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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Chronic Kidney Disease”

Audio Interview with the Renal Support Network

blogteam May 30, 2025Uncategorized

An audio interview with the Renal Support Network for patients with chronic kidney disease. An overview of gut health and chronic kidney disease and the use of probiotics. In this episode of Kidney Talk, Lori welcomes Dr. Richard Johnson—renowned nephrologist, …

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Chronic Kidney Diseasegut microbiomeprobiotics

Announcement – I’m joining the Board of Santa Barbara Nutrients

blogteam January 27, 2025Uncategorized

I am delighted to announce that I am joining the Board of Santa Barbara Nutrients.  Santa Barbara Nutrients has developed a medical food for polycystic kidney disease that consists of a drink containing citrate and dietary ketones. Early studies suggest …

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Chronic Kidney Diseasenutritionpolycystic kidney diseaseUric acid

Article – A Mysterious Epidemic

blogteam April 12, 2024Uncategorized

In certain regions of the world, a mysterious epidemic of kidney disease is occurring, especially in individuals working in the sugarcane fields of Central America. Thousands have died. Here we talk about the detective work that has led to the …

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Chronic Kidney DiseaseCKDClimate ChangeEnvironmental ToxinsSugarcane workers

Article – The Mysterious Kidney Illness Rising Among Sri Lankan Farmers

blogteam January 2, 2024Uncategorized

Are pesticides in drinking water to blame for kidney disease among young farmers? An interesting article in Think Global Health. Dehydration not only causes reversible kidney damage, but also could actually activate a process that might cause chronic kidney disease, …

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Chronic Kidney DiseaseCKDntCKDuclimateClimate ChangeDehydrationkidney diseasekidney failure

Paper – A New Clue to the Cause of the Mysterious Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease in Central America

blogteam November 2, 2023Uncategorized

Silica Nanoparticles and Mesoamerican Nephropathy: A Case Series An epidemic of kidney disease has ravaged the Pacific coast of Central America, where it typically affects men working in the sugarcane fields as well as local farmers.  A role for heat …

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Chronic Kidney DiseaseMesoamerican NephropathySilica nanoparticlesSugarcane

Article – Muscle Wasting: Another Casualty of Insulin Resistance

blogteam April 20, 2023Uncategorized

In a new paper, Miguel Lanaspa and I show that muscle wasting (sarcopenia) in chronic kidney disease may be mediated by insulin resistance.  Insulin resistance results in a reduction in glucose and phosphate from entering the cell, and over time …

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Chronic Kidney DiseaseInsulin ResistanceMetabolic Syndromemuscle wastingsarcopenia

Video – With Thomas Weimbs, PhD – Fructose and uric acid helped our ancestors to survive. Now they make us fat.

blogteam March 22, 2023Uncategorized

A discussion with Professor Thomas Weimbs on fructose and its role in causing obesity. We also discuss the importance of fructose and uric acid in causing kidney disease.  One aspect is on the role of uric acid crystals in causing …

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Chronic Kidney DiseaseClimate ChangeDiabetesFructoseObesityUric acidUric acid Crystals

Article – Washington Post – The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers

blogteam January 7, 2023Uncategorized

Climate Change and its Effects of Kidney Disease.  Our group has also been studied how increasing heat from climate  change can lead to acute and chronic kidney disease. This has primarily been a problem for people working outside in very …

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Video – Insulin Resistance is Normal, with Dr. Ken D. Berry

blogteam December 6, 2022Uncategorized

A fun, spirited discussion with Dr. Ken Berry on YouTube that discusses the fructose-based biologic switch that drives obesity, the role of uric acid in obesity, the benefits of the keto diet, and the effect of keto diets on kidney …

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carnivore dietChronic Kidney DiseaseFructoseGoutketo dietObesityUric acid
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