead these are resources we need minerals we
need protein we need water when we're healthy to
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avoid getting it and if we have a mild case
we need these to reverse it so we have to be
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very very clear because so often we make the
mistake of saying if we have to limit these
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when the kidney is damaged then they must be the
cause and nothing could be further from the truth
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so we need them to heal instead and of course
most important is prevention so you want to
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make the lifestyle changes before you ever get
anywhere near this food number one is red grapes
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so the question is is that a good food I got a
list of 25 foods that are very often recommended
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for kidney patients so we're going to go through
and figure out if they are indeed Good Foods so
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the reason they gave for this one was that it
has antioxidants and anti-inflammatory property
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so that might be a good thing but it's kind of
irrelevant to kidneys because it has very little
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to do with how the kidney heals or if it can
filter things out so we also want to look at some
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things that are associated with kidney problems
like phosphorus potassium sodium and sugar and
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I added the sugar because most or nobody really
Associates sugar with a problem as far as kidney
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goes so we're going to talk about why that is but
this would be a good food as far as phosphorus
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potassium and sodium it's pretty low but that
sugar is way too much and we'll talk about that
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next so red grapes is an X we do not want that on
a kidney diet and in order to understand why that
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is we need to understand the causes the number
one cause is type 2 diabetes and after that we
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have hypertension closely followed and then kidney
infections in much smaller percentages medications
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can cause this and it is over-the-counter drugs
and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs so these
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are things that we can buy straight from the store
they are no prescription and they're all your pain
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medication and all your colds and flus so you
don't want to use those unless you absolutely
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have to then we have things like lupus which is an
autoimmune disease so a lot of people know about
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rheumatoid arthritis that affects joints and and
Bones basically well lupus is sort of the same
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thing but it goes after soft tissue and the kidney
is one of those things that gets attacked we could
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also have poisoning from metals or chemicals that
can hurt the kidney so a lot of pesticides high
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doses of of environmental chemicals can create
some problems as well and the reason I want to
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talk about sugar in addition to the traditional
criteria is that the number one by far the biggest
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contributor to kidney disease is type 2 diabetes
and not only that but it is the primary cause for
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hypertension as well so if we can handle the
insulin resistance that causes type 2 diabetes
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and hypertension we have eliminated probably 90
percent of kidney disease right there number two
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is apples and the reason they give is that it's
high in fiber and antioxidants it's like this
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Mantra we keep hearing and also a good source of
vitamin C so again this could be a good thing but
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it's not going to help the kidney all that much
so if we look at the phosphorus potassium sodium
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then they're very low and this would seem like a
good thing but again that sugar is kind of high
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so does that mean that apples are a bad food no
not at all but if we're trying to reverse kidney
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disease and insulin resistance is a very common
most common part of that then we're probably
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not going to be reversing insulin resistance
and kidney disease if we keep eating sugar
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however for someone who is very metabolically
healthy then they might get away with eating a
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few apples and some fruit and some sugar here
and there as long as they know where they are
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on the metabolic Spectrum so to speak so I would
put a question mark there because then it would
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depend on where they are and how much they eat so
it's not like a clear-cut case but for most people
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because most chronic kidney disease is due to
insulin resistance we are not going to put apples
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on this list number three is onions and they say
that's a good thing because they provide flavor
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without adding a lot of potassium so let's see if
that's true and we have good numbers on most of
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it potassium is not too high and sugar is not bad
