The kidneys are a pair of organs located in the abdomen on either side of the backbone. They are bean shaped and not so bigger than a clenched fist. The kidneys are responsible for cleaning the blood. They process the blood in other to remove excess fluids, unwanted chemicals, and waste, by turning them to urine. Every hour, the entire blood supply cycles through your kidneys 12 times, which adds up to about 200L of blood each day!
The kidneys functions continuously, day and night, to keep the body healthy. As well as cleaning the blood, they also help regulate blood pressure, balance the amount of water in the body, and to manage the body’s production of vitamin D.
The optimal quantity of water needed is based on differences in age, climate, exercise intensity, as well as states of pregnancy, breastfeeding, and illness.
Water helps the kidneys remove wastes from the blood in the form of urine.
Water also helps keep blood vessels open so that blood can travel freely to the kidneys and deliver essential nutrients to them. But if you become dehydrated, then it is more difficult for this delivery system to work.
A growing body of evidence suggests that increased water intake improves kidney function through the suppression of the antidiuretic hormone."
Severe dehydration can lead to kidney damage,
H2O(water) helps prevent kidney stones and UTIs. Kidney stones and urinary tract infections (UTIs) are two common medical conditions that can hurt the kidneys, and for which good hydration is essential. Kidney stones form less easily when there is sufficient water available to prevent stone-forming crystals from sticking together.
Water drinking also helps to dissolve the antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections, thus making them more effective.
Drinking enough water also helps produce more urine, which helps to flush out infection-causing bacteria.
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6 Tips To Be “Water Wise” for Healthy Kidneys..., © 2020 National Kidney Foundation.
Fifteen benefits of drinking water; Medically reviewed by Karen Cross, FNP, MSN — Written by James McIntosh on July 16, 2018.
Drinking more water does not slow decline of kidney function for kidney disease patients, Clinical trial shows; LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE. PUBLIC RELEASE: 8-MAY-2018.
5 things you can do to look after your kidneys today Tuesday 6 March 2018.
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