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Taking care of your kidney health is important. – By Dr harold Gunatillake Monitor your kidney health, blood pressure, and glucose levels regularly. Stay within your targets and lead a healthy lifestyle to maintain a healthy weight. Kidneys are the unsung heroes of our bodies, working tirelessly to filter waste and maintain a delicate balance of minerals and nutrients. You are always concerned about your heart health by checking cholesterol levels, but you do not get tested to check whether you are keeping your kidneys healthy. Most people do not know they have kidney disease because symptoms are typically not noticeable at early stages. The first step to prevent kidney disease like heart disease is to monitor your blood pressure and keep it within normal range. Over time, uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause arteries around the kidneys to narrow, weaken or harden. These damaged arteries cannot deliver enough blood ...

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. ...