either so as long as you don't eat an entire meal
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like if you make onion soup and you eat a pound or
a couple of pounds then you might get in trouble
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with the potassium but the way most people eat
onions when you give that a check mark number
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four is cauliflower one of my favorite foods I eat
a lot of it they say it's low in potassium and a
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good source of vitamin C and fiber so let's see
if that's true phosphorus is low potassium is 299
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so in my book that's not really a low potassium
in food on the contrary I often tell people that
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typically when people are healthy they they're
looking for sources of potassium and cauliflower
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is a great source of potassium 299 is a pretty
good number but not only that how much of it can
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you eat so cauliflower being a very low carb very
water rich food there's an opportunity to get tons
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of potassium so if you have a tiny bit as a side
dish you're probably fine but we're going to put
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a question mark on that and why is that what does
the question mark mean it means that something in
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here is kind of high so it depends on how much
you're going to eat of it so let's say that you
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make mashed potatoes or cauliflower mash then
it could be a serious issue if you are in these
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groups the 3B 4 and 5 that need to restrict this
so that means your egfr is less than 45 and if you
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ate one pound of cauliflower which is not that big
a deal if you steam it and you squeeze some water
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out and you make mashed cauliflower as a potato
substitute it would be pretty easy to get in
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the neighborhood of fifteen hundred milligrams of
potassium so is that a lot well let's look at that
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so if you're stage three and four kidney disease
that means there's moderate to severe damage and
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they say that you should restrict sodium to less
than two thousand I don't necessarily agree with
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that but we'll we'll go with it for now and
they say that phosphorus needs to be less than
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a thousand but then protein between 60 to 80 so
that's kind of a low to to moderate more on the
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low side and again it's mostly for stage four that
you need to restrict that but then we're talking
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about potassium is why is that so important
because if you can't eliminate potassium if
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your kidneys are out of shape then as potassium
builds up it could slow down your heart and in
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extreme cases it could stop your heart altogether
so absolutely we want to avoid that so if you're
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in stage 3A they say you're still filtering well
enough that it's not a problem in 3B they want
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to limit your potassium to 3 000 milligrams and
if you're in stage four they want to limit it to
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less than 2 000. so if you try to heal your kidney
with a keto diet which wouldn't be a bad idea and
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you eat tons and tons of cauliflower then that
could easily get above those limits especially
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with with other things that you probably eat and
even though these limits are there to limit the
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consequences of if you already have some kidney
damage we want to understand that there's still
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hope here there's still some regenerative capacity
in the kidney if we start doing the right things
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number five is garlic and the reason they say it's
good is that it may have anti-inflammatory and
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antioxidant properties so garlic shows up a lot
it's a mid herb and it is very powerful I don't
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think there's any problem in taking it for all
sorts of reasons now if we look at the minerals
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here phosphorus is is kind of high Potassium
is really high sodium sugar is really low
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but we have to remember that garlic is not
something you're going to eat a pound of
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and if you have a couple of cloves or even a
whole bulb you're not going to get enough that
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that potassium is really going to be a problem
and on that note I probably want to mention
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Ginger also which is very similar in terms of
medicinal properties antibacterial anti-fungal
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it does a lot of good and again you're not going
to eat a pound of Ginger it's pretty potent so
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you'll have a few grams or an ounce or so you're
not going to be in trouble because you're not
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eating much of it so we put a check mark on both
of those number six is cabbage and they say that
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it contains phytochemicals with anti-inflammatory
properties again that's probably a good thing it
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may assist the kidney a little bit in healing but
in terms of a kidney diet it's kind of irrelevant
