Modern Health Care: Want to "Nourish the Kidney"? First of all, we need to break these seven most kidney damaging habits

A normal person has two kidneys, which are commonly referred to as "kidneys" by the common people. As shown in the figure, the kidney is a part of the urinary system of the human body. The kidney is by no means an isolated organ. It also has access to blood vessels, nerves and ureters. Its internal structure is relatively more complex.

Some people say, "The main function of the kidneys is urination, which also represents the strength of sexual ability. The saying 'kidneys can urinate' is true, but there is no 'half a penny' relationship between kidney function and sexual ability. The real sexual organs are the testes and ovaries, and the hormones that affect your sexual ability are estrogen and androgen!

There are two main functions of the kidney: firstly, it can purify the blood, discharge pollutants and urinate, and maintain a stable state of the internal environment such as water electrolyte and acid-base balance in the human body. Secondly, the kidneys have endocrine functions. The kidneys can secrete erythropoietin to help with hematopoiesis; Generate active vitamin D and participate in bone metabolism; Secreting renin, kinin, prostaglandins to regulate blood pressure, and so on.

In fact, the magical kidney has many functions that we are not aware of. We cannot simply believe that the kidney only has the function of urination. The kidney is a versatile organ that participates in numerous physiological activities in the human body. Our understanding of the kidney still requires continuous exploration.

There are many behaviors online that can damage the kidneys. Real kidney function is very powerful, and occasional damage may not necessarily show changes in kidney function. However, some bad habits and behaviors in daily life may lead to kidney damage if they persist for a long time.

To better understand how kidneys are damaged, it is first necessary to know the normal working state of both kidneys:

The kidneys are a pair of 7 × Human organ are 24-hour, lifelong, but during the period of sleep at night, the kidneys will enter a mysterious standby state, and they will ensure the excretion of our most basic metabolic wastes with minimal energy consumption. One of the most important functions of the kidney is to filter and reabsorption, leaving good substances in the body.

If you know these basic knowledge, it is not difficult to understand the following habits and behaviors that harm our kidneys in life. Although a few times may not be a big deal, over time, quantitative change can easily lead to qualitative change:

1. Drinking less water requires the body to maintain a stable internal environment and normal metabolism. At least 400ml of urine must be excreted every day. If you have insufficient water intake for a long time, it is difficult to have sufficient urine to carry away the waste generated by metabolism and foreign toxins entering the human body. In the long run, it is not surprising that the kidneys do not have problems!

2. It should not be difficult to understand the impact of holding urine frequently on renal excretion. First of all, holding urine violates a physiological and natural law. Urine retention in the bladder for a long time is prone to breeding bacteria, causing kidney infection, easily causing and aggravating urinary system infection, forming kidney scars, leading to the decline of renal function.

3. Frequent lack of sleep can damage the kidneys because it seriously disturbs their 'rest time'. When you are supposed to be in a standby state, you overuse it, causing the kidneys to continue working and accelerating their aging.

4. Eating a diet that is too meaty, sweet, salty, and flavorful can affect the kidneys and increase their excretion burden. Eating too much meat can produce excessive metabolic waste, increasing the burden on the kidneys. Eating too sweet or too salty is easy to cause a series of metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hypertension, which further affects the function of the kidney.

5. There are many examples of acute kidney injury caused by frequent indiscriminate medication and health products, such as various Chinese herbal medicines containing aristolochic acid, non steroidal painkillers, antibiotics, etc; Some medicines with unknown ingredients and ancestral secret formulas mixed with excessive painkillers may initially have good effects, but over time, they can cause irreversible damage to the kidneys; In addition, irregular weight loss pills and health products can also harm people greatly.

6. Long term smoking, excessive drinking and smoking are harmful to health, including kidney damage: smoking can induce renal cell carcinoma, and smoking can slow down blood flow to the kidneys, affecting their regulation of blood pressure. The intake of alcohol exceeds the detoxification capacity of the liver, and alcohol and its metabolites are excreted through the kidneys, causing toxic side effects on the kidneys. In addition, alcohol can cause an increase in blood pressure, indirectly affecting the health of the kidneys.

7. Ignoring one's own health status For patients with diabetes, hypertension, hyperuricemia, kidney stones, urinary tract infections and other diseases, if not actively treated, these diseases can not be effectively controlled, which will affect the function of the kidney, thus causing a vicious circle, which seriously threatens our health.

Linyi Modern Men's Health Expert Warm Reminder: People who frequently do not exercise but suddenly engage in intense and heavy exercise, as well as comrades who drink beverages as water for a long time, may have kidney problems that need to be noted and improved.