Is Chronic Kidney Disease Caused by Your Country?

How can death by chronic kidney disease (CKD) be caused by where in the world people live?

It’s not because of poverty. In fact, according to a new study published in Kidney International, you’re probably living in one of the worst countries for CKD.

The good news is that you can reverse this effect and halt or even reverse your CKD by doing one thing that people in other countries do.

The researchers mined data from the large Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) and CKD Japan Cohort (CKD-JAC) studies.

These included the health outcomes of 3,125 American and 1,097 Japanese patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease.

This is what they found when they compared the patients from the two countries directly.

1. The American patients had a higher body mass index, meaning they were more likely to be overweight or obese. The scores were 32 versus 24 kg/m2.

2. The Americans had larger hearts.

3. The American participants had three times more inflammatory chemicals in their bodies.

4. A follow-up after five years showed that the American patients were 3.66 times more likely to have suffered a cardiovascular event like a heart attack.

5. The follow-up showed that American subjects were 4.69 times more likely to have died before reaching end-stage kidney disease.

The scientists attributed the last two health outcomes directly to the preceding two, which they attributed to the first one.

In other words, obesity is responsible for inflammation and enlarged hearts, which are then responsible for cardiovascular events or premature death. The shocking difference in body mass index scores shows the value of healthy eating.

The typical American diet is characterized by high intake of processed and convenience foods, refined grains, added sugars, and saturated and trans fats, and low intake of whole fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. This type of diet is often referred to as the Western diet or the Standard American Diet (SAD).

The typical Japanese diet, on the other hand, is characterized by high intake of seafood, rice, vegetables, fruits, soy-based products, fermented foods such as pickles, natto, and kimchi, and plenty of green tea.

The most important findings of this study are the great effect of diet on chronic kidney disease and how easily it can be controlled or even reversed with simple diet changes.

Thousands of readers have stopped their CKD using the simple natural steps explained here…