The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs located on either side of the lower back. They act as filters that remove toxins from our blood and then cause the body to eliminate these toxins as waste through the bladder and urine. The kidneys also balance PH homeostasis and regulate electrolytes, including salts.
Kidney disease affects 5 to 10 percent of the world’s population. Kidney disease involves the progressive loss of kidney function. Chronic kidney disease is thought to be caused by certain toxins (such as chemicals and heavy metals in non-organic and processed foods and excess refined sugar and salt in processed foods). Refined sugar and salt are toxins. Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure are often accompanied by chronic kidney disease.
The holistic approach to kidney disease includes the avoidance of toxins (i.e. chemicals and heavy metals and refined sugar and refined salt in food, water and beverages, chemicals and heavy metals in body products (i.e. i.e. soap, shampoo, lotion), cleaning products, medications, and vaccines). Avoiding toxins will put much less of a burden on the kidneys (which work to remove toxins from the body).
Avoid processed, packaged and junk foods and non-organic foods. These foods contain toxins that put pressure on the kidneys. Instead, eat clean, organic, plant-based whole foods. Drink pure water and herbal tea. Avoid sodas, soft drinks, and manufactured beverages. Avoid or greatly reduce animal foods such as meat and dairy products.
Avoid glyphosate. This is a chemical that is used in herbicides. Glyphosate has been shown to trigger kidney disease. Use natural and organic herbicides instead.
Detoxify chemicals and heavy metals stored in your body’s cells with natural products like parsley and coriander tea/juice (boil water and put parsley and coriander lumps in the hot water and steep overnight), diatomaceous earth, colloidal trace elements and dandelion root tea. Drink fresh green juices and eat plenty of leafy green vegetables, such as kale, spinach, and arugula. Use apple cider vinegar in your salads and put apple cider vinegar in plain water and drink it. Drink plenty of pure water. All of this will help detoxify your body. The berries will also help detoxify your body. So eat blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries.
Lower blood sugar in your body through the aforementioned plant-based diet and daily exercise. Supplements that will help lower blood sugar include cinnamon (especially Vietnamese cinnamon), bitter melon, alpha lipoic acid, vanadyl sulfate, chromium picolonate, and gymnema sylvestre.
It is important to maintain an alkaline PH balance. Eat an alkaline diet (meaning a whole, organic plant-based diet) and drink plenty of alkaline water. Drink plain water, baking soda, and fresh lemon as well to help maintain an alkaline diet.
To improve kidney health, drink pure cranberry juice (no added sugar) along with beet juice and take the following supplements: milk thistle, dandelion root, burdock, rhemannia, and nettles. Asparagus and beans are also good for kidney health. The Chinese foxglove herb (Rhemannia glutinosa) is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to strengthen the kidneys.
Stress is bad for the kidneys, as it floods the body with cortisol from the adrenal glands that sit on top of the kidneys. So relax, de-stress, adopt positive thinking techniques, and learn to be in the moment and in the flow. Use mindfulness, meditation, and deep breathing techniques to de-stress. Supplements that help with stress include magnesium, B vitamins, hawthorn, 5 HTP, ashwagandha, dark chocolate, cacao, and valerian root. Get alt from rest and sleep /
Energy healing also helps with kidney disease. So get regular lower back massages and get Reiki healing on the kidneys and the sacral and base chakras. Consider acupuncture.
The foregoing is not intended to be medical advice. It is information based on holistic health research. It is a holistic approach intended to be used in combination with conventional medicine. Consult your doctor for medical advice.