Kidney Health, Heart Health, and Diet
February is heart health month – but we can’t talk about the heart without also talking about the kidney.
Your heart and kidneys are two important organs in your body. They work together to keep you healthy. When one is affected, the other is too. In other words, your heart can affect the health of your kidneys, and your kidneys can affect the health of your heart.
Healthy kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body. They balance salts and minerals in your blood. They also help control blood pressure, make red blood cells, and keep bones strong.
The heart pumps blood filled with oxygen and nutrients to all parts of your body to work properly and stay alive. Blood pumped by the heart also picks up carbon dioxide and waste products so that your body can get rid of them. To move blood to each part of your body, your heart relies on your blood vessels. Together, the heart, blood and blood vessels make up a system called “the cardiovascular system
The heart is a muscle that pumps blood filled with oxygen to all parts of your body. This job keeps every cell, organ, and system alive within your body.
The kidneys clean the blood, removing waste products and extra water. Without the kidneys, your blood would have too much waste and water. The heart would be working too hard or would not function at all without the help of your kidneys.
The heart pumps blood filled with oxygen through all parts of your body, including the kidneys. Without the heart, your kidneys would not have the oxygen-filled blood needed to do its many important jobs.
The kidneys remove waste from the blood and return the cleaned blood back to the body. Each minute about one litre of blood – one-fifth of all the blood pumped by the heart – enters the kidneys through the renal arteries. After the blood is cleaned, it flows back into the body through the renal veins.
Your kidneys:
Clean your blood of waste products and extra water
Help control blood pressure
Keep bones healthy and strong
Help make red blood cells
Keep the balance of minerals in your blood (like sodium, phosphorous, and potassium)
Kidney Disease – growing at an alarming rate.
Kidney disease is growing at an alarming rate. It currently affects more than 1 in 7 — or 15% — of American adults, with people of color at greater risk for kidney failure.
In the US - 37 million people have kidney disease.
About 807,000 Americans are living with kidney failure.
More than 562,000 Americans are on dialysis
More than 245,000 Americans are living with a kidney transplant
9 out of 10 people with kidney disease are unaware they have it, and half of those with severely reduced kidney function (but not yet on dialysis) do not know they have kidney disease. About 1 in 3 adults with diabetes may have kidney disease. Diabetes is the top cause of kidney failure, causing nearly half (45%) of new cases.
1 in 5 adults with high blood pressure may have kidney disease. High blood pressure is the second most common cause of kidney failure, causing 28% of new cases.
Kidney disease is one of the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. It kills more people each year than breast or prostate cancer.
Heart
Your heart is about the size of 2 fists, and weighs 10 oz. It beats 100,000 times a day. There are 60,00 miles of blood vessels – enough to go around the earth twice. A woman’s heart on average beats 8x faster than a mans. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in the U.S.
How can I keep my heart and kidneys healthy?
These tips can help keep your kidney and heart health on track. You should always speak with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your diet and lifestyle.
Regular physical activity
Lose weight, if you need to
Eat less fat
Keep your blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood fats under control
Stop smoking
Reduce stress
A good way to keep the heart and kidney connection in mind is to remember, what is good for your kidneys is good for your heart. Keeping up the health of your heart is good for the health of your kidneys.
Lowering blood sugar is key to a healthy heart and kidney. Too much sugar in the diet can increase blood pressure, and triglycerides, and increase bad cholesterol.
Too much sugar in the diet can impact fatty liver disease.
It also causes inflammation.
So the key is to try to avoid added sugar, especially fructose. Our livers were designed to process 4-6 pounds of fructose per year. Fructose is found in fruits and vegetables, and the fiber in those, and water content – 85% of fruit is water – it helps offset the impact on the liver. But today we are eating almost 60 pounds of fructose – so it is no wonder we are seeing fatty liver disease in kids now, and growing kidney issues in adults, and heart disease and diabetes growing.
What damages the kidney and heart?
Diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) are the two leading causes of kidney disease. High blood sugar levels in uncontrolled diabetes and high blood pressure can damage the kidney’s blood vessels, leaving them unable do their job properly.
With ½ of the population having high blood pressure, ½ being prediabetic and more getting diabetes – we can see we need to do something.
What helps?
Foods to Avoid:
1. Sodium. Today we eat 40-50% more sodium than we should. The average Adult is eating almost 4,000 mg per day – far above the now recommended 1500-2000 mg. This impacts heart and kidneys.
So much of our food has salt in it – to preserve it and add flavor. But there are low sodium soups, vegetables you can buy and more companies offer low sodium versions. Once you lower your sodium – you’ll be amazed at how awful salty food will now taste. My husband and I rarely put salt in anything we cook. So when we eat out or try food at Costco – wham- all I taste is salt. And feel awful and drink a lot of water after.
2. Sugar – impacts your blood pressure. We eat a cup of sugar a day hidden in foods. This is why we created Gluco Support -to help slow the impact of sugar and carbs on the body. Simply take 1 capsule before 1-2 meals – and not only will you feel better, you can lose weight just with this one little product.
