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Apr
Apr
The majority of risk factors for CKD are related to lifestyle factors or conditions related to lifestyle disease. Exercise is an intervention that has the ability to positively impact a large number of those risk factors.
Tag Archives: integrative kidney institute
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Jan
Jan
Yoga & meditation impact conditions like diabetes & hypertension. Here we discuss benefits of yoga and meditation for kidney health.
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Dec
Dec
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with accumulation of waste products. These uremic toxins come from multiple sources
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Oct
Oct
In this blog our guest author, Rania AlQenneh discusses how she managed to imporove sleep. Sleep is important for kidney health
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Sep
Sep
In this blog we discuss the challenges of adopting lifestyle modifications for kidney health and provide tips to help with successful implementation.
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Sep
Sep
In this blog, we talk about some of the basics of physiology and psychology to understand how the brain can implement lifestyle changes.
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Sep
Sep
High intake of animal protein has been associated with an accelerated decline in kidney function and increased protein being spilled in the urine. However, there is a generalized fear of recommending a very low protein diet to patients with kidney disease. There is concern this diet may provoke malnutrition especially because poor nutritional status could…
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Sep
Sep
To understand the relevance of ketoacid analogues in chronic kidney disease, one need to learn the biochemistry of amino acids (AA) metabolism. This blog will attempt to describe it in short. Excess AA in a protein-rich diet is metabolized through a process called transamination. This involves the removal of the nitrogen (or the amino group…