Kidney disease Archives

How does salt affect your health? – By Dr Harold Gunatillake www.Doctorharold.com As much as 85 percent of the salt we eat is already in the food we buy, rather than being added during cooking or eating. Table salt, sodium chloride (NaCl), is a naturally occurring mineral essential for animal life. Salt is one of the most widely used and oldest forms of food seasoning. Saltiness is one of the five basic human tastes in addition to sweetness, sourness, bitterness, and umami (a savory, meaty taste, such as that of cooked mushrooms, cheese, or soy sauce). It is estimated that we need about 500 mg or 6 grams. of sodium daily for vital functions. But did yo know that, on ..average, working-age adults in England consume 8.4g a day – that’s 40 percent above the national guideline? In Sri Lanka, the National Population Salt Consumption the survey estimated the salt ...

Kidney disease a complication of Diabetes-by Harold Gunatillake Web Site:www.Doctorharold.com Transcript: Let us discuss today why kidneys get damaged in people having uncontrolled diabetes. Diabetes is a leading cause of kidney disease, and sometimes referred to such kidneys as ‘Diabetic kidneys or diabetic nephropathy It is estimated that 40% of people living with type 2 diabetes may develop kidney disease. Sri Lanka too is seeing an increase in the cases of diabetes and the risk of getting kidney disease is extremely high, in addition to the risk through pollutants and germicides used in rice cultivations. How does uncontrolled diabetes affect your kidneys? High blood sugar damages blood vessels in the body, that includes blood vessels in your kidneys The sugar that is present in the blood vessels being glucose derived from the dietary carbs is the culprit that cause the damage to the inner lining of the blood vessels. Normal ...