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because we're trying to limit things that the
kidney can't filter so that doesn't really
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late at all but when we look at what it contains
the things that we might need to avoid they're
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all very low so we don't have a problem with
cabbage if you did a cabbage soup diet where
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that's all you eat then that might create some
problems but if you just kind of use it normally
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no problem number seven is cherries they say they
have antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties
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so you hear how most of these Foods that's the
reason they give and nobody really knows why it's
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like they're just repeating a mantra they don't
really know why these Foods belong on the list
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or not we've just heard these things they must
be good for something eat more plants and fruit
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but we want to understand that the reasons so
that we can do the right thing for our situation
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so phosphorus is low potassium is is up a little
bit but the big one here again is the sugar and
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if we're trying to reverse insulin resistance
which is a root cause of most kidney problems
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then cherries is not something that we want to eat
a lot of number eight is bell pepper and they say
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it's low in potassium and high in vitamin A and
C the red and the green are slightly different
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and the one that sticks out as maybe getting a
little bit high is the potassium so if you just
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have a few slices on the side not a problem but
if you do like a stir fry with fajitas and you
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do tons and tons of of bell pepper and onion you
might get up a little bit too high and the green
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is very similar but you notice that it would
probably be the better option if you're trying
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to really restrict potassium so we're going to
give it a question mark it's probably all right
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the way most people eat it but the question marks
there just to say that it would depend on how much
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you eat number nine is berries they say that
they're low in potassium and a good source of
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vitamin C and fiber so I love berries let's see
how they do and we're pretty low in all of these
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numbers raspberries were also pretty low and with
strawberries we're also pretty low so very very
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similar numbers overall so this is a great food if
you're trying to reverse insulin resistance with a
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low carb or ketogenic diet you can still have a
handful now if you work on a strawberry picking
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farm and you put one in your mouth for every
strawberry you pick then you could probably
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get too much of both the sugar and potassium but
if you eat a handful then you're going to be all
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right so we get check marks on those berries
number 10 recommended food is egg whites they
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say it's a low phosphorus source of high quality
protein so let's talk about that egg white has
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really nice numbers here but I always tell people
that you don't really want to eat egg white by
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itself because nature packaged it together for a
reason and when you eat the whole egg now you're
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getting much much more phosphorus which could be
a problem but you're getting less of the others
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it has the trace amount of sugar not a problem
at all so here again it's going to depend on
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where you are like a Stage 5 wood stage five or
four would probably want to eat the egg whites
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and anybody else would probably want to eat the
whole egg because you're getting much much better
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nutrition and the only issue would be that that
phosphorus is a little bit High I'm still going
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to give this question mark because they call it
a high quality protein and we need to understand
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that when you combine the egg white and the egg
yolk it is an excellent source of protein in fact
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it's the best outside of mother's milk but when
you isolate the white egg you're only absorbing
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and utilizing about one-third so it's kind of a
myth that it should be this great protein source
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so if you can at all then you definitely want to
eat the whole egg but I still put a question mark
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on that because if you're doing a keto diet to
heal your kidneys and reverse diabetes and you
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eat 10 or 12 or 15 eggs a day now you're probably
going to push that phosphorus a little bit too
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high so if you have that issue then you probably
want to limit yourself to two or three or four
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eggs 11 is olive oil they say that it contains
heart healthy monounsaturated fats and I totally
