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 clean up the blood.[7]

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

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

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

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

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

. Mushroom — cordyceps reishi strengthen liver.[13]

. Cantaloupe — helps body hydrate & filter blood.[14]

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

. Watermelon — hydrates add electrolytes detox.[16]

. Sweet potato — nutrient-rich helps cleanse liv..[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 hibiscus moringa.[21]

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

. Coffee — lowers kidney and liver disease risks.[23]

Bad

. Alcohol — consumption hurt body destroy liver.[24]

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Supplements

Good

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

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

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Miscellaneous

General

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

. Metal — detox metals: chlorella spirulina cilant..[28]

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

. Obesity — excess weight hurts 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 — alkaline food prevents kidney ston..[34]

. Hydration — not drinking enough fluid hurt kid..[35]

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

. Moderation — no have too much any one thing.[37]

Extreme Cases

. Aloe — treats kidney disease & 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

[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] Good news: Greger, Food as Medicine (the right diet reverses disease in 3wks @6:27).

[6] Oats: improve liver function, plus heart lungs blood inflammation and immunity (nf/oats).

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

[8] Fruits: cranberry black cherry & blueberry clean kidneys, mulberry removes toxins cleans liver, citrus helps kidney pain and stones, apricots improve liver function, camu camu may help liver (da/berries & da/mulberry & nih/citrus & da/apricot & news/camu).

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

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

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

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

[13] Mushroom: cordyceps fights liver cancer; reishi heals liver heart lungs skin, balances blood sugar and hormones (da/cordyceps & da/reishi).

[14] Cantaloupe: hydrates body and helps kidneys filter blood (da/cantaloupe).

[15] Cruciferous: vegetable family, boosts liver’s ability to clear chemicals from body, single serving helps liver for weeks, with broccoli being the best of all (nf/cruciferous & nf/broccoli).

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

[17] Sweet potato: purple ones, treats/prevents liver disease (nih/sweet-potato & age/ch:okinawan).

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

[19] Sugar: forms kidney stones, best to limit intake of 'added sugars' on food labels (da/sugar).

[20] Protein: animal protein causes liver & kidney swelling, plant protein does not, cheese poultry fish pork beef worst, soy protein best; the lower the protein the better (nf/protein @1:50 & nf/diet & nf/diet @3:05-4:30 & nf/best @2:58-5:30 & nf/lower @2:15-3:57 & age/ch:muscles & die/ch:kidney).

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

[22] Water: with lemon detoxes body prevents kidney stones, great habit first thing in morning but not too fast sip 10min; lime water boosts health prevents kidney stones; cucumber water alkalizes body supports kidney function (da/lemon & da/lime & da/cucumber).

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

[24] Alcohol: hurts body, destroys liver, best to eliminate from diet (da/alcohol, see also Food #41).

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

[26] Vitamins: A, B6, K2 may help prevent kidney stones; vitamin C megadoses increase kidney stone risk (nih/vitamins & da/vitB6 & nf/vitC & age/ch:oxidation).

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

[28] Metal: chlorella and spirulina detox heavy metals in body, helps clean kidneys and liver; cilantro detoxes metals too (nf/chlorella @1:37-2:40 & da/spirulina & da/spirulina & da/cilantro).

[29] Tylenol: acetaminophen causes liver failure, hospitalizes thousands per year, read labels it’s in many pills (da/tylenol).

[30] Obesity: hurts kidneys liver immune system (nf/obesity).

[31] Creatine: can have contaminants, choose high quality, don’t take huge doses (nf/creatine).

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

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

[34] Alkalinity: eating alkaline foods reduces risk of developing kidney stones (da/alkaline).

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

[36] 5G & EMF: see Cancer #50.

[37] Moderation: have everything in moderation, don’t have too much of any one food, especially vitamin C or greens (nf/moderation).

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

[39] Prayer: watch how water and rice change; words have the power of life and death (Pro 18:21), speak life over your health.

* 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