Bill Shatner looks like he ate Spock, but is age 90 and still went to space.
Posted on 02/02/2022 1:55:09 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A study has revealed that obesity is likely to cause an increased risk of kidney disease.
The findings suggest that tackling obesity could have a powerful impact on kidney health.
Most of the previous studies have been unable to explain if the relationship between obesity and renal disease was little more than an association.
However, through a technique called Mendelian Randomisation—which groups people according to a genetic code randomly assigned at birth and removes any bias—they found that increasing values of genetically predicted BMI and WC were causally associated with the measures of kidney function.
The team were able to show that the causal effect of obesity on the kidney is only partly mediated by high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.
"Our evidence substantiates the value of weight loss as a strategy of preventing or reversing a decline in kidney health, as well as decreasing the risk of renal disease.
"So, we hope our findings will help to stimulate further research and drive the development of public health policies to improve kidney health and prevent kidney disease through encouraging weight loss."
He said: "Chronic kidney disease affects more than 10 percent of adults worldwide and is predicted to become a global threat to public health. With the use of Mendelian Randomisation, we were able to demonstrate a potentially causal effect excessive weight has on kidney health and the risk of chronic kidney disease and several other kidney disorders.
"Through the analysis of one of the largest collection of the human kidney samples, we have uncovered the specific renal pathways associated with body mass index/waist circumference—they are the most likely biological connections between obesity and kidney health and disease."
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Obesity causes diabetes and diabetes kills the kidneys.
Obesity has more than 30 co-morbidities.
Haven’t they known this for forty years?
How many fat 80 year olds do you know?
Surprise! Obesity is a likely cause to a lot of things. Treat your body as God’s Temple.
I lost 20 pounds and started intermittent fasting. Also I use Viome to help me with my diet. My creatinine levels went from 1.9 down to 1.5. GFR went from 33 to 45. With the weight drop my blood pressure stabilized also. Need to do another blood test soon.
If its likely, that means they are guessing, so they don’t actually know if losing weight does anything. Apparently losing weight is a cure all
Great picture of this enormously talented guy.
Enormous in every way.
Last time I got on scale, I was 117. Ten years ago, I was 140. Did not go on a diet, just got old and rather bored with food. Literally forget to eat. Healthiest person I know.
Plus, haven’t eaten wheat since I read the book, Wheat Belly, by Wm Davis, MD ten years ago. He suggests eating all the meat and butter you want, taking many supplements, and ditching wheat. After a month on the diet, my LDL went down 40 points to absolutely normal. Had it tested last month. Still absolutely normal.
I just came across something to further help your kidneys:
https://tocotrienol.org/en/red-palm-oil-derived-supplement-may-help-diabetic-kidney-disease/
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