How to Protect Our Kidneys in Daily Life?

If people want to have a long life, normal kidneys are the key points. But what should we do to protect our kidneys in daily life? The expert will give us some suggestions:

1. The diet should be light and digestive. Don’t eat too much food with high proteins and sodium; appropriately control the salt and protein intake. The recent research indicates that excessive salt is a risk factor for many diseases, especially the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It is considered in Traditional Chinese Medicine that in five flavors (sour, sweet, bitter, hot and salty), the salt passes through the kidneys. The proper salt can nourish the kidneys, but excessive salt will injury them. The ideal salt intake is 6 g/d. High protein diet can speed up the kidney damage, especially for elder people.


2. Don't drink much water. The daily urine volume should be about 1500-2000ml. and the plain boiled water is advocated.

3. Quit smoking and drinking

4. Avoid infection. For elder people with kidney insufficiency, once they have infection, they will appear further kidney injury, and even threat life. So elder people should strengthen the daily exercise and prevent all kinds of infection.


5. Have a regular physical examination, especially urine test, kidney function test, because early detection will be helpful for treating all kidney diseases.



6. Try to avoid using or just use less renal toxin drugs. The common renal toxin drugs include: gentamicin, streptomycin and such aminoglycoside antibiotics, anti-tuberculosis rifampin, sulfonamides and contrast medium. People should try to avoid using them. If it must be used, people should be under doctor’s guidance. And people should try to avoid or reduce contacting the renal toxin.