How to Cure or Prevent Kidney, Liver, and Blood Diseases

The following page explains how to cure or prevent kidney, liver, and blood diseases through all-natural, holistic means. For advanced cases, there’s info in the Miscellaneous section too.

Lists below are abbreviated for reading ease. All info is scientifically supported. Sources and more details are in the References section.

SECTIONS: Intro . Food . Liquid . Supplements . Miscellaneous . Recommended . References

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Intro

Before outlining kidney, liver, and blood disease fighting strategies, it’s important you understand some basic facts about these diseases, how much power you have over them, and the simple choices you can make to avoid or overcome them.

Facts

. The kidneys balance water and minerals in body.[1]

. The liver helps digest food and remove toxins.[2]

. Together they affect blood, hormones and energy.[3]

. About 1/3 of adults have kidney, liver, or blood problems - mostly due to diet.[4]

. The good news: improvements are easy and better health only takes a few weeks.[5]

Little lifestyle tweaks can make a huge difference.

Let’s look at those now…

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Food

Good

. Oats — improves liver function, and much more.[6]

. Beets — nitric oxide in beets cleans up the blood.[7]

. Fruits — berries citrus apple apricot banana and..[8]

. WFPB — a whole food, plant based diet protects..[9]

. Seeds — sunflower, pumpkin & flax help kidneys.[10]

. Spices — ginger turmeric garlic basil oregano ro..[11]

. Spinach — a necessity, helps cleanse entire body.[12]

. Mushroom — reishi & cordyceps strengthen liver.[13]

. Cantaloupe — helps the body filter blood, hydrate.[14]

. Cruciferous — improves liver functions for weeks.[15]

. Watermelon — hydrates, add electrolytes to body.[16]

. Sweet potato — nutrient-rich, helps cleanse liver.[17]

Bad

. Fats — liver changes fast on low/high fat diets.[18]

. Sugar — added sugars linked to kidney stones.[19]

. Protein — high pro intake: kidney liver swelling.[20]

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Liquid

Good

. Tea — dandelion milk thistle moringa & hibiscus.[21]

. Water — with lemon lime or cucumber very good.[22]

. Coffee — daily, lowers kidney & liver disease risks.[23]

Bad

. Alcohol — consumption harms body, destroys liver.[24]

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Supplements

Good

. Amla — the #1 antioxidant, enhances liver function.[25]

. Vitamins — A, B6, K2 may help; excess C may hurt.[26]

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Miscellaneous

General

. Diet — more water vegetables, less protein salt.[27]

. Metal — detox heavy metals: spirulina, cilantro..[28]

. Tylenol — acetaminophen products=liver failure.[29]

. Obesity — extra weight harms kidneys and liver.[30]

. Creatine — be careful about source and amount.[31]

. Exercise — physical activity improve liver health.[32]

. Enriched — and fortified: code for lab junk, avoid.[33]

. Alkalinity — food pH can lower kidney stones risk.[34]

. Hydration — not drinking enough fluid hurts kidn..[35]

. 5G & EMF — a silent killer disrupting all earth life.[36]

. Moderation — don’t have too much any one thing.[37]

Extreme Cases

. Aloe — treats kidney disease and kidney stones.[38]

Endnote

. And prayer — prayer changes molecules(!).[39]

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References

KEY: age:greger>age . ch:chapter . da:draxe.com . die:greger>die . nf:nutritionfacts.org . wth:whatthehealth . x:x.com

[1] Source: da/kidney.

[2] Source: da/liver.

[3] Source: sciencing.com.

[4] Kidney and liver disease is primarily caused by poor nutrition, excess calories, added sugars, and saturated fat (age/ch:ampk).

[5] In only a few weeks: Ted: Greger: Food as Medicine (plants reverse disease 3wks @6:27).

[6] Oats improve liver function, and heart lungs blood inflammation immune system (nf/oats).

[7] Beets clean the blood (da/beets).

[8] Cranberries, black cherries & blueberries clean out kidneys (da/berries) … mulberries remove toxins, clean liver (da/mulberry) … citrus helps kidney pain, stones (nih/citrus) … apricots improve liver function (da/apricot) … camu camu may help liver (news/camu).

[9] WFPB (whole food plant based) diet protects against kidney cancer stones inflammation & acidosis (nf/kidney @0:58-1:15 & nf/cancer & nf/stones) … to limit kidney stone formation: limit all animal proteins (nf/diet @3:25) … stage 3 or kidney failure? go plant-based (nf/stage3 & nf/failure).

[10] Seeds: sunflower pumpkin flax help with kidney stones & disease (nih/seeds).

