Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide epidemic. Patients with CKD have a high rate of cardiovascular disease, protein-energy wasting, and mortality. Most of those factors have been linked to inflammation, and low-grade inflammation has been shown to be an integral aspect of chronic kidney disease. In this blog, I will discuss the role of…
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with accumulation of waste products. These uremic toxins come from multiple sources
This blog is part of a series discussing our integrative approach to kidney stone prevention and management. In this blog we will focus on the microbiome and kidney stone formation. Kidney stone formation (urolithiasis) is a complex disease influenced by multiple factors including diet, genetics, and environment. They are painful, inconvenient, and when left untreated,…
This is part of a series of blogs discussing an individualized comprehensive gut restoration protocol in chronic kidney disease. Here, we talk about the final step: Gut rebalance and kidney health. The Gut-Kidney Connection Recent studies have focused on the significance of a relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) integrity and microbiome diversity with various chronic diseases…
This is part of a series of blogs discussing an individualized comprehensive gut restoration protocol in chronic kidney disease. In this blog, we will talk about gut repair and kidney health. The Gut-Kidney Connection The gut-kidney axis refers to the relationship between gut integrity and microbiome diversity with kidney disease. Excessive intestinal permeability, also known…
The gut-kidney axis refers to the relationship between gut integrity and microbiome diversity with kidney disease. The connection between the gut and kidneys is very complex but we can break it down into two major categories: the gut-derived uremic toxins, and the inflammatory immune response that can trigger kidney disease. In this blog, we will focus…
This is part of a series of blogs discussing an individualized comprehensive gut restoration protocol in chronic kidney disease. The Gut-Kidney Connection In this series we examine the comprehensive gut restoration protocol used to as a foundational approach to heal gut integrity. Researchers have established a relationship between gut integrity and microbiome diversity with various…
This is part of a series of blogs discussing an individualized comprehensive gut restoration protocol in chronic kidney disease. The Gut-Kidney Connection Researchers have established a relationship between gut integrity and microbiome diversity with various chronic diseases, including kidney disease. Increased intestinal permeability, also known colloquially as “leaky gut” has been shown to be at…
This is part of a series of blogs discussing an individualized comprehensive gut restoration protocol in chronic kidney disease. The Gut-Kidney Connection Researchers have established a relationship between gut integrity and microbiome diversity with various chronic diseases, including kidney disease. Increased intestinal permeability, also known colloquially as “leaky gut” has been shown to be at the root…
This is part one of a series of blogs discussing comprehensive gut restoration protocol and the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) The Gut-Kidney Connection Chronic kidney disease affects millions of American and is often associated with comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and hypertension. Dysbiosis and leaky gut are implicated in many systemic…