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Lifestyle Factors that Affect Chronic Kidney Disease

Whether you’ve been newly diagnosed with kidney disease, or you’ve had it for a while, chances are you are reading this because you want to keep them healthy. There are a few major factors that influence our kidneys, most of these are lifestyle-related, like diet and exercise, but many other factors influencing kidney function are related to either supplements or even other diseases. Below we will review a variety of lifestyle factors that influence the health of your kidneys.

Nina Ghamrawi, MS, RD, CDE
Nov 16, 2021

Kidney Disease and Generalized Nutrition

Currently, only 10% of patients with kidney disease see a Dietitian before reaching ‘end-stage' kidney failure and requiring dialysis. Around 90% of adults don’t know they have declining function - including half of those patients that have already had a significant loss in kidney function. Depending on underlying factors that may worsen your CKD risks, making dietary changes that align with the root causes will play an important role in slowing or stopping kidney disease from getting worse. Here we will talk about generalized nutrition pointers to help protect the kidneys.

Nina Ghamrawi, MS, RD, CDE
Nov 16, 2021

5 Myths about Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) You MUST Know

Kidney disease is quite common in the United States. In fact, kidney disease affects approximately 15% of adults in the country. However, kidney disease doesn’t usually show symptoms, so 90% of people don’t even know they have it. Although people may not talk so much about remedies for the kidneys, when researching, you may come across some false statements, and unproven remedies.

Nina Ghamrawi, MS, RD, CDE
Nov 16, 2021

How to Bring up Low Blood Pressure

People usually hear about high blood pressure and the importance of managing it. But what about low blood pressure? Low blood pressure, or hypotension, is when our blood pressure is less than 90/60 mm Hg. While the lower the blood pressure the better, it should stay out of the hypotensive range. This article will share what causes hypotension, health issues associated with it, and how to manage hypotension.

Anna Sramek, RD
Nov 14, 2021

Healthy Blood Pressure: It's a Lifestyle

Managing your blood pressure often begins with what kinds of things make it rise. We all know that monitoring blood pressure is critical to knowing your blood pressure triggers. But If you don’t know those triggers, here are 9 great tenets to live by for healthy blood pressure. Start a healthy habit and see your blood pressure change within weeks!

Nina Ghamrawi, MS, RD, CDE
Nov 14, 2021

Having High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? Know Your Numbers!

When you measure your blood pressure at home, do you always look at the number but not sure how it looks? Is it high or low? Should you be worried about it? Read this article to learn more about the blood pressure readings!

Mohan Qi, MS, RD
Nov 14, 2021

Lifestyle Habits that Affect Your Blood Sugars

Before you developed glucose intolerance, no matter what you ate or how active you were, your blood glucose (sugar) levels stayed within a normal range. But now, you may be realizing that many factors and habits can change your blood glucose levels. Learning about these factors can help you control them.

Nina Ghamrawi, MS, RD, CDE
Nov 12, 2021

3 Myths about COPD that You MUST Know

What is the root cause for all disease? When managing any chronic condition, we always want to know what caused it, and many of us look for some magic bullet to cure or reverse it. There typically is no way to cure a chronic disease, but almost all can be managed. There are a lot of anecdotal suggestions floating around out there on how to manage your breathing and blood oxygen. In this article we’ll uncover what rumors are true, and what is just wishful thinking.

Nina Ghamrawi, MS, RD, CDE
Nov 12, 2021