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Beware! These habits can really ruin your kidneys!

The primary job of our kidneys is to purify the blood. The blood not only carries the nutrients needed by the body, but also contains a small amount of waste and excess water. The kidneys separate the waste in the blood from the nutrients needed by the human body to ensure that the substances in the body and the blood are in a "balanced" state. Then you will understand why our kidneys are so important. However, the kidneys are very delicate and extremely sensitive to many toxins. Professor Liu Xu of the Nephrology Department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine reminds us that some bad diets and lifestyles can easily damage the kidneys, which requires us to pay great attention.

Don’t like to drink water or drink less water

The waste in the human body is first processed by the liver and kidneys. The kidneys are primarily responsible for regulating the balance of water and electrolytes in the human body, metabolizing waste generated by physiological activities and excreting them in urine. This requires sufficient water to assist, so if you don't like to drink water, you can't help the kidneys "detoxify" very well. Drinking too much water will increase the workload of the kidneys, and if the remaining water cannot be excreted, people will become swollen.

Suggestion: Developing a habit of drinking more water can dilute urine and allow it to be discharged quickly. This can not only prevent stones, but also help dilute urine when consuming too much salt, thereby protecting the kidneys. Of course, drinking too much water will also increase the burden on the kidneys, which have to work continuously to maintain a balance between blood and water. Generally speaking, a daily urine volume of 1500-2000 ml (equivalent to 6 bottles of Farmer Spring) is sufficient.

It is wrong to hold your urine

Normally, an adult produces 1000-2000 ml of urine every 24 hours. Urine is a metabolic product of the human body, most of which is not needed by the human body. If you hold your urine, the urine retained in the bladder will continue to increase, the bladder will enlarge, and the bladder muscle will be damaged due to enlargement.

Some people will feel lower abdominal distension and pain after holding urine for a period of time, even if they urinate. This is because the bladder has not completely shrunk after enlargement. In addition, if you hold urine for too long, the pressure in the bladder will increase, which will definitely damage the metabolic function of the kidney to excrete waste, causing water and metabolic waste to accumulate in the human body, forming uremia and leading to kidney failure.

Recommendation: Do not hold your urine under any circumstances except for a short period of time when doing certain checks.

Love beer skewers

Drinking a lot of beer can easily lead to hyperuricemia, which can lead to metabolic diseases such as hyperlipidemia and gouty nephropathy. Drinking beer while eating seafood was once called the most kidney-damaging way of eating by nephrologists. If you already have a kidney disease, drinking a lot of beer without restriction will cause uric acid accumulation, resulting in obstruction of the renal tubules and kidney failure.

Recommendation: An adult man should not drink more than 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 750 milliliters of beer; an adult woman should not drink more than 15 grams of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 450 milliliters of beer. It can be seen that men should not drink more than one bottle of beer a day, while the maximum amount of beer a woman can drink is only half a bottle. For long-term drinkers, blood and urine tests should be done every year to check kidney function, detect kidney damage early, and actively limit or quit drinking.

Eat a lot of meat and love high-protein diet

The diet should be light and easy to digest. Do not eat too much high-protein and high-sodium diet, and properly control the intake of salt and protein. High-protein diet is the primary factor that accelerates kidney function damage, and the elderly should pay special attention to it. The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that the daily protein intake of humans is 0.8 grams per kilogram, which means that a person weighing 50 kilograms can only consume 40 grams of protein per day. Therefore, you cannot eat more than 300 grams of meat a day to avoid damage to the kidneys.

Recommendation: Although protein is good, the amount that our body needs every day is limited, so the amount of meat and soy products consumed at each meal should be controlled. If you have chronic nephritis, this amount should be further reduced. People with normal weight can roughly calculate the protein intake according to the following standards: 1 egg, 1 serving of fresh milk, 100 grams of meat, 100 grams of tofu, 300-400 grams of staple food, plus vegetables and fruits every day.

Strong taste, high salt intake

Salt is the main culprit that makes the kidneys burdened. 95% of the salt in the diet is metabolized by the kidneys. If you take too much salt, the burden on the kidneys will increase. In addition, the sodium in the salt will make it difficult for the body to excrete water, further increasing the burden on the kidneys and causing the kidney function to decline.

Suggestion: Chinese medicine believes that among the five flavors, salty enters the kidneys. A moderate amount of salt can nourish the kidneys, but too much salt can damage the kidneys. The ideal salt intake is 6 grams per day. Frequent consumption of pickles is the main factor for excessive salt intake, so you should eat less pickles. The scientific daily salt intake should be controlled within 6 grams, of which 3 grams can be obtained directly from daily food. Therefore, when seasoning food, you should stick to 3-5 grams. It is worth noting that instant noodles contain a lot of salt, so people who eat them frequently should consume less.

Tip: Some medicines are very harmful to the kidneys

In clinical practice, there are many cases of acute renal failure caused by eating common foods such as snake gall or grass carp gall. Many people also blindly take Chinese medicine to improve their sexual performance. In fact, many Chinese medicines are rich in kidney-toxic ingredients such as aristolochic acid, which will cause immeasurable damage to the kidneys. In addition, fish gall or snake gall used in Chinese medicine must be specially processed to eliminate its toxicity. Do not take it blindly.

It is also necessary to remind that aminoglycoside antibiotics such as gentamicin and streptomycin, anti-tuberculosis drug rifampicin, sulfonamide drugs, contrast agents, etc. have varying degrees of renal toxicity and should be avoided as much as possible. If necessary, be sure to use the medication under the guidance of a doctor. Try to avoid or reduce contact with various poisons with strong renal toxicity.