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agree when we look at it I would recommend extra
virgin olive oil and even better organic because
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it's not very expensive these days for for that
when we look at the minerals the phosphorus
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potassium and sodium we have very very low numbers
it's zero to one basically non-existent but I
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wanted to point something out because this is
a huge common misconception is that olive oil
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which is a plant oil or even a fruit oil if you
want to be strict has 16 percent saturated fatty
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acids and 74 monounsaturated fatty acids and it
is most often compared to other plant oils so
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they say this is healthy and all the vegetable
oils in the store they're healthy but in fact
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the fat in extra virgin olive oil is much closer
to beef fat than it is other plant oils so beef
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actually has 42 percent monounsaturated fats
which we know are the heart healthy ones and
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the saturated obviously is much higher because
it's a solid fat it's part of an animal just
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like humans we store fat this way also but we have
a significant amount of monounsaturated fats and
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the other plant fats basically have no saturated
fats so these two are much closer in relation
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than Olive Oil would be to other plant oils and
overall olive oil is something that definitely
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gets a check mark put it on everything number
12 is pineapple they say it contains bromelain
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which is an enzyme that may have anti-inflammatory
effects again that might be good if inflammation
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is part of the kidney thing but again a kidney
diet is about avoiding things that can't get
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out so that's a little irrelevant when we look at
the numbers here the minerals are very low but the
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sugar is much too high so you do not want this on
a kidney diet 13 is cucumber they say it's low in
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potassium and a refreshing option for hydration I
would agree with that very fresh and it has very
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low numbers across the board so I don't have a
problem at all eat cucumber 14 is radishes and
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again have antioxidants and anti-inflammatory
properties just repeating that Mantra whether
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it's relevant or not for that list and again very
nice numbers just like cucumber basically and it
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gets a check mark even though it's not something
that I personally enjoy very much but if you do
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go for it 15 is skinless chicken and they say it's
low in phosphorus and high in protein so skinless
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chicken would have not super low but kind of
low numbers and because it's a concentrated
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food you're not going to eat as much as you could
of something that is more water rich but why would
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you eat skinless chicken when there is whole
chicken unless you just want it to taste bad
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so whole chicken has more fat and that's why
they're telling you to eat the skinless but
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in fact the two factors that we're concerned with
the phosphorus and the potassium are lower in the
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whole chicken and also you probably because the
whole chicken has more fat it's more satisfying
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so chances are you would eat a little bit less
of it so you control those numbers even better
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so I give it a question mark because it's going to
depend on how much of it you eat I don't recommend
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the skinless over the whole so I think that you
can definitely eat the chicken it's just going
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to matter how much of it you eat and then there's
cranberries and they say that it may help prevent
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urinary tract infections so cranberries are very
often used for anything urinary tract like bladder
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infections and there's some evidence especially
anecdotal that it can help support everything
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from the kidney to the bladder now let's look at
the numbers and the numbers are really low over
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here but the sugar even if it isn't really high
I put a question mark there and why is that well
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have you ever tasted cranberries straight right
they're very very tart so the only way people
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are going to eat them is loaded up with sugar
served with the Thanksgiving turkey or they're
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going to hear about cranberry juice being good for
urinary tract infections and they go to the store
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and they buy the thing that's almost as sugary
as Coca-Cola so you don't want to do that at all
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however there is a way to get the job done and
that is if you have an issue then you go by that
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concentrated cranberry juice and you only need a
teaspoon in in a big bottle of water it's pretty
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expensive probably thirty dollars or so for a
