Chronic Kidney Disease Drastically Improved In 22 Minutes

Since the traditional medical system has no cure for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), doctors are focusing more on quality of life for their patients.

A new study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health reveals a simple habit you can do for 11–22 minutes a day that drastically improves your quality of life if you suffer from CKD.

The World Health Organization defines quality of life as our perception of how well we can meet our goals, fulfill our expectations, satisfy our interests, and live up to our cultural/societal norms.

Needless to say, the sicker you are, the less able you are to rate these aspects of life positively. As such, quality of life is an important marker of disease progression.

Physical exercise has positive effects on both our physical health and mental health. Accordingly, it is one of the first lines of defense against disease.

The World Health Organization recommends 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week (about 22 minutes per day) or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week (roughly 11 minutes per day) to maintain good health.

The authors of this new study decided to test this recommendation for its effect on quality of life for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, especially since research on physical activity and CKD is a bit sparse.

The researchers used information from a nationwide Korean study called the Korean Cohort Study for Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, which used 2,238 CKD patients enrolled from a tertiary care hospital between 2011 and 2016.

The authors excluded people with liver cirrhosis, heart failure, dialysis, cancer, pregnancy, and or only one kidney; they ended up with 1,618 subjects.

At the beginning of the study, they collected important information like age, sex, height, weight, body mass index, hip circumference, smoking history, cause of CKD, economic status, educational level, co-occurring health conditions, and medication use.

They also drew blood and tested it for an extremely wide variety of health indicators.

They used a questionnaire related specifically to Korea and quality of life with CKD to test the participants’ quality of life.

The dimensions included symptoms or problems, work status, sexual function, doctor encouragement, effects of kidney disease, cognitive function, sleep quality, patient satisfaction, burden of kidney disease, quality of social interaction, and social support.

Their physical activity was also measured via a questionnaire.

They found that all quality-of-life components were better among people who were more physically active than their inactive peers.

Because of their regular exercise, they scored higher on the mental health questions, the physical health questions, and on the kidney health questions.

This shows that approximately 150 minutes of moderate weekly exercise (22 minutes per day) can improve your physical and mental health if you have CKD.

These exercises do not have to be seriously taxing. They can include brisk walking, cycling, swimming laps, water aerobics, dancing, shooting baskets, or jump-roping.

But to reverse CKD, you need to do a little more. Thousands of readers have already healed their CKD with the simple and natural steps explained here…