Kidney disease takes the lives of over 90,000 Americans each year, according to the National Kidney Foundation. This number is higher than both breast and prostate cancer. As we know, our kidneys are very important and are vital for living a long and healthy life. Which means we have to keep them healthy to achieve that. By making small changes to your sleeping habits and diet, you can decrease your chance of having kidney disease.
Replace Salt With Herbs
We all know adding salt to dishes makes them taste better, but it can also disrupt the balance in your blood, making your kidneys have to work harder to remove water from your body. In 2018, research was done for the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. It proved that eating too much salt can directly lead to kidney disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that people limit their salt (sodium) intake to one teaspoon per day. That’s about a third less than what the average American consumes.
Replace Salt With Herbs
Limit Your Intake Of Painkillers
There was a study conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine that discovered that heavy use of painkillers like Tylenol or Advil results in 5,000 cases of kidney failure in the United States each year. It’s been noted that the most dangerous time to take any painkillers is after fasting for a period of time. Of course, taking the occasional painkiller for a headache or backache is fine. The reason painkillers are bad is due to the fact that they decrease blood flow to the kidneys. After a while, this can cause an excessive amount of stress to the kidneys.
Limit Your Intake Of Painkillers
