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Eight unhealthy habits that spoil your kidneys!

AIMAN INAM

KARACHI: Kidneys wipe out waste from the blood. The main function of them is to control minerals in the blood while generating hormones, which in return, keep blood pressure under control and produce red blood cells. Nevertheless, individuals take it light when it comes to take care of their kidneys.

Keeping this in the view, Newspakistan.tv is equipping its viewers with some unhealthy habits that can potentially cause damage to kidneys and those are:

Excessive Salt, meat and processed food consumption: Asians tend to in take too much salt. However, it escalates blood pressure and triggers kidney stones.

Besides, over consumption of meat could produce acid in the blood and if it exceeds its limit, that would be difficult for kidneys to wash off the blood. Also, the ingestion of processed food spoils your kidneys. 

Soda Ingestion: It has been scientifically proven that soda could potentially affect kidney function, resulting into mounting severe problems.

Imbibing Pain Slayers: People tend to pop out pain killers on a daily basis without knowing the harmful impacts of it. According to the experts, regular use of such pills could not only damage kidney but wreaks its failure as well.

Scarcity of Water: Water helps kidneys to function properly. Its paucity makes your kidneys more vulnerable to damage.

Extreme Workout: Yes, you have just heard the true bit! Exercising intensely could wreak scarring to your kidneys.

Heartburn Prescriptions: Use of such pills for a long period of time could impact your kidneys non-constructively.

Smoking and Drinking Alcohol: Both are considered injurious to your kidneys. However, if you indulge in both habits, you are five times more prone to mount acute kidney injury.

It is pertinent to mention here if you feel symptoms such as cold, exhaustion, irritated skin, wooziness, nausea, bad breath, pain and changes in urine, consult with the doctor at once as these can be the warning signs of developing kidney chaos.

Not to mention that everyone can keep their kidneys strong by staying fit, drinking plenty of water, guzzling down balanced diet and staying away from unhealthy activities and habits.

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.