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What Your Urinary System Means to You
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Anyone who has ever studied human biology knows how intricate our body’s are. Every second of the day we go through an amazing amount of checks and balances to remain in homeostasis. We are an unbelievably complex organism! It’s important to note that while we look at each of the body’s natural detox systems every change and decision we make impacts us further than just one particular system. Making just one change can benefit our whole bodies. But why stop there? You can make many simple changes and reap all of the benefits, right!
Perhaps one of the easiest changes we can make is to increase the amount of water we drink. Water makes up about 60% of the human body, is an essential element of every bodily function and is an amazing detox tool. As you would imagine much of the water we drink is eliminated through our urine. If you recall the urinary system is on the list of our detox systems. The head honchos in the urinary system are our kidneys and, as I’m sure you’ve picked up by now, regulate the balance of water in our bodies. If you’ve ever had a day where you didn’t drink as much water as you wanted and because of that went to the bathroom far less than you normally would or vice versa, you can thank your kidneys for controlling that. Our kidneys also keep track of our electrolyte balance which are another key element for proper cell function. Once the kidneys have made the adjustments, and picked up some waste, the urine is transported to the bladder and eventually out of our bodies.
But the kidney’s job doesn’t stop with urine. Blood. Our little kidney’s, that are about the size of your fist, filter roughly five hundred gallons of blood in a twenty-four hour time period. They pick up toxins that have been passed along in some shape or form from all the other systems in the bloodstream, so it’s important to keep the kidneys running smoothly! Toxins can put stress on the kidney’s and negatively impact their function and given what preceded this would not be a good thing for the rest of your body! Besides the environmental toxins we face on a daily basis like pesticides, heavy metals like mercury and lead, prescription drugs, it’s important to minimize alcohol and caffeine. Alcohol can contain pesticides, heavy metals along with other harmful additives and can deplete minerals. It’s also a diuretic, which can wreak havoc on your kidney’s ability to regulate water levels. Drinking more water and eating organic fruits and vegetables is a great start to keeping your kidneys healthy.
I’m a huge fan of taking small steps with a larger goal in mind and drinking more water should be high on the list. Go ahead and reach for tall glass of water but please be sure it’s been filtered and not stored in plastic container. You may have heard of the dangerous chemicals, called endocrine disruptors, that leak into bottled water from the plastic and can impact your hormone balance- not good. We use a Brita filter in our home but once the water is filtered we pour it into multiple glass containers which not only look better but don’t leak toxic chemicals into our water! Keep sipping water throughout the day but try to get through eight glasses as a minimum. You may make a couple of extra trips to the bathroom but you’ll be doing your body a world of good.