Dr. Jenna Henderson, ND, recently interviewed with Dr. Sarah LoBisco, founder of the Break-Free Medicine and the Essential Oil Revolution podcast. Her topic for the show was “The Overlooked Vital Organ That Can Be a “Silent Killer” (Ep. 414) in which Dr. Jenna shared her journey relating to her own diagnosis of chronic kidney disease […]
Cardiac Health and the Kidneys
Cardiovascular health and renal health go hand in hand with considerable overlap of confounding conditions including advancing age, hypertension, obesity and uncontrolled blood sugar. It has long been recognized that the number one cause of mortality in renal patients is not renal failure but secondary heart disease.1 Among patients with CHF estimates of renal disease […]
Blood Pressure and Kidney Health
Over the past several years I’ve given many public talks on hypertension. In the beginning of each lecture I ask the audience, “What organ of the body is responsible for controlling the blood pressure?” The audience usually guesses the heart, the adrenal glands or the brain, and only very rarely will someone pick the right […]
Dietary Fats for Kidney Health
The kidneys are one of the fattiest tissues in the body. Only the brain is more concentrated in fat than the kidneys. One of the most important ways to live a kidney-friendly lifestyle is to supply the body with good fats. The right kind of fats can protect the kidney from damage and decrease the […]