fitness

It’s common knowledge that protein is a very important part of everyone’s diet. It promotes muscle growth and recovery from injury. It may not be common knowledge that people suffering from kidney or renal conditions should carefully monitor how much protein they get. They’ll need more than the common amount – about two grams daily for each kilogram of their body weight.

Let’s start with a basic definition. Kidneys are a pair of organs whose job is to filter all your blood and remove any waste. They also manufacture and release hormones that keep your blood pressure steady and regulate the number of red blood cells in your body. As the blood in your bloodstream passes through your kidneys, the waste materials are removed and sent to your bladder to be later expelled from the body. In a single hour, a pair of healthy kidneys processes more than 18 gallons of blood. In a single day, that adds up to about 432 gallons of blood. Kidneys filter more than half of all of the fluids in your body and can eliminate more than two quarts of urine per day.