A. Our 2 kidneys are located on each side of the spine in the middle of the back, just above the waist. They clean our blood of waste and excess fluid, and maintains a balance of minerals in the filtered blood, while helping also to manage blood pressure, and other duties.
Kidney failure also known as renal failure, can occur due to trauma, blood loss, restriction on blood flow, infection, toxic drugs or other toxins. Today however, in our culture (this industrialized – commercialized society) kidney problems are only rarely caused by these assaults.
Most often, the kidneys become damaged due to poor lifestyle choices. Today kidney disease is very much a lifestyle disease, which means that the right change in lifestyle can cure it.
Waste and fluids begin to build up in the body; evidenced by swelling in the ankles, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, restless sleep, and shortness of breath. By the time of diagnosis, the kidneys are already badly compromised. This is an all too common downward spiral we watch every day.
In time diseased kidneys will stop functioning completely. Kidney disease is serious, and a true threat to one’s life.
However, the good news is that kidney disease caused by poor lifestyle choices can be reversed, and has been reversed. Like all good things, it takes time, commitment and the right plan.
Most persons go into kidney failure due to many different combinations of poor lifestyle habits including all the same habits that foster diabetes, heart disease, and high cholesterol; such as eating high fat meats, packaged and processed low nutrient foods, drinking alcoholic and highly sugared drinks, and drinking and eating foods made with artificial chemicals, not exercising, drinking too little water, and smoking.
All of which, also fuels inflammation, which itself, is part of the cycle of chronic disease.
The key to stopping and reversing this downward spiral is in changing. Creating new habits which support health. Healthy habits. But to reverse the disease process, requires the client to do everything at least 95% right. Eighty percent, not even ninety present, will not stop the progression of illness.
Commitment is the first course for change. Commitment is related to a will to survive and a desire to leave a legacy, to be remembered. Once we identify a reason to live, then moving toward true health, to restructure the lifestyle becomes so much easier.
What kind of change? Its changing your mind, what you eat, making time to play, relax, walk, meditate, plan a beautiful future, and sleep. It means creating an environment to support the change you want to make. Next you’ll bring in support, family, friends, lovers, to sustain your commitment.
It is critically important to become wholly committed to saving your life, having a support system in place is a must. Commit to monitoring your blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels frequently.