10 daily habits that are silently destroying your kidneys

One of the most damaging habits for your kidneys is regularly consuming foods that send your blood sugar on a rollercoaster. I’m talking about things like white bread, pasta, pastries, soda, and even seemingly healthy pressed fruit juices. When you eat these foods, your blood sugar spikes dramatically. This high level of sugar in your blood creates what we call microvascular injuries—tiny wounds to the smallest blood vessels in your body. Your kidneys are packed with these delicate vessels in their filtering units, called glomeruli. This damage starts happening long before you’d ever be diagnosed with full-blown type 2 diabetes.

The solution is to shift your diet away from these processed carbohydrates. Instead, you want to build your meals around whole foods. Focus on non-starchy vegetables and leafy greens, which are low in carbs and high in nutrients. Include quality protein sources like meat, fish, chicken, and beans. To feel full and get enough energy, top off your meals with healthy fats like real butter, extra-virgin olive oil, coconut oil, lard, and tallow. To know if you’re spiking your blood sugar, you can ask your doctor for an A1C test, which shows your average blood sugar over three months. An optimal A1C is below 5.4%. For real-time feedback, you can use a simple glucometer to check your blood sugar 60-90 minutes after a meal. Your goal is to keep it under 110 mg/dL (6.1 mmol/L) to prevent that damaging spike.

➡️2. Consuming Processed Foods Loaded with Phosphates