| The safest treatment for acute nephritis
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| | essential nutrients. Supplements should
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| is fasting on raw juices. By means of the
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| | be given to furnish the nutrients not
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| juice fast, the toxins and systemic
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| | obtained from food. The supplements may
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| impurities responsible for setting up of
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| | include one tablespoon of lecithin, 30mg.
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| the inflammatory kidney conditions are
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| | of Vitamin B6, 25,000 units of Vitamin A
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| removed rapidly. The patient should
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| | and 300 to 600 units of Vitamin E.
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| resort to juice fasting for five to seven
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| | Smoking and drinking, where habitual,
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| days till the acute symptoms subside.
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| | must be completely given up. Studies have
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| Mostly vegetable juices such as carrot,
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| | shown that smoking impairs kidney
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| celery and cucumber should be used during
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| | function. The patient should avoid white
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| this period. A warm water enema should be
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| | bread, sugar, cakes, pastries, puddings,
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| taken each day while fasting to cleanse
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| | refined cereals, greasy, heavy or fried
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| the bowels of the toxic matter being
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| | foods. He should also avoid tea, coffee,
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| thrown off by the self-cleansing process
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| | all flesh foods, condiments, pickles and
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| resulting from the fast.
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| | sauces.
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| After the juice fast, the patient may
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| | The use of carrot juice is one of the
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| adopt an all-fruit diet for four or five
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| | most effective home remedies for
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| days. Juicy fruits such as apple, grapes,
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| | nephritis. A glass of this juice should
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| orange, pear, peach and pineapple should
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| | be taken, mixed with a tablespoon of
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| be taken during this period. Thereafter
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| | honey and a teaspoon of fresh lime juice,
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| the patient may adopt fruits and milk
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| | every day, first thing in the morning.
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| diet for further five days. In this
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| | The use of bananas is another effective
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| regimen, milk may be added to the fruit
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| | remedy for nephritis. It is due to their
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| diet. After the fruit & milk diet, the
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| | low protein and salt contents and high
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| patient may gradually embark upon a
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| | carbohydrates content. They exercise
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| well-balanced lowÂprotein vegetarian
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| | healing effect on the kidneys. A diet of
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| diet, with emphasis on fresh fruits and
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| | bananas only can be taken for three or
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| raw and cooked vegetables.
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| | four days, consuming eight to nine
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| In case of chronic nephritis, a short
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| | bananas a day in the treatment of this
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| juice fast for three days may be
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| | disease.
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| undertaken. Thereafter, a week or 10 days
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| | The use of avocado is valuable as a
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| may be spent on a restricted diet. In
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| | staple food in nephritis. The usefulness
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| this regimen, oranges or orange juice may
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| | of this fruit arises from its small
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| be taken for breakfast. Lunch may consist
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| | protein content, with none of the
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| of salad of two vegetable in season and
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| | poisonous extractives, always present in
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| dinner may comprise one or two vegetables
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| | flesh foods.
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| steamed in their own juices and a few
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| | Grapes are an excellent remedy for both
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| nuts. Thereafter, the patient may
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| | acute and chronic nephritis. They possess
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| gradually adopt a well-balanced
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| | an exceptional diuretic value on account
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| low-protein vegetarian diet.
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| | of their high contents of water and
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| Further short juice fasts, followed by a
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| | potassium, salt. Their value in kidney
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| week on the restricted diet, should be
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| | troubles like nephritis is enhanced by
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| undertaken at intervals of two or three
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| | their low albumin and sodium chloride
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| months until such time as the kidney
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| | content.
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| condition has shown sign of
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| | Tender coconut water is another valuable
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| normalization. The patient should avoid
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| | remedy for this disease. It can be taken
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| foods rich in oxalic acid such as
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| | beneficially once or twice a day. It acts
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| spinach, chocolate and cocoa, Garlic,
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| | as a very effective but safe -diuretic.
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| parsley, cucumber and celery are
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| | Fresh air and outdoor exercises will be
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| excellent vegetables. Best fruits are
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| | of great benefit in all cases of
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| papaya and bananas. A small amount of
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| | nephritis and where possible, the patient
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| soured milks and home-made cottage cheese
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| | should have a walk for at least three
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| can be included in the diet. All salt
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| | kilometers once or twice daily. The
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| should be eliminated from the diet. Five
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| | sufferer from chronic nephritis should
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| or six small meals should be taken in
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| | never exert himself when doing anything.
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| preference to a few large ones.
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| | He should avoid all hurry and excitement.
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| The diet should be adequate in all
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| | He should also avoid late hours.
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