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Protein intake in CKD
Protein is a superstar of sorts in the Nutrient Circles, be it in sickness or in health. But do you completely understand all that you must, when it comes to this “celebrated nutrient” in the context of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)?
There is severe Protein Loss in urine in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) & Kidney Failure. However, your medical team still advises you to Eat Less Protein.
Sounds counter-productive right?! Continue reading “Protein & CKD Diet: Part 1”
Protein in urine
Our previous articles in the “Proteinuria (Protein in urine) Series” explained The “What, How & Why of Proteinuria” & “Clinical & Lab Workup of Proteinuria“
Keeping in sync with the focus of this series, today’s article covers the basic tenets that guide the Treatment of Sustained Proteinuria in kidney disease. Continue reading “Protein in Urine: Treatment approaches”
Normally, Urine produced by healthy kidneys is a cocktail of toxic waste products of cellular metabolism, a host of minerals, salts, smelly organic compounds & excess water. (Find the complete normal urine composition here). These components begin to get together to form Urine once healthy kidney micro-filters “strain” our blood through themselves. These micro-filters are uber-selective with what they “let-out” into the urine. This is such that, all blood cells & “plasma” proteins remain in the bloodstream while the wastes & excesses purge themselves out.
But what makes these Kidney Micro-filters that selective against leakage of blood cells & protein in urine?
Continue reading “Healthy Kidneys prevent Blood & Protein in Urine. But how?!”