tiny little bottle but it goes a long way then
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you sweeten it with stevia or something similar
that's safe to sweeten things with and then you
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can drink it and probably get some of these
benefits but if you start consuming things
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that are more like Coca-Cola it's not going to
do you a lot of good 17 is buckwheat and they
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say that it's a whole grain that is a good source
of protein fiber and nutrients what do the numbers
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say well phosphorus is kind of high potassium
sodium is not bad and the phosphorus if you're
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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
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it's a grain it's a concentrated food so you're
probably not going to eat an enormous amount but
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if we keep in mind that most kidney problems have
to do with carbohydrates and Insulin resistant
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that you're basically carbohydrate intolerant
if you're trying to reverse that you do not want
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to go and eat something that is 72 percent
carbohydrate so an x on that 18 is eggplant
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says it's low in potassium and a good
source of dietary fiber so we keep
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hearing these same things and they may be
a good thing but why are they on this list
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and the numbers look pretty good the potassium
is the only thing that sticks out a little bit
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at 229 so if you're just having like some Thai
food maybe where they slice a little eggplant in
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there not a problem but if you are using the
eggplant as a foundation like a casserole or
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a dish then it could easily become too much of
that potassium so we put a question mark there
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green beans pretty much the same thing low
in potassium a good source of fiber and the
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numbers look very very similar same story if
you're a total green bean addict you're going
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to eat it by the pound then it could add up
but otherwise you're probably fine 20 is fish
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and they say it's an excellent source of Omega-3
fat and high quality proteins and I totally agree
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with that it's a fabulous food and if we
take the case of salmon then we see that
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the phosphorus potassium are pretty good they're
they're a little bit on the high end but you are
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not going to eat all that much you're not going
to eat salmon by the pound you're going to have
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four to six to eight ounces which is about 100
to 200 grams and it's concentrated it's going
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to give you a lot of satisfaction for a smaller
amount so no problem there but if we include fish
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as an excellent source of good protein then we
definitely want to consider beef also and it's
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just that saturated fat thing that we've been
told is bad which isn't true but in fact when
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it comes to the things that we want to avoid on a
kidney diet the beef is actually looking a little
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bit better there so we're going to give both of
these a check mark So when is there still hope
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for improvement rather than just limiting the
consequences and the toxic buildup with stage
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five unfortunately it is probably too late in most
cases there's not a whole lot you can do when it
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gets that far but it is a very small percentage
of the population so we want to understand this
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so we never let it get to that point you do want
to work with a nephrologist which is a kidney
00:31:27
specialist and they can measure these levels they
can measure your kidney function and let you know
00:31:34
when you need some some dialysis or maybe a kidney
transplant when it comes to stage three and four
00:31:42
though the odds are much better and especially
stage four is going to be tough but it is possible
00:31:50
to do something with it now it is going to matter
if we have a lupus versus an insulin resistance
00:31:58
so if it's insulin resistant it is probably
more straightforward in just reversing that
00:32:05
insulin resistance diabetes situation whereas if
it's lupus which is autoimmune then it may or may
00:32:14
not be all that easy so I wouldn't give up on it
but just know that some things are a little more
00:32:21
straightforward and if it is insulin resistance
then you definitely want to do some things to
00:32:28
reverse that which is keto low carb fasting
and there's some very powerful supplements
00:32:35
that we're going to talk about also with stage two
where you're still having reasonably good kidney
00:32:42
function you don't really need to restrict any
foods then it's typically pretty straightforward
00:32:48
and the supplements when it comes to stage five
then there is a possibility it could help some
00:32:57
but I wouldn't just go out and buy things off
the shelf and try I would want to work with
00:33:02
a professional with someone who can measure and
monitor and know your situation and maybe muscle
00:33:09
test and figure out what your body is looking for
and this would not be instead of working with a
00:33:16
nephrologist because they still need to monitor
this very closely in case something changes
00:33:21
in stage three and four there are some very
powerful supplements and in the clinic I have
