Kidneys are a pair of bean shaped organs on either side of your spin, below your ribs and behind your belly. Each kidney is about 4 or 5 inches long. Roughly the size of a large. The kidneys job is to filter your blood.
Humans carry out activities that affect their kidneys maybe without knowing, causing harm to your kidneys.
Here are 3 things human do that damages the kidney.
1. Eating too much meat.
Animals proteins generates high amount of acid and this can be harmful to the kidney and cause acidiosis- a condition which the kidney can't eliminate acid fast enough.
Though protein is needed, it is recommended that we all eat a balanced diet containing fruits and vegetables.
2. Smoking.
Smoking is good for your lungs or heart. But it is also not good for kidneys too. People who smoke are most likely to have protein in the urine- a sign of kidney damage.
3. Sitting still for too long.
Sitting for a long period of time has been linked to the development of kidney diseases.
It is known that greater physical activities is associated with improved blood pressure and glucose metabolism.
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