Healthy foods for your kidneys

Healthy kidneys are quite essential for healthy life. Kidneys help us get rid from excess fluid and toxins from our body as well as keeping electrolytes stable(sodium, potassium etc).

 In other words kidneys act as a filter for the blood which they remove the water wastes and passed to the urinary bladder. Kidneys also help regulate blood pressure by making a balance between salt and water.


There is certain foods that help us maintain a more healthy kidneys while some of them due to other compounds are unhealthy especially if you suffer from a kidney disease.

List of healthy foods for your kidney

Bee Pollen

Bee Pollen is universally acclaimed as a super food which provides us with almost all essential components of life. It's supposed to be composed of approximately 40% protein.

Bee Pollen acts also as a detoxifier which helps to cleanse the kidney. Also, by providing various vitamins and minerals bee pollen helps us improve our immunity system as well as reducing anemia which in turn makes us less prone to kidney damage.




 Cabbage

This leafy green plant is rich in vitamin K,C, A and fiber which lowers the cholesterole in your body. Since
cabbage is low in potassium and rich in vitamins and fiber it is an excellent addition for people that suffer from kidney disease.

Also, it's considerably cheap price adss to it's excellent choice for this list.





Red Bell Peppers

This type of spices is excellent for your kidney because it is low in potassium and high in flavor as well as Vitamin A , Vitamin C, fiber and folic acid.

It is preferred to eat them raw either mixed in salad or in combination with other foods.






Apples

Apples remain one of the most popular fruits consumed by humans and with it brings various compounds
which helps us maintain a healthy balance of our bodies from which comes the proverb "An apple a day keeps the doctor away".

Consuming apples may keep us away from lung cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer. Apples are excellent for kidneys since it is quite low in sodium and high in fiber.





Cranberries

These red colored shrubs are quite rich in vitamin C, fiber and manganese. It was widely known in the past that they protected us from bladder infections and from ulcer bacterias.

Cranberries are generally quite favored for people with chronic kidney disease since they contain low quantity of sodium and potassium.