How to keep a healthy kidney and liver – Part 2

MAINTAINING HEALTHY KIDNEYS & LIVER
Internal organs need to be healthy in order to function properly. The kidneys have 100 functioning operations and the liver has 500. If one of the functioning operations fail it could be fatal to that individual. To maintain proper working order of the organs it is important to eat healthy foods, stay hydrated, exercise regularly and continue a well balanced healthy lifestyle. Any form of bodily abuse can lead to illness and or diseases. Don’t be one of the statistics of the 22% of American’s reported to die each year by cancer. 1 in 3 Americans are expected to contract some type of cancer related disease.
Note: Statistics listed in this article are from Tom Chester’s web page; listed in the reference section of this article. Which is listed in the reference section of this article.)
DIET
To maintain a healthy liver and kidneys it is important to eat healthy and drink plenty of water daily.
The easy way to remember to eat a wide range of fresh fruits and vegetables is to do the rainbow color of the variety in choosing something from all the different colors of fruits and vegetables.
Eating a wide range of healthy foods will give you more of the nutritional intake of a better balanced diet. In addition consider expanding your horizon of new types of healthy food categories that are on your pyramid diet plan. The antioxidants in the Rainbow Colored choices to make so you can have some of every color in your regular diet with the intake of your fruits and vegetables might safe guard you against certain illnesses and diseases;such as cancer and will keep your immune system stronger especially during cold and flu season.
Drink 2 liters of a day. Get can be filtered water, distilled or mineral. Just as long as it is free of chlorine and other chemicals that are in unfiltered tap water.
Eat 5 servers of fruits and vegetables daily.
The bulk of your food intake should consist of whole grain foods and legumes.
The smaller portions should consist of (preferably) low fat diary products, fish once or twice a week in small portions (as to not get to much heavy metels or mercury in the diet), skinless poultry and lean meat and nuts.
Count calories. Watch your calorie intake and keep it at or below the standard amount for your height and weight. Lower calories intake if you are obese.
*Obesity increases a persons risk for Liver Disease. In America there are 74% of the population 25 years and older are overweight. Having
January 18, 2011 