[11] Spices: ginger significantly improves liver health (nf/ginger) … turmeric prevents/treats liver disease (nih/turmeric) … black pepper protects liver (da/pepper) … good kidney spices incl garlic onion parsley fenugreek saffron basil oregano rosemary thyme cloves turmeric (nih/spices).

[12] Spinach: a necessity, it cleanses entire body especially kidneys (da/spinach).

[13] Reishi heals heart lungs liver skin, balances blood sugar & hormones (da/reishi) … cordyceps fights liver cancer (da/cordyceps).

[14] Cantaloupe helps kidneys filter blood and balance hydration in body (da/cantaloupe).

[15] Cruciferous vegetables boost liver’s ability to clear chemicals from body for weeks (nf/cruciferous), with broccoli being best of all (nf/broccoli).

[16] Watermelon detoxes kidneys, hydrates body, adds electrolytes (nih/watermelon).

[17] Purple sweet potatoes treat/prevent liver disease (age/ch:okinawan & nih/potato).

[18] Fats: liver disease improves/worsens in just 2wks based on dietary fat, with saturated fat being worst (nf/fats).

[19] Greater percent of calories from added sugars increases kidney stone formation (da/sugar).

[20] High protein intake causes liver and kidney swelling (age/ch:muscles & nf/protein @1:50) … diets high in animal protein hurt kidneys, plant proteins do not (die/ch:kidney & nf/failure) … worst: fish pork poultry cheese beef (nf/acid @3:05-4:30) … best: plant protein, especially soy (nf/best @2:58-5:30) … lower the protein the better (nf/lower @2:15-3:57).

[21] Tea: dandelion cleans/improves liver & kidneys (nih/dandelion & da/dandelion & da/tea) … milk thistle improves liver function, treats liver disease (da/milkthistle) … moringa treats kidney stones (da/moringa) … hibiscus prevents kidney stones (da/hibiscus).

[22] Lemon water: detox body, prevent kidney stones, great habit first thing in morning (da/lemon), not too fast, sip 10min … lime water: prevents kidney stones, boost health (da/lime) … cucumber water: alkalizes body, supports kidney function (da/cucumber).

[23] Coffee: more than two cups per day, regular or decaf, half the risk of liver problems, should be encouraged in patients with liver disease; also decreases kidney disease risk (age/ch:autophagy & news/coffee) … use paper filter to remove coffee toxins (nf/filter).

[24] All alcohol intake harms body (See How to View Food #41), and it destroys the liver, best to eliminate all alcohol from diet (da/alcohol).

[25] Amla helps everything (nf/amla @0:21-1:21), and it detoxes body, enhances liver (da/amla).

[26] Vitamin A, B6, K2 may help prevent kidney stone formation (nih/vitamins & da/b6) … megadoses of vitamin C may increase kidney stone risk (age/ch:oxidation & nf/vitC).

[27] Diet: more water & vegetables, less protein & salt, lowers kidney & liver disease risks (nf/diet @3:05- 5:15 & nf/best).

[28] Chlorella & spirulina detox heavy metals in body, which in turn cleans kidneys & liver (nf/chlorella @1:37-2:40 & da/spirulina & da/detox) … cilantro detoxes too, helps liver function (da/cilantro).

[29] Acetaminophen liver failure hospitalizes thousands per year, be careful & read labels, it’s in a lot of pills (da/acetamin).

[30] Obesity hurts kidney liver & immune system (nf/obesity).

[31] Creatine can be tainted with contaminants, so choose high quality, and don’t take whopping doses (nf/creatine).

[32] Aerobic & resistance exercise improves liver function, reverses liver disease (nih/exercise).

[33] Foods labeled enriched & fortified are stripped of nutrients during processing; they’re unhealthy marketing scams, they are products not food, avoid them (news/enriched).

[34] Eating alkaline foods reduces risk of developing kidney stones (da/alkaline, see Section 4).

[35] Hydration: not drinking enough fluid increases risk of kidney problems; drink water, tea & fruit-infused water (da/hydrate) … how much? whatever makes urine light yellow (age/ch:beverages).

[36] 5G & EMF: See How to Cure or Prevent Cancer #50.

[37] Have everything in moderation, don’t consume too much of any one food, especially Vitamin C or greens (nf/moderation).

[38] Aloe heals kidneys (nih/aloe & da/aloe).

[39] Watch how water and rice change … Words have the power of life and death (Pro 18:21).

* End note: if you made it this far, nice job. And if you want more, here's: How to View Food.

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Whatever brings you to this page, I wish you great health and hope on your journey.

Be strong and believe. You can do all things (Phi 4:13).

Peace and Love,
Ben