00:33:29
found some to kind of stand above others
and and really be able to to help Serena
00:33:37
food is from Standard Process renatrophin PMG from
standard process and arginex so what do these do
00:33:47
well arginex is kind of like a Drano a Roto-Rooter
it cleans out the the pipes if you will it helps
00:33:56
improve circulation it helps break down oxalates
and Stones it's a great supplement for gout but
00:34:04
it also helps everything that can get stuck in the
kidney it kind of helps move it through and it has
00:34:10
some enzymes it if you look at the ingredients it
doesn't tell the whole story there's more to it
00:34:15
there's more activity because they kind of grown
it renatrophin is to help repair tissue and it
00:34:24
is especially if there's an autoimmune attack on
the kidney but also anytime that there is tissue
00:34:30
destruction that PMG is going to be very helpful
and Rena food is a combination of renatrophin
00:34:40
PMG and Argin X plus it has a few nutrients and
other things to support the kidney so in terms of
00:34:49
dosage I wouldn't recommend that you just go out
and and go crazy but just know that if you're in
00:34:57
stage three or four you're probably going to need
a little higher dosage than what the labels say
00:35:02
that's just what I find in the clinic for the most
part so probably if you have significant damage
00:35:10
you might want to try all of these at together
and then I would take maybe six Rena Foods six to
00:35:16
twelve renatrophin PMG and probably 6 to 12 Argin
X again it's good if you could have someone to
00:35:23
help you figure that out and if you are in stage
two of kidney disease then I would just go with
00:35:30
Arena food unless you have someone test you who
shows a little bit different and then I would just
00:35:36
go with the base recommendation of three for that
21 is asparagus it says it contains antioxidants
00:35:44
and low in potassium and phosphorus we look at
the numbers phosphorus is pretty low potassium
00:35:51
not too bad so again depends on how much you eat
if you just eat the three little sticks you get
00:35:57
in a restaurant not a problem if you eat it by the
pound again you want to kind of watch out for it
00:36:05
then we have celery which they say is low in
potassium and is anti-inflammatory and when we
00:36:14
look at the numbers not all that low in potassium
and if you have a few little sticks with your
00:36:21
chicken wings again no problem but if you get into
the idea of juicing celery because it's so low in
00:36:29
sugar which wouldn't be a terrible idea then you
could if you need to restrict potassium that could
00:36:37
build up pretty quickly if you if you juice it if
you just eat it you're probably not going to have
00:36:44
a problem 23 is kale they say it's a nutrient
dense leafy green and it's low in potassium so
00:36:51
that's a good thing it appears and it's not all
that low in potassium when we look at it however
00:36:59
it takes a lot of work these numbers are per 100
grams and it takes a lot of work to eat a hundred
00:37:07
grams of kale in a salad so it would take a lot to
go over those limits however again if you juice it
00:37:17
then you could get more potassium but it is kind
of rough on the body actually to juice kale and
00:37:25
drink it kind of straight I tried that many years
ago when I was doing some juice cleansing and let
00:37:32
to tell you that wasn't real pretty so
if you just eat it in a salad then you
00:37:38
should be totally fine on that 24 quinoa it's a
protein Rich grain that is low in potassium let's
00:37:46
see how that works per 100 grams it has pretty
high phosphorus pretty high potassium as well
00:37:55
but this is per 100 gram of dry grain so a hundred
grams would probably wide the time you cook it 100
00:38:04
grams is probably a pretty sizable serving but
again these numbers are not super low we're over
00:38:12
500 milligrams of potassium you'll probably be
all right but again the one I'm concerned with is
00:38:19
going to be the carbohydrates if you're trying to
reverse kidney disease usually that means lowering
00:38:25
carbs so having something that's almost all carb
is not a great idea so we're gonna not put quinoa
00:38:32
on the list and 25 is watermelon people love to
put that on every kind of list they say it's high
00:38:39
in water content and it helps with hydration
and it's low in potassium so let's look at
00:38:45
those numbers so yes indeed phosphorus potassium
sodium is pretty low sugar doesn't look terrible
00:38:53
with six grams there on the surface it's sort of
like onion but the question is how much would you
00:39:02
eat of it could you eat more watermelon than you
could onion I would say the answer is probably yes
00:39:09
the other thing is that kind of guides Us in
that direction is if it helps with hydration
00:39:15
if you're trying to drink let's just say a
half a gallon a day and it's going to help
00:39:20
with hydration you couldn't just have a little
square and it'd help with hydration it's very
00:39:27
very easy to consume watermelon you could very
easily have a pound or even two that much of a
00:39:35
consumption let's say you eat two pounds worth
then the potassium could still get up there but
00:39:40
more importantly that Sugar would be way way off
the chart on that so we're going to put an x on
00:39:48
watermelon also so when it comes to kidney and
diet restrictions and recommendations we have to
00:39:54
understand cause versus damage control if we want
to heal something then we want to address the root
00:40:01
cause but most of the kidney diet has to do with
damage control which means we try to limit the
00:40:07
things that the kidney can't get rid of and that
would increase toxicity in the body so the kidney
00:40:16
diet the way it's presented there are some good
points to it but it applies basically to chronic
00:40:25
kidney disease five four and three B primarily
and that's only 20 percent of the people who
00:40:32
are classified as chronic kidney disease all the
others we are more interested in reversing and
00:40:40
once we want to reverse it we have to understand
the root cause and it's not so much about limiting
00:40:47
it's not at all about limiting the minerals they
are good nutrients we need the protein we need
00:40:53
the fat we need all the good things to rebuild
tissue but we want to get rid of the thing that
00:41:00
interferes which is insulin that drives the kidney
failure that drives the hypertension that drives
00:41:07
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