● Your kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body.
Your kidneys also remove acid that is produced by the cells of your body and maintain a healthy balance of water, salts, and minerals (such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium) in your blood.
▶️ The kidneys are powerful chemical factories that perform the following functions:
● remove waste products from the body
● remove drugs from the body
● balance the body's fluids
● release hormones that regulate blood pressure
● produce an active form of vitamin D that promotes strong, healthy bones
● control the production of red blood cells
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▶️ How to take care of your kidneys:
● Keep fit, Be active.
This can help to maintain an ideal body weight, reduce your blood pressure and the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease.
● Eat a healthy diet.
This can help to maintain an ideal body weight, reduce your blood pressure, prevent diabetes, heart disease and other conditions associated with Chronic Kidney Disease.
● Check and control your blood sugar.
● Check and control your blood pressure.
● Take appropriate fluid intake.
● Don’t smoke.
● Don’t take over-the-counter anti-inflammatory/pain-killer pills regularly.
▶️ Get your kidney function checked if you have one or more of the ‘high risk’ factors:
● you have diabetes
● you have hypertension
● you are obese
● you have a family history of kidney disease
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▶️ Protect your kidney health: https://youtu.be/8tRHzuGEj-U
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