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Drinking alcohol affects many parts of your body, including your kidneys. A little alcohol—one or two drinks now and then—usually has no serious effects. However, excessive drinking–more than four drinks daily—can affect your health and worsen kidney disease. When experts talk about one drink, they are talking about one 12–ounce bottle of beer, one glass of wine, or one ounce (one shot) of “hard liquor....

Water, or H2O, is essential to life. It performs many important functions in your body like flushing out toxins, transporting nutrients and regulating body temperature.

Each year, Americans spend billions of dollars buying bottled water. If you walk through the beverage aisle in the supermarket, the number of choices can be overwhelming and confusing. Are you buying a drink that is good for you or is it...

Shedding pounds may be hard work, but it doesn’t need to be complicated. People tend to underestimate how much they actually eat, which can contribute to weight gain. For those with kidney disease, certain dietary restrictions limit low calorie food choices, adding another element to the struggle. It’s not all bad news though and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is here to help you win your battle with the scale. Get the...

Skim milk, cantaloupe and brown rice may be the keys to preserving kidney function. According to research, eating poorly, smoking and obesity can cause kidney disease in otherwise healthy people.

Researchers led by Alexander Chang, MD of Loyola University Medical Center found that people with...