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- The human body has two kidneys each about the size of your fist.1
- As the body moves and uses up nutrients from the food, the access is sent through the blood to the kidneys. The kidneys in term filter the waist from the blood. 1
- The waist filtered by the kidneys is sent to the bladder as urine for the body to depose.1
- In addition to removing waist from the body, the kidneys regulate the body’s blood pressure; stimulate the bone marrow to make red blood cells and balances and maintains the body’s use of Vitamin D for the bones and balances the chemicals within the body.1
- Kidneys regulate the body’s salt, potassium and acid levels and produce hormones that affect other organs within the body. 2
- Healthy kidneys can process the body’s entire supply of blood in 5 minutes.3
- National Kidney and Urologic Disease Information Clearinghouse. Available at: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/. Accessed on September 4, 2008.
- National Kidney Foundation – How Your Kidneys Work. Available at: http://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/howkidneyswrk.cfm. Accessed on September 4, 2008.
- Davita – Kidney Function. Available at: http://www.davita.com/health-topics/all-topics/a/1507. Accessed on September 4, 2008.
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