Best Foods for Kidney Health and Function | Dr. Neal Barnard Q&A
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🗓️ 30 May 2024
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Summary
Your kidneys need good fuel to function at their best. The best foods for kidney health are revealed by Dr. Neal Barnard as he joins Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Topics Discussed
- Top foods for kidneys
- Worst foods for kidneys
- Most important nutrients for kidneys
- Healthiest kidney diets
- Managing chronic kidney disease naturally
- Slowing progression of kidney disease with diet
- Omega-3's and kidney health
- Iron deficiency and kidney health
- Antioxidants and kidney function
- And more!
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. |
| 0:04.0 | Kidneys are your filters, but the kidneys do more than that. |
| 0:08.0 | The kidneys also are regulators. |
| 0:10.0 | They're also measuring how much sodium and how much potassium is in your blood and they try to |
| 0:16.0 | regulate these electrolytes so that you're in the peak of health. They regulate your |
| 0:25.0 | kidneys have a blood cells, red blood cells, you have in circulation. |
| 0:26.0 | So your kidneys have a big job. |
| 0:28.0 | What are the nutrients that your kidney just loves? |
| 0:30.0 | Well, the kidney obviously, like all the organs needs |
| 0:32.8 | generous supply of healthy antioxidants, |
| 0:35.6 | beta carotene, a little bit of vitamin E, |
| 0:38.4 | and of course, vitamin C. |
| 0:40.4 | And these nutrients collectively are an army that protects the tissues. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:55.4 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast |
| 1:00.3 | and around the world. |
| 1:01.8 | Hi to the exam room he's listening in Des Moines, Iowa, Savannah, Georgia, and Mexicali, Mexico. |
| 1:09.0 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:14.0 | This is episode 47 of season 7, 546 overall. |
| 1:21.0 | Did you know that as many as one in seven adults in the US has kidney disease? |
| 1:27.0 | Well, we are putting kidneys under the microscope today as yours come into focus. |
| 1:32.0 | We're going to be telling you everything you need to know to keep your kidneys healthy. |
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