Kidney a fear: only focus on kidney supplementation, ignoring kidney health Kidney supplementation is the concept of health care that many people advocate, many people think that kidney supplementation is to supplement the kidneys. “This is a misconception”, said Shi Wei, director of the Department of Nephrology at Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, the “kidney” referred to in Chinese medicine is a functional concept, including the modern medical function of the reproductive system, endocrine function and urinary system function of the integrated function. The modern medical term “kidney” refers to the actual kidney. The kidneys are responsible for removing toxins, waste and excess water from the body. It also assists the body in controlling blood pressure, regulating electrolyte levels, and producing red blood cells. Once kidney function is damaged, most of them are irreversible. Therefore, it is dangerous to focus only on kidney supplementation and neglect kidney health. Rather than often supplementing the kidneys, it is better to protect them well. Kidney two fears: large fish and meat, too much protein Protein is an essential nutrient for the human body, and it is important to pay attention to protein intake, but this does not mean that “the more high protein food you eat, the better”. A balanced diet is sufficient to replenish the daily protein requirements of healthy people. But nowadays, many people in the workplace often entertain and eat a lot of meat and fish, resulting in excessive protein intake. Director Shi Wei reminded that long-term high protein intake will increase the burden on the kidneys, and even make the kidneys in a long-term “overload” state. People who have kidney function damage, protein intake should be strictly controlled, and must consult a nephrologist and develop recipes under the guidance of a nutritionist. In addition, a reminder: protein is not limited to eggs and milk, various meats, seafood and beans are all high in protein. When you are keen to eat high-protein food, or blindly supplement high-protein nutrients, beware, do not exhaust the kidneys. The kidneys are afraid of three: daily old fire soup, purine more Guangdong people “no soup is not happy”, when eating more love to drink a bowl of old fire soup. The old fire soup generally add a lot of meat, and boil on two or three hours. The long boiling time, a large number of purines will dissolve into the broth. Often drink purine too high old fire soup, will cause uric acid in the blood accumulation, uric acid content is elevated, both easy to cause gout, but also damage to the kidneys. Another “kidney” eating habits is a lot of seafood beer, because some of the ingredients rich in seafood in the role of beer, will greatly improve the human blood uric acid content, inducing gout and gouty nephropathy. Kidneys four fears: often hold urine, drink enough water Many people are too busy because of work often hold urine, do not know that holding urine for too long can easily lead to increased bladder pressure, bladder pressure reflex disorder and decline in the function of the forced urinary muscle, or affect the ureter-cyst anti-reflux mechanism, resulting in urine reflux, easy to complicate pyelonephritis, kidney function damage. Therefore, even if you are busy at work, don’t forget to go to the toilet on time. In addition, work is busy, many people can not care to drink water. When you don’t drink enough water, the volume of urine will naturally decrease, and the concentration of waste and toxins carried in urine will increase. Kidney stones, which are common in clinical practice, are closely related to the lack of drinking water for a long time. Experts emphasize the need to develop the habit of drinking more water, ensuring at least 8 large glasses of boiled water every day (note: do not replace it with drinks). Drinking more water can dilute the urine, so that the urine is quickly discharged, helping to prevent stones. Kidney five fears: diet salty, water is not easy to discharge 95% of the salt in our diet is metabolized by the kidneys, eat too salty, the kidneys naturally increased burden. In addition, the sodium in the salt will make the body’s water not easily discharged, and further increase the burden on the kidneys, resulting in the decline of kidney function. At the same time, too salty diet will lead to increased blood pressure, the kidney blood can not maintain the normal flow, thus inducing kidney disease. It is recommended that the daily salt intake be controlled within 6 grams. Kidneys six fears: drug abuse, poisoning the kidneys 20-year-old David two months ago because of toothache, they think it is “fire”, in a clinic prescribed a few packets of Chinese medicine. However, a week after taking the medicine, he developed nausea, vomiting and anuria, and was rushed to Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital by his family. David was later diagnosed with renal failure (uremia), requiring lifelong dialysis treatment or kidney replacement.