Food as Medicine: How Diet Protects Your Heart and Kidneys | Lifestyle Medicine & Health Tips
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Dr. Chris Brown
The same foods that protect your heart also protect your kidneys. As a nephrologist, this is what gets me excited. You don’t need entirely...
The same foods that protect your heart also protect your kidneys.
As a nephrologist, this is what gets me excited. You don’t need entirely different strategies to manage high blood pressure and diabetes, the two leading causes of kidney disease.
• High blood pressure damages the tiny blood vessels in your kidneys.
• Diabetes damages the delicate kidney filters.
A whole-food, plant-predominant diet targets both conditions at the same time. Protecting your health doesn't always require a pharmacy; food truly is medicine.
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