It’s not just high salt that damages the kidneys! Doctors reveal 5 explosive foods that induce immune abnormalities

Kidney damage is not only related to high-salt diet. Hong Yongxiang, director of Hong Yongxiang Clinic, pointed out that the five bomb foods such as high sugar and fried food can also easily induce immune abnormalities and chronic inflammation; diagram.

[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] Kidney damage is not only related to high-salt diet. If you eat the wrong food, it may also increase the immune burden on the body. Hong Yongxiang, director of Hong Yongxiang Clinic, pointed out that the five bomb foods, such as high sugar, fried, and ultra-processed foods, can easily induce immune abnormalities and chronic inflammation. He reminded kidney patients with glomerulonephritis with autoimmune-related conditions to be more vigilant. Authoritative literature also points out that intestinal flora imbalance and leaky gut caused by diet may allow macromolecular foreign matter to penetrate into the blood, continue to stimulate the immune system, and become an invisible driver of inducing autoimmune attacks on the renal glomerulus.

Hong Yongxiang shared in a Facebook fan page that Xiaolin, a 28-year-old designer who stayed up late for a long time and loved exquisite desserts and fried foods, recently found proteinuria and occult blood in the urine during a health checkup. She underwent further biopsy diagnosis and was found to be suffering from "IgA nephropathy" (a type of glomerulