KIDNEY DISEASE, KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Written by Slawomir (“Swavak”) Gromadzki, MPH

Our kidneys are essential for sustaining life as they are responsible for toxic waste elimination, fluid balance, and regulation of blood pH. They also play an important role in blood pressure regulation, red blood cell production, and converting vitamin D to its active form, calcitriol. Unfortunately, kidney disease and failure are known as a silent killer because kidneys do not cause pain even if they are in a bad shape. Kidney disease is very dangerous as usually it is only recognized at very late stages when it is extremely difficult to treat it.

Kidney disease leads to a loss of kidney function to some degree and may result in kidney failure, the complete loss of kidney function. Kidney failure is known as the final stage of kidney disease, where dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only treatment.

Chronic kidney disease, also called chronic kidney failure, is characterised by the gradual loss of kidney function leading to the build-up of toxins in the body.

SYMPTOMS

Nausea, Vomiting, Loss of appetite, Fatigue and weakness, Sleep problems, Changes in urine output, Decreased mental sharpness, Muscle twitches and cramps, Hiccups, Swelling of feet and ankles, Persistent itching, Chest pain, Shortness of breath, High blood pressure (hypertension) that’s difficult to control.

CAUSES

Unfortunately, most people don’t treat kidneys well.  They overload them with toxins from junk food, stimulants, unfiltered poisoned water or medication and forced to overwork until they start to break down. Another cause of kidney problems is drinking the insufficient amount of good clean water. The more dehydrated a person is, the more concentrated the toxins are.  This makes the urine highly toxic and irritating to kidneys, thus contributing to kidney infections and failure.

The most common cause of kidney damage is toxins and dehydration. Just stay dehydrated and overload your kidneys with toxins from junk food, stimulants or drugs and you have a recipe for kidney failure. Many patients on dialysis are there also due to regular use of drugs such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, aspirin, antibiotics or chemotherapy drugs.

Other causes may include the following:

– Diet high in animal protein (meat, dairy, fish and products containing them)

– Weak immune system caused by high sugar consumption, use of antibiotics, lack of probiotic bacteria, deficiency of vitamin D, zinc, selenium, magnesium, B vitamins and antioxidants, stress and low mood, lack of exercise, etc.

– High levels of toxins in the body due to bad diet and other factors

– Use of stimulants (caffeine, alcohol, smoking, drugs, etc.)

– Pro-inflammatory diet

– Avoiding raw vegetable juices, vegetable smoothies or raw vegetable salads, especially green leafy vegetables, beets, carrots, celery, sprouts, broccoli.

– Taking medications such as antibiotics, painkillers, blood pressure drugs, etc.

– Chronic untreated high blood sugar levels (damage kidneys over time)

– Type 2 and type 1 diabetes

– High blood pressure

– Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney’s filtering units)

– Interstitial nephritis (inflammation of the kidney’s tubules)

– Polycystic kidney disease

– Prolonged obstruction of the urinary tract (by an enlarged prostate, kidney stones, cancer, etc.)

– Pyelonephritis (Recurrent kidney infection)

– Vesicoureteral reflux (a condition which causes urine to back up into the kidneys)

 

IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDNEYS WATCH THE EXCELLENT VIDEO LECTURES (BELOW) BY BARBARA O’NEIL

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TREATMENT

Those who suffer from renal failure are told that there is no cure for them, but as long as kidneys are not completely destroyed and there is some tissue left to work with, there is a chance to regenerate and restore the kidney function. It takes effort and time but it is possible.

There are people who were on dialysis and by improving diet, lifestyle, and proper natural remedies managed to gradually improve kidney function and eventually completely recovered.

In order to filter toxic waste from blood kidneys need water, nutrients, and mineral electrolytes like potassium and sodium (not sodium from refined salt).

When the kidneys become damaged and are unable to filter the blood properly, several types of treatments are used to remove toxins from the body: Dialysis (filtering the blood), remove waste products from the colon (through enema), prevent fluid retention (swelling), and dehydration. Sometimes complete kidney transplantation is also needed when it’s a possible option.

Since due to kidney failure and damage toxins are not removed from the body properly the most important aspect of the treatment is to remove toxins from the body and if possible (if it is not too late) to reverse the kidney damage and regain kidney function using proper diet, supplements and treatments.

NUTRITIONAL AND LIFESTYLE RECOMMENDATIONS

To speed up the recovery it is crucial to implement principles included in HEALTH RECOVERY PLAN >

– Make sure your blood sugar levels are normal and treat diabetes >.

– The first thing the kidneys need to recover is distilled water with a pinch of Celtic or pink salt.  Unless you’re taking vitamins such as B6 or other substances that colour urine it should be clear. If it’s not it means you need to drink more water. Try to drink a glass of water every hour (about 8-10 glasses a day) including herbal teas. But it also depends on the season, sweating, and the amount of vegetables, vegetable juices, smoothies, and fruits you consume as they are high in water.

– You must go on a low protein diet by avoiding all animal foods (meat, dairy, fish, eggs). Diets high in grains and animals proteins generate more acid waste that the kidneys have to remove.  Fruits and especially vegetables are alkaline and create much less acid waste. Eliminate all animal products (eggs, meats, cheese, etc.). Excessive dietary protein causes increased absorption as well as increased excretion of calcium. The most important thing is to reduce meat and dairy consumption as vegetarians and vegans have much lower kidney stone risk. According to the research, animal proteins are bad because of hypercalciuria, hyperuricosuria, hyperoxaluria, hypocitraturia, and the acidification of the urine. Have only two simple meals a day, the diet consisting principally of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. At least one study suggests that a high intake of fruits and vegetables may actually protect against kidney problems. Avoid refined carbohydrates, high protein foods, vitamin and mineral supplements, and concentrated foods.

According to a 2010 study, “Combination of oral activated charcoal plus low protein diet is a new alternative for handling in the old end-stage renal disease patients.” (source >)

– If possible try to on Hallelujah diet or at least implement the most important principles of this world’s most effective diet for at least 6 months >

– Drinking only distilled water (free from all toxins and inorganic calcium) with a pinch of Celtic or pink salt is the best treatment for kidney. >

– Use a low calcium diet, eliminating milk and all foods containing milk (cheese, yoghurt, ice cream, etc.), fish, chocolate, cocoa, antacids, etc.

– Supplementation with Omega-3 known as Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) can help due to its anti-inflammatory properties.

– Daily vigorous outdoor exercise increases circulation to the urinary system. It is especially effective if it induces sweating, but remember to drink clean water when u exercise.

– You should also avoid refined salt (you can use Celtic salt instead).

– Consume more fruits and especially vegetables as they contain water, magnesium, and potassium and the ability to make the urine more alkaline. Actually fresh raw vegetable juices should be consumed by you as a remedy before every meal.

– Bear in mind that a diet low in free fats will promote good blood circulation. Raw coconut oil is the best fat to use.

– Since a high sugar intake has been implicated as contributing to kidney problems and urinary stone formation, it is well to choose a diet devoid of free sugars. Use only erythritol, xylitol and stevia to sweeten your food. Never use artificial sweeteners.

– Avoid foods high in oxalates. These include Ovaltine, cocoa, chocolate, coffee, and tea.

– Avoid coffee, soda pop, any alcohol, caffeinated and high in sugar beverages and energy drinks as they are all very bad for kidneys.

– The best remedies for kidney disease and failure are chlorella and also spirulina. Take one full tablespoon of organic chlorella 30 minutes before a meal with water or vegetable juice and the same amount of organic spirulina before the second meal. Spirulina and Chronic Kidney Disease >

KEY REMEDIES

– Those with kidney failure must take hot baths every day to induce sweating as in this way they will remove toxins from the body. They should soak in about 30 minutes hot bath with a cup of magnesium chloride flakes or Epsom salt added to the water). Before and during the bath they need to drink hot herbal teas (raspberry leaf tea, etc.) to induce sweating and constantly apply a cold compress to the neck and forehead. According to a conclusion of a 2013 study, “TCMs-mediated hot bath can dehydrate and clear uremic toxins by skin eccrine sweating in patients with chronic renal failure, decrease their skin complications and frequencies of adverse events (cardiovascular events, infection, or complications of dialysis). Therefore, it offers an adjuvant alternative renal replacement method for these subjects to reduce the frequency of dialysis due to its complications.” (source >)

Before taking hot bath please read more about principles of HYDROTHERAPY >

– Use Charcoal internally as the most important remedy:

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SUPPLEMENTS

– Nettle seed. David Winston discovered that nettle seed halts and even partially reverses kidney failure.  Also, others confirm it is indeed effective.  Nettle leave is beneficial too, but in case of renal failure, seeds are more effective.

– KB-C is a Chinese herbal formula which is regarded as very useful in kidney failure as it strengthens the kidneys and helps them filter toxins better.

– Dandelion leaf (not root), nettle leaf, cornsilk, parsley leaf and root, goldenrod, and marshmallow are the examples of diuretic herbal remedies that can be used by individuals with renal failure and nephritis because they work more by supporting kidney function rather than stimulating (irritating) it. Uva ursi, juniper berries, buchu, horsetail and other diuretic irritating herbs which stimulate kidney function are excellent to fight kidney and urinary infections and help improve kidney function in kidney disease but they are rather not recommended to be used in renal failure and nephritis (inflammation of the nephrons in the kidneys) if you are on dialysis or feel the heat over the kidney area.

– Sodium bicarbonate to help alkalinize the urine making many dangerous toxins much less harmful. Research by British scientists at the Royal London Hospital suggests that sodium bicarbonate can dramatically slow the progress of chronic kidney disease. Dr S.K. Hariachar, a nephrologist from the Renal Hypertension Unit in Tampa Florida, after studying the research on bicarbonate soda said the following words: “I am glad to see confirmation of what we have known for so long.  I have been treating my patients with bicarbonate soda for many years in attempts to delay the need for dialysis, and now we finally have a legitimate study to back us up. Moreover, we also know that some people already on dialysis can even reverse their condition with the use of sodium bicarbonate”.

– Medical marijuana or hemp CBD oil is effective with chronic kidney diseases. CBD oil is a special form of medical marijuana and is legal everywhere.

– Punarnava is a very potent diuretic herb that helps get rid of excess body fluids, prevents the formation of urinary stones, and helps those suffering from chronic renal failure to reduce urine creatinine levels, high urinary albumin, and protein. Studies show that patients using Punarnava for one month had an increase in serum protein and a lowering of urine protein thus having a very good improvement in kidney function. Punarnava also helps increases blood circulation thus reducing oedema, and it is a powerful immune booster and a good detoxing agent for the liver and.

OTHER SUPPLEMENTS

In case of kidney failure you can’t overload your body with synthetic vitamins and minerals but some of them you must take due to the fact that their deficiencies are very dangerous and often make recovery impossible. Majority of people today consume products which deprive them of vitamins and minerals. The most dangerous among them are foods which contain high glucose or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), refined sugar (hidden in many different products), polished rice, and refined flour products such as white bread, doughnuts, cakes, biscuits, or refined pasta. Also, the use of popular stimulants such as caffeine products, chocolate, alcohol, tobacco, etc. greatly contributes to nutritional deficiencies. Unfortunately, due to the fact that we’ve been using artificial fertilizers for a very long time, the concentration of minerals in the soil today is 70 to 100 % lower than it was a hundred years ago. As a result, also the food we consume is mostly deprived of the proper amount of nutrients.

It means that even if our diet is healthy and consists of only unrefined foods we can’t be sure today we provide our body with a sufficient amount of nutrients.
For this reason, and in addition to the critical foods, I always recommend the following most important vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals in the form of good quality supplements as they help to recover faster and greatly improve the effectiveness of the whole therapy:

VITAMIN D

Almost all people in cold countries and most in sunny countries are deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for human immune and nervous system and it also assists in the prevention of osteoporosis brought on by the menopause. Vitamin D appears to be much more important than any other vitamin for the proper function of the immune system.

While taking vitamin D3 supplements always remember to take also well-absorbed magnesium (such as citrate or chloride oil spray) as vitamin D supplements are useless without magnesium and lead to magnesium deficiency over time.

If you can’t afford higher doses take at least 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day with a meal. But since deficiency of this vitamin is so widespread (especially in the UK) it would be better to take 10,000 IU a day with meals with appropriate doses of magnesium. Another requirement for proper absorption of vitamin D is 200 mcg of Vitamin K2 MK-7 (Derived from Natural Natto) a day. Read more about vitamin D >

VITAMIN B12

A very dangerous vitamin B12 deficiency is regarded as “rampant” today and that includes also people consuming animal foods. For this reason, it is very wise to take this vitamin in the form of supplements. The most effective form of vitamin B12 is sublingual methylcobalamin. Unfortunately, the very common and inexpensive cyanocobalamin is difficult for the body to absorb, and the small amount that is absorbed usually fails to find its way into the cells. As a result, many people who take large doses of cyanocobalamin continue to be deficient in the vitamin. Depending on your diet, lifestyle and all the mentioned above factors which may influence the absorption of vitamin B12 I would recommend taking about 1000 mcg to 2000 mcg of active vitamin B12 supplement (in the form of sublingual methylcobalamin) a day only with breakfast. Find out more fascinating facts about vitamin B12 >

MAGNESIUM

Millions suffer from magnesium deficiency without even knowing it. Magnesium deficiency is often misdiagnosed because it does not show up in blood tests as only 1% of the body’s magnesium is stored in the blood. Studies have shown that Magnesium-deficiency leads o kidney damage (through intraluminal calcareous deposits in the corticomedullary area and damage to the tubular epithelium). If you are deficient in magnesium to help keep calcium dissolved, you may end up with calcium-excess in the kidneys leading to kidney stones. Also, deficiency of vitamin D and K contributes to the same problem as without them calcium can be absorbed by bones and instead it is deposited in kidneys, joints, brain and arteries causing various health problems. Dr Norman Shealy wrote that “Every known illness is associated with a magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is the most critical mineral required for electrical stability of every cell in the body. A magnesium deficiency may be responsible for more diseases than any other nutrient.”

One of the best forms of magnesium to treat kidney disease is magnesium chloride oil spray, which in this case should be applied transdermally (through the skin) to the lower back (closest to kidneys), armpits, and groins.

Internally take only colloidal (ionised) magnesium. Other forms are not recommended in kidney failure. More facts about magnesium >

Low magnesium is associated with an increased risk of kidney dysfunction in chronic kidney disease patients. It also increases mortality in dialysis patients (>).

Cisplatin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic for ovarian and other cancers, reduces magnesium levels in most patients thus leading to acute kidney injury in 25-30% of patients. Magnesium supplementation reduced the severity of kidney toxicity in patients on cisplatin (>). Magnesium supplementation during cisplatin treatment protects against acute kidney injury in mice (>).

In one of her interviews (>) Dr Carolyn Dean spoke about a magnesium researcher who worked with a kidney researcher, and they found that people with chronic kidney disease of all varieties have the highest levels of serum magnesium. But in that same sample, the lowest level of ionized magnesium. So, in the serum, it’s looking high because you see the serum has to support the heart and it’s always going to look pretty normal because it has to keep the heart perfused. If heart needs magnesium the body will take it out of bones and muscles. Therefore, every time doctors measure the serum magnesium it’s going to look normal. For this reason, it is important to do the magnesium RBC blood test instead of the regular blood serum test. Another thing to remember is also the proper red blood cell test magnesium range. It used to be 4.2 to 6.8 then it was changed to 3.8 to 6.0 because the population is getting more and more deficient in magnesium. Unfortunately, this range is just an average for a very deficient population and therefore not reliable. The optimum one should be 6.0 to 6.5 milligrams per decilitre.

So, that magnesium researcher and the kidney researcher found that kidney patients have high levels of serum magnesium. For this reason, kidney patients are always warned to not take magnesium supplements. However, the same study participants with chronic kidney disease, had low levels of ionized magnesium, which means they had magnesium in their blood, but not in their cells. So, those two scientists decided to give those patients ionised liquid magnesium. And, they discovered that this form of magnesium actually got into the cells of those people with chronic kidney disease, and as a result, their health improved.

After that study, the magnesium researcher requested from the kidney specialist to publish that very important finding, but he refused by saying that he couldn’t do that because it was so well known that magnesium can’t be taken in kidney disease. (>)

REQUIRED FOR THE ACTIVATION OF VITAMIN D

Magnesium is necessary to activate all the enzymes that metabolize vitamin D. In people who are deficient in magnesium vitamin D supplementation may not work at all even in high doses taken over a long period of time. Here are two excellent examples: Severe vitamin D deficiency in children results in rickets, a disease that softens and weakens bones. In a case reported in the Lancet, children with rickets received massive doses, 6 million IU of vitamin D over 10 days, without any improvement after six weeks. When they were treated with magnesium because of low serum levels, rickets promptly disappeared. In another case study published in “The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,” vitamin D treatment did not resolve low blood calcium in five patients although vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption. However, when the same patients were given magnesium, because of low levels, as a result, the calcium levels quickly returned to normal. According to the study’s authors, magnesium may promote the release of calcium from bone in the presence of vitamin D (>).

DIABETES, KIDNEY DISEASE AND MAGNESIUM

By Dr. Carolyn Dean

Globally, as of 2013, the International Diabetes Federation, reported an estimated 381 million people with diabetes. Yes, that’s more than the population of the U.S. The incidence of diabetes is increasing rapidly, and by 2030, this number will likely double. One of the signs of diabetes is low magnesium; it’s in all the medical texts but because we never learned about the importance of minerals in medical school, doctors do not routinely test for magnesium. And if they do, they use the wrong test. The serum magnesium test is highly inaccurate. But, luckily you can order your own Magnesium RBC test without a doctor’s prescription online at Request A Test. It’s only $49.00, but you want to have an optimum magnesium level of 6.0-6.5mg/dL. I’ve written articles and blogs about the need for magnesium in kidney disease. However, the magnesium I now recommend is picometer ReMag. See Kidneys Need Magnesium and Kidney Disease Requires Magnesium. Diabetes damages the kidneys and is the leading cause of kidney disease. However, when the kidneys are impaired, doctors tell their patients not to take magnesium, which is what they actually need to heal their kidneys. What got my blood boiling this morning was an article in Medscape about a “Novel Compound (that) Shows Promise in Diabetic Nephropathy” by treating inflammation. In my Magnesium Miracle book I talk about inflammation in chronic disease and that since drugs cause inflammation – you can never treat inflammation with drugs. With all the excitement of finding this new chemical, researchers are downplaying the side effects. There is something called the Hawthorne Effect where the novelty of having research conducted and the increased attention from such could lead to temporary improvement. The preliminary phase of drug testing was on 75 people and only went for 12 weeks. The reality is that diabetes is a chronic disease and treatment with this new drug could go on for decades. Here is the way researchers tout this new drug. “This is the first compound we’ve had that interferes with the inflammatory process in the kidney. We now have a ‘big gun,’ which is very focused, does not have a lot of side effects, and is both safe and efficacious in a long-lasting and sustained way.” That type of talk keeps the funding going but it’s no consolation to the people who will develop side effects. The average drug has 79 side effects, so why would this one be any different? Here is what one young kidney patient told me in March. “Before I found you and ReMag, I was spilling 2500 of protein in my urine. 6 months ago, I was down to 495. I got my results in the mail today and it was 100 !!!!!!! YAY!!!” I also recommend ReMyte, my multi mineral, which can help heal the tissue damage created by diabetes. For diabetes itself, as my friend Dr. Roby Mitchell says “You’ll never medicate your way out of diseases you behaved yourself into.” Medicine repeatedly says they have given up on treating diabetes with lifestyle so they opt for drugs and surgery. But the fact is, they never knew how to implement diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes because all they know is drugs. From the naturopathic side of my training I’ve created an excellent Online Wellness Program called Completement Now! Bottom line? Improve your lifestyle with Completement Now! See the special offer below. Take ReMag and ReMyte and read the free eBook on them available under the FAQs. You can also add my ReAline for a gentle detox and RnA Drops to make new cells and apply ReNew to feet that may be affected by peripheral neuropathy. Above all, know that you are in charge of your own healing and now you have the right tools. Carolyn Dean MD ND, The Doctor of the Future®

OTHER IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTS

– Good quality multivitamin and mineral formula such as Solgar’s Earth Source – not more than 1 tablet after breakfast or VM-2000 – half tablet once a day after breakfast.

– Zinc: 15 mg a day after meal.

– Omega 3 fats have been suggested by research to have a calming and anti-depressive effect on the nervous system enhancing brain health and mental well-being. Rich sources of Omega-3 are: flax oil, flax seeds (must be ground), soaked for 30 minutes or longer chia seeds, walnuts, almonds, and pumpkin seeds.

– Good probiotic formula: with meals (2-3 x higher doses than recommended, for first month).

MOST EFFECTIVE DETOX FORMULA FOR KIDNEY FAILURE

Since kidneys no longer detoxify your body efficiently in order to save your life you must use as many of the following as possible for better results:

• Chlorella >
• Methylcobalamin (sublingual) >
• Charcoal powder >
• Drink only Distilled water >
• Sauna or Hot foot bath >
• Exercise-induced sweating
• Vegetable juices >
• Take Milk thistle
• Eat raw vegetable salads or smoothies

At the same time try to cut off any sources of toxins and harmful chemicals such as tap water, fish, meat products, dairy products, sugar, artificial sweeteners, drugs, medications, stimulants (coffee, tea, chocolate, cola drinks, alcohol, smoking, illegal drugs, etc.), pollution, etc.

– Every day include in your diet the 5 CRITICAL and MOST POWERFUL SUPER FOODS:

1. Fresh raw sprouts;
2. Freshwater algae (chlorella, spirulina);
3. Super grasses (barley grass, alfalfa, wheat grass);
4. Fresh cold pressed vegetable juices;
5. Fresh raw organic turmeric powder (Pukka) or wholistic turmeric capsules (Pukka) with 10 x better bioavailability than powder.

SPROUTS

– Every day eat fresh raw (not cooked) sprouts (alfalfa sprouts, watercress sprouts, sunflower sprouts, etc.).
The process of seed germination results in a dramatic increase in their vitamin, mineral and phytochemical content. According to Dr J. Mercola, „Sprouts can contain up to 30 times the nutrition of organic vegetables! Sprouted seed, nut or bean has a whopping 43 times the enzyme power when compared to the non-sprouted variety! Sprouts are the highest source of ENZYMES which improve digestion of food and absorption of essential nutrients.”
Sprouts are also bioactive food as they are the only plant-based food that is still growing as we consume them!

Purchasing very inexpensive sprouts at retail stores is the simplest method for adding sprouts to your menu, but growing them at home on a large tray with soil is much better. Using good quality soil to grow your own sprouts, you make them organic and free from pesticides and other unwanted chemicals. I make my own sunflower sprouts > as they are most delicious and very potent. Try to avoid consuming the same type of sprouts every day for a longer period of time. Instead, use a variety of different sprouts but the most important seem to be fresh sunflower sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, and watercress sprouts. On YouTube, you will find numerous videos explaining how to make your own sprouts at home >.

CHLORELLA

I personally believe Chlorella is currently the best natural superfood and natural remedy in the world. And you should agree with me after reading the article about Chlorella >.

Since Chlorella is a powerful detoxifier and energy booster it is better if you start with a smaller dose such as 1 teaspoon or 3 tablets 30 minutes before breakfast and the same amount 30 minutes before lunch with 2 glasses of water, vegetable juice or smoothie. Then gradually increase the intake every day (by approximately 1 tablet) until reaching the maximum dose of 2 heaped tablespoons or 10 – 20 tablets (500mg) 30 min before breakfast and the same amount 30 min before lunch.

Altogether you can take 2-6 round tablespoons or about 20-40 tablets (500mg per tablet) of chlorella a day. he more you take the better results you will see.

It is better and more beneficial to take chlorella alternately with moringa, barley grass, alfalfa, Clean Greens (Pukka), spirulina, bee pollen or other superfoods or formulas as in this way you will avoid possible overdosing of iodine or other chlorella’s ingredients (although I never found any reliable evidence that taking large doses of chlorella may be harmful).

The dose depends also on age and body weight. The younger the children the smaller dose should be used. In case of small children, I would start from 1 tablet or half a teaspoon mixed with breakfast or juice and slowly increase to 3 tablets or 1 teaspoon 2 times a day. Older children can start from 3 tablets or 1 flat teaspoon and gradually increase to about 7 tablets or 1 tablespoon with breakfast and lunch.

While taking chlorella remember to increase your water intake to 3 times a day 2-3 glasses between meals.

OTHER SUPER FOODS

– Mix 100g of Barley grass > powder (or Wheatgrass >) with 100g of Alfalfa > powder, 50g organic fresh Turmeric > (Pukka) and 50g Moringa > leaf powder and keep the mixture in the fridge in a closed container. Take 1 heaped tablespoon of the mixture with warm water or a vegetable juice about 30 minutes before meals twice daily. Children should reduce the amount to 1 or 2 teaspoons daily.

VEGETABLE JUICES

After long and close analysis and comparison of different healthy vegetarian and vegan diets I believe that the most effective one is the Hallelujah Diet >. And one of the key reasons for this conclusion is that this diet is based on raw fresh vegetable juices and it is 85% raw. There are thousands of testimonials > written by people who on Hallelujah diet recovered from all sorts of health problems often regarded as incurable. In order to get the strong motivation to start juicing read my article on Vegetable juices > and Hallelujah diet >.

– Drink 1 or 2 glasses of fresh raw and possibly cold-pressed (using a slow juicer) vegetable juices (carrots, beets, broccoli, kale or spinach, etc.)  2 to 3 times a day before meals or instead. It is even better to have them with chlorella or spirulina, alfalfa, turmeric and barley grass.

If you want to maintain your health drink 2 to 3 times 1 glass. In case your intension is to treat different health problems such as cancer, etc. you need to have 2 glasses 3 to 4 times a day.

EMOTIONAL HEALTH

 – Since kidney failure is a life-threatening condition, it is important to improve emotional health as fear, low mood, anxiety, depression, hatred, unforgiveness and other negative feelings make it very difficult to recover.

Most of us know from experience that it is very difficult and often even impossible to control stress, overcome fear, anxiety and depression, or to become a positive-thinking person simply because those negative emotions and fears seem to be a part of our nature. The good news, however, is that many people claim to find inward peace and great improvement in emotional health as a result of daily heart-felt meditation and spiritual communion with a Higher Power. However, according to medical research, this kind of spiritual approach is effective only when combined with sincere faith in a powerful but at the same time loving and carrying God. On the other hand, believing in a demanding, punishing and vengeful God was associated with increased risk of depression and mental disorders.

Also thoughtful reading uplifting spiritual literature such as the Gospel of John (found in the Bible), which presents God as always loving, saving, healing, forgiving, and self-sacrificing, is another great way to find inward peace, hope and happiness.

In case you lack strong will power, which is required to improve lifestyle, avoid junk food and stimulants, don’t forget about daily fervent prayers and reading or listening to good spiritual literature (such as the Bible, Desire of Ages > and “Ministry of Healing” > by Ellen G White available online free of charge). It will greatly increase the effectiveness of your improved diet and lifestyle.

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV);

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV).

Because from my own experience I know and remember how difficult it was, in my case, to change my eating habits and give up on junk food and stimulants using my own pathetic at that time will power, I recommend to you reading or listening to a book “Steps to Christ” > and Great Controversy > by Ellen White. If you carefully study all the information presented there and follow the steps, you will not only become victorious but will actually experience an inward peace and transformation which will enable you to enjoy your new lifestyle (including diet and regular physical activity).

Agatha M. Thrash, M.D.

When the kidneys fail and waste products back up into the bloodstream, we call the condition uraemia. Normally wastes are filtered out of the blood through thousands of tiny nephrons in the kidneys which filter the blood and channel the waste products into small tubes leading to the urinary bladder, while the cleansed blood is turned back into the general circulation.

There are common substances which we eat, or to which we are exposed, which can act as irritants to the nephrons. These include such things as coffee, tea, colas, chocolate, pepper, mustard, ginger, vinegar, alcohol, tobacco, many drugs, industrial chemicals, and others.

Little by little the filtering cells deteriorate, but since no pain is involved the damage does not appear until many years have gone by, often when the condition is irreversible.

We were created with four times as much kidney capacity as is necessary to maintain normal cleansing of the blood. With abuse of the kidneys day by day the margin of safety is reduced until one day a serious overload is placed on the kidneys by an illness, or by accumulated degeneracy of the kidneys. Wastes cannot be removed and back up in the bloodstream.

Symptoms may include swelling of the body, nerves becoming extremely hypersensitive so that a loud noise, jolting the bed, or slamming a door, may greatly startle or irritate the nerves of the patient. Perspiration, nature’s second excretory pathway, develops the odor of urine. There may be nausea, loss of appetite, and vision may be impaired.

Uraemia is one of the most costly diseases in America today. A vegetarian diet can slow down, or even stop all together, the build-up of toxic wastes that mark patients with renal failure. Restricting protein intake reduces the work load of the surviving kidney nephrons, which minimizes further loss of renal tissue. Our modern high protein diet has a great causative influence on the production of various forms of kidney disease both in humans and animals. The so-called normal aging of kidneys need not occur in those who are careful to avoid excessive intake of protein. The higher the intake of protein the higher the blood flow and filtration work load on the kidneys. Striking increases in kidney size have been reported in patients receiving large quantities of amino acids intravenously during hyperalimentation.

Normally we can survive on about one fourth of our total kidney mass, or one half of one kidney, although overuse damage to the remaining glomeruli is evidenced by increasing protein in the urine. If a patient who has lost three fourths of his renal mass is given a protein restricted diet, the subsequent progression of glomerular sclerosis will be reduced significantly.

After a person reaches his 30s there is a very slow progression of glomerular sclerosis as a part of normal aging. We can thus see why we have been endowed by our Creator with far more nephrons than is required to maintain the balance of various blood chemicals. We can also see why renal disease is invariably progressive. There is a natural aging of the kidneys associated with loss of nephrons, and when disease strikes the kidneys, this progression intensifies. There is a burden imposed on the kidneys by our modern ad libitum eating habits. Sustained excesses of protein in the diet impose a strain on the nephrons with an increase in the internal blood pressure in the kidneys.

Diet in renal failure

All nutrients the body requires can be obtained either from plant food sources or from the manufacturing plants the body itself maintains—liver, skin, brain, etc. Since some patients with kidney failure have a problem in retaining certain nutrients and others a different set, it is essential to know the type of problem the patient has so that the specific elements retained by the kidneys of that person can be minimized in the diet by eating foods low in those particular substances. The vegetarian routine is the most favorable for kidney patients, giving the best opportunity both to work with the kidneys, and to avoid diseases of other kinds than kidney disease that will put an even greater burden on the kidneys.

The quantity of protein used should be just barely enough to maintain a degree of strength and low normal blood proteins. Twenty to 40 grams of protein daily should be quite adequate. (Ref. MEDICAL WORLD NEWS, November 3, 1967) That would figure to be about 120 to 200 calories in the form of protein. The balance of the 1500 to 1700 calories which the kidney patients should be taking can be obtained from the carbohydrates and fats found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. Probably no more than 150 to 200 calories per day should be taken in the form of fats, unless weight loss is excessive. Some weight loss can be expected because of the nature of kidney disease. This is loss of actual fat and some muscle mass, which is offset somewhat by fluid retention which accounts for some weight gain—five to twenty pounds.

Since potassium is high in many fruits and phosphorus is high in many grains, those who need to pay attention to these features of blood chemistry will need to be guided accordingly. Sometimes a uremic patient may be able to stay off dialysis by a rigidly low protein diet. Even those who are on hemodialysis, if they adopt a spartan dietary regimen, can reduce the time spent on dialysis. The uremia patient must learn to eat to live, not live to eat. Perfect discipline is required and the eyes should not be allowed to even rest on foods which you may not have, nor should the imagination be allowed to picture them. Why make yourself miserable. There is a balance between having so much protein that you poison yourself with nitrogenous wastes, or so little protein that you become undernourished and vulnerable to infection.

Hemodialysis itself causes some loss of amino acids and peptides, and this lack can be supplied by the dialysis machine. Low protein spaghetti is good for uremic patients with a tomato sauce thickened with starch such as arrowroot, cornstarch, or tapioca. Those who maintain a very strict diet will feel better and be spared from certain agonizing symptoms.

Good psychological support from the patient’s family and the patient’s doctor can be very helpful in the patient’s continuing to maintain a good dietary regimen. If the food is made attractive and served cheerfully, it can be tolerated quite nicely even though it may tend to be somewhat monotonous. If the dialysate in the machine cannot compensate for the losses of protein which occur during dialysis, the dietary allotment of protein may need to be increased to 30 to 50 grams per day to prevent muscle wasting and peripheral neuropathy (strange and distressing symptoms from nerves) which plague many dialysis patients. Those who manage to stay on the diet will have approximately half the BUN (blood urea nitrogen) of those who eat a more regular diet. The hours spent on dialysis may need to be from six to ten hours more per week for those not adhering to a strict diet.

For many decades the low protein diet has been promoted as a method of causing the majority of patients to ”show no further progression of the disease, or a much slower rate.” Sixty-one percent will achieve a stabilization of kidney function regardless of age, sex, or general health of the patient. Early intervention is the key, preferably when serum creatinine levels are still down around 2-2.5 mg/dL. If the creatinine reaches 4-5 mg/dL, it is much more difficult to get the disease under control. At 2 mg/dL the renal patient has already lost roughly 70 percent of renal function. It is at this point that protein and phosphate restrictive diets are the most useful.

Patients having polycystic kidney disease with renal failure respond less well to a low protein diet than do those with chronic glomerulonephritis, hypertension, or diabetes, but even in polycystic disease there is some help from diet. (Ref. THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE May 31. 1990, 322(22):1610.

As protein intake goes up, urinary urea excretion also goes up. A formula can be used to calculate the protein intake judged by the urinary urea excretion. (Ref. KIDNEY INT. 27:58-65;1985 “A Method for Estimating Nitrogen Intake of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure,” by Maroni, B. J.) Your doctor can make the appropriate laboratory tests and calculations.

Strict compliance to the diet does not greatly interfere with patient’s lifestyle: “in fact many feel better which provides positive reinforcement for continuing the diet.” (Ref. THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE May 31, 1990, 322(22):1610)

Death from unassisted kidney failure will usually occur at serum creatinine levels of ten. Even without dialysis, 70 to 75 percent of patients will survive more than six years on a protein restricted diet—survival times being 91 months on the restricted diet, and only 16 months on a free diet. Creatinine is an end product of protein metabolism in skeletal muscle. Creatinine is excreted by the kidneys, and represents a good marker for the progression of kidney disease. Close follow-up by the physician is an important point. (Ref. MEDICAL TRIBUNE, January 22, 1986:l and THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 322(22);1609-1611)

Treatment

• The eight natural laws of health assume a greater importance to the kidney patient; they are the lifeline. Fresh air, proper sunshine, a good diet, exercise even when you don’t feel like it, pure water, strict temperance in all things, rest in the form of short stops or even naps during the day and seven to eight hours sleep at night, with trust in divine power—these are the natural laws of health.
• Become informed in a library about your disease. Work with it.
• Wear a large (one foot square or more) charcoal compress over the back each night. Change it in the morning or take a fresh shower. The skin will rid the body of many urinary wastes if encouraged to do so by charcoal, frequent showers, and warm skin.
• Take one tablespoon of charcoal powder in water four times a day to get rid of internal toxins.
• Take ginkgo as tea if you can drink four extra glasses of water a day, or as the slightly less beneficial capsules if you need to use them. Ginkgo improves circulation to many internal organs.
• Keep up your muscle strength by exercise. Expect to feel some weakness. That is natural in kidney failure.
• If there are complicating diseases such as diabetes or hypertension, these diseases should be rigidly controlled to prevent additional stresses on the kidneys. With progressive deterioration comes increasing incidence of hypertension, urinary tract infection, secondary hyperparathyroidism, muscle loss and weakness, and increased incidence of infections including pneumonia. (Ref. THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 307(11) 652-659, 1982)
• The presence in the diet of a lot of vegetable fiber influences the digestive degradation and disposal of blood urea. Urea passed from the blood to the colon in approximately 50 percent greater quantities in those fed an oat fiber diet, and 120 percent greater in those fed gum arabic and oligosaccharide diets, than in those fed a wheat starch diet. Fecal nitrogen was 10 percent in fiber free controls, 20 percent in oat fiber groups, and 30 percent in the gum arabic and oligosaccharide groups. We can expect then that the simple addition of a large quantity of fiber to the diet will induce a 20 to 30 percent decrease in blood urea and renal nitrogen excretion relative to those not taking such an increase in fiber. (Ref. JOURNAL OF NUTRITION 125:1010-1016:1995) These studies indicate the benefits of a vegetarian diet for persons with kidney failure.
• Since patients with uremia are likely to get itching all over the body, or in certain areas, one study showed that ultra violet phototherapy decreased the itching remarkably. The use of sunlight to the point of sub-sunburn would be acceptable instead of the use of artificial ultraviolet lights. (Ref. THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 297:136-138;1977)
• A good treatment consists of a mild steam bath or soak in a very warm tub at 101 or 102 degrees water temperature. If water is not being retained, copious quantities of water can be taken during the bath. After the sweating bath a full body whirlpool, or a full body massage, can be very helpful to stimulate the skin. Finish with a brisk toweling with a coarse dry towel.
• Take echinacea capsules or tincture to boost the immune system. Be involved in something creative every day. There are several million persons with weakened immune systems in the United States, including one million with HIV positivity. Other systemic diseases producing weak immune systems are chronic renal failure, alcoholism, cirrhosis, diabetes, cancers, leukemia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and those having bone marrow transplants, splenectomy, radiation, chemotherapy, and those taking corticosteroids.

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ACTIVATED CHARCOAL FOR KIDNEY DISEASE

Precautions

Chronic kidney disease and kidney failure can be life-threatening, therefore be sure to get your doctor’s opinion before treating these conditions. The information in this article is NOT intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional and is not intended as personal medical advice.

Our kidneys are built-in diaylsis machines created to out perform the most sophisticated chrome-plated dyalisis unit science has ever been or ever will be able to design. With proper care, including a low protein diet (vegetarian), low sugar diet, with plenty of pure water, they will last a lifetime. But, with the typical Western lifestyle, workplace exposure to toxic chemicals, and certain diseases, the kidneys can be worked to exhaustion, if not to death. It is at the point of almost no return that people are introduced to a man-made kidney dialysis machine, and begin a weekly realtionship that will absorb more and more of their time until neither their diseased kidneys nor the man-made one are able to keep up with the toxic overload and the body finally gives up.

The number of patients with End Stage Renal (Kidney) Disease (ESRD) is growing annually around the world. Kidney replacement therapy in the form of dialysis and kidney transplant is expensive. Recent studies have shown no survival benefit of early initiation of dialysis. Given recent outcome data of the timing of dialysis treatment and the expenses and logistics involved, new research has looked to alternative strategies.

Testimony – Stage Four Kidney Disease

Kidney Replacement Therapy
In a recent study (August 2012) researchers trialed another type of kidney replacement therapy for selective patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The “dialysis-free protocol” consisted of a low protein diet, activated charcoal (uremic toxin adsorbents), and prebiotics for selective ESRD patients – those who had difficulty accessing dialysis clinics, or did not agree to be tethered to a dialysis machine, or a peritoneal dialysis catheter.

The results: “clinical and biochemical results of this study showed that these patients were not deteriorating during the study period and Blood Urea Nitrogen (Bun) & serum creatinin levels were not elevated in these months. Participating patients were relatively well throughout the study without signs of florid uremia and without a need for emergent or urgent dialysis.”

Researchers concluded, “the proposed dialysis free protocol reduces the need for dialysis treatment at least transiently.” They also recommended additional studies to see if their 3-point protocol could reduce the overall need for dialysis.

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment: Abstract
Combination of oral activated charcoal plus low protein diet as a new alternative treatment in elderly end-stage renal disease patients.

Chronic dialysis is a valid therapeutic option in very elderly ESRD patients, even though the decision to dialyze or not has little impact on survival. Additionally, very old patients usually do not agree with starting chronic dialysis. Even though, activated charcoal is a cheap treatment for working as adsorbent for nitrogenous products its utility is very limited. We studied the combination of a low protein diet and oral activated charcoal to reduce serum urea and creatinine levels in very old ESRD patients who had refused to start chronic dialysis. Nine lucid, very old > 80 years, ESRD patients who had refused to start dialysis were prescribed a treatment based on a combination of a very low protein diet and oral activated charcoal (30 gram/day). None of the patients had anuria, oliguria, edema, significant metabolic acidosis or hyperkalemia. None of them had significant gastrointestinal symptoms. After one week and ten months of charcoal use significant decrease in blood urea and creatinine levels was observed and none of them required emergency dialysis during this time.

In conclusion, in patients more than 80 years of age low protein diet and oral activated charcoal may control the uremic symptoms effectively.
Saudi Journal of Kidney Disease Transplants. 2010 Jan; 21(1):102-4.

Diabetes & Kidney Failure
“We have a special real true miracle to share with you that happened here recently. There was a retired pastor that was dying in ICU when we arrived. He was a diabetic of 30 plus years and had a complication with a foot infection and his kidneys had went into complete failure. For a time everyone thought he was going to die and at one point he too, wanted to die. But the Lord worked a miracle. The Lord impressed Dr. John to go visit him after the hospital released him home to be on dialysis for what they said would be the rest of his life. When John visited, the pastor and his wife, they were willing to try things differently, following the health principles outlined in books such as Ministry of Healing, Counsels on Diet and Foods and Healthful Living.

He began to do all that John laid out for him which included charcoal poultices over his kidneys and infected/ulcerated foot, a radical change in his diet, drinking much more water, exercising and other things and within several weeks his foot ulcer/ infection healed up, he was taken completely off dialysis and he was no longer on ANY medication for diabetes: his blood sugars being completely in the normal range. To all (the pastor, his wife, their family, the church members, the physicians treating him, and other patients that knew him, etc) it was completely a miracle. He lost over 45 pounds over several months. It was a real blessing to our hearts to see his life spared so dramatically and his health turn around for the better. He is still very weak and struggles to push himself to exercise and regain his muscles and strength back, but he knows that the health message given by God is true. He is a different man and is witnessing about health everywhere he goes now. Isn’t that wonderful? Please pray for him and his wife. They are very special people and dear to our hearts.”
Julie CLark
Virginia
July 2013

Welding Galvanized Metal
We are aware of one individual who took activated charcoal powder for about six months when he was on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. Another man who had severe kidney damage from welding galvanized metal and was scheduled for kidney dialysis never did require treatment after following a program similar to the one described above, which also included activated charcoal taken orally and charcoal poultices over his kidneys.

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