It also has berberine – called Natures’ Ozempic – for curbing hunger and gymnema which makes sugar less appealing.
3. Watch your protein intake. Many people think protein is good so more is better. But it is not. You can only absorb 25-30 grams in one meal. The rest gets stored as fat – and you also tax yourkidneys.
So have a shake for breakfast, a snack with protein like string cheese or an egg with a healthy carb like fruit or veg, have a sensible lunch or another shake, and a sensible dinner and you’ll lose weight, lower blood pressure, and protect kidney health.
4. Watch alcohol intake – the body thinks of it as poison and make the kidneys work harder to filter it out.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-to-avoid-with-kidney-disease#foods-to-avoid
Foods that help healthy kidneys, cholesterol and heart health:
Are generally foods we should all eat more of. The average person gets 1 serving of fruit per day, and only 1 oz. of lettuce.
1. Dark leafy greens- kale, spinach, romaine, all have vitamin K – good for blood and kidneys, and fiber for heart health.
2. Berries – low glcyemic, packed with antioxidants and fiber.
3. Cranberrries – low sugar cranberry juice protects the bladder from infection, which can spread to the kidney.
4. Polyphenols – in fruits, veg, olive oil – help prevent inflammation. This is why we recommend the Fruit Power and Veg Power capsules. They are the most potent fruit/veg supplement – 40% more nutrients than the brand you see on TV for almost ½ the price. They help kidneys, gut, brain, cells, a lot.
5. Cruciferous veg – cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower – these are in the Fruit Power, and Veg power – have phytochemicals – which can help protect kidneys.
6. Omegas – from fish, or supplements – can help blood triglycerides and blood pressure – which in turn can impact kidneys.
How Jump To Health Can Help.
1. Fruit Power, Veg Power – get the anti-inflammation benefits and boost gut health too. You can feel this in as little as 3 days.
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2. Fiber Pro – a recent study in PubMed shows that gut health can improve kidney function – from prebiotics and probiotics. These can help reduce inflammation, improve kidney function and retard progression of CKD by restoring the symbiosis of gut microflora in patients with CKD. A randomised trial found synbiotics decreased serum PCS without reducing serum IS in non-dialysis CKD
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In the Journal of Renal Nutrition – another article talks to prebiotic fiber – and how it can help slow progression of those with CKD.
And another article in National Library of Medicine - Emerging evidence suggests that diet, particularly one that is rich in dietary fiber, especially prebiotic fiber, may prevent the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its associated complications in people with established CKD.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8825222/
Now Fiber Pro is not gritty, not gassy – has no added sugar like those other fiber powders or drinks
You can add it to morning coffee, or any food or beverage and boost gut health, balance hunger hormones, help heart and cholesterol and support kidney health too. For a lot less $ - and no other brand has the 2 clinically studied prebiotic fiber.
3. Jump To Health Core (whey) or VPro (plant) shakes. A lot of people think of protein shakes as being for losing weight or building lean muscle. The JTH shake is unique in that it is a health drink – that boosts gut health, supports kidney health, mood, brain, focus, immune and a lot more.
It is an easy to digest protein – in the right amount – so your kidneys don’t have to work so hard.
It also has a full serving of a clinically studied prebiotic fiber, and digestive enzymes.
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4. Gluco Support – help control your blood sugar, and lower the glycemic index of foods.
1 small capsule before 1 meal – and you can help reduce weight, cravings, and control blood sugar which can impact your heart and your kidneys.
Gluco Support https://www.fluid.app/s/89709c
We have other products that can help too – but these would be the key ones. Plus we provide free meal plans, recipes to help you change your lifestyle – one day or even one meal at a time. Start slow with Gluco Support or Fiber Pro. Add the Fruit & Veg. Get tested – see if you see improvements. Add a shake – that tastes like birthday cake and is natural. You’ll save $ vs. other brands and save on groceries too.
So if you are worried about kidney health – then take the jump to better health – with Jump To Health.
https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/heart-and-kidney-connection
Kidney Stones
Kidney disease, kidney stones are becoming more prominent.
Kidney stones are common and are on the rise. About 11 percent of men and 6 percent of women in the United States have kidney stones at least once during their lifetime. We spend over $2bn in health care in the US on kidney stones each year. And they are painful. My husband has had them and it is awful to see the pain it can cause.
There are different types of stones – with the about 2/3 being calcium based. Yet it is not calcium that causes them. Low calcium diet and low urine volume can lead to more kidney stones. The best proven method of stone prevention is to increase the amount of urine that you make. By the simple process of urinary dilution, crystals are unable to collect within the kidney and pass in the urine without forming a stone.
So drink more water. With 75% of us dehydrated – we can all drink more.
Also check for metabolic health issues. Metabolic disorders – If a condition or disorder prevents the body from properly breaking down food, it can lead to high levels of oxalate and cystine in the urine, which leads to stone formation.
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