One of such lifestyle diseases that needs attention is chronic kidney disease or commonly known as CKD. With increasing life expectancy and prevalence of lifestyle diseases, India has seen a 55% increase in prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the last decade.
As per the recent data by Indian Council of Medical Research, diabetes and hypertension today account for more than 70% cases of CKD. Let us understand more about the causes of CKD, important tests for proper detection and foods that can help reverse chronic kidney disease.
The top two causes of chronic kidney disease are high blood pressure and high blood sugar levels.
As per statistics, 1 in every 3 diabetic patients will develop chronic kidney disease and 2 in every 5 patients with high BP will develop chronic kidney disease if they do not treat the root cause of the disease.
Before we understand the foods that can help reverse chronic kidney disease let us understand important biomarkers that can help us detect early.
eGFR stands for estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate – which means the rate at which our kidneys are filtering, in other words it is a test to measure your level of kidney function.
Eating more natural plant foods and avoiding processed and artificial foods is a healthy step towards reversing lifestyle diseases.
With respect to kidney health, these three foods can help clean your kidneys and thereby help reverse CKD. 1.
From reversing diabetes, high BP to fatty liver and kidney disease, this one superfood should be added in your salad if you intend to heal your kidneys.
As we have always emphasized, that right education and information is the first step to reverse lifestyle diseases.