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Keeping your kidneys healthy-video presentation By Dr Harold Gunatillake Website:www.doctorharold.com Transcript: We all think our cholesterol levels in the blood to keep the heart ticking well, but the kidneys being as important, would not bother to keep them healthy. The main function of your heart is to pump blood with nutrients and oxygen to all tissue cells in the body. On the contrary, your kidneys perform many functions to keep your health and wellbeing. Your kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your body. Your kidneys remove acid that is produced by the cells of your body and maintain  healthy balance of water, salt, and minerals-such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium- in your blood. They also produce hormones that regulate blood pressure and control the production of red cells. They make two main hormones, vitamin D and erythropoietin. Vitamin D is essential for several different functions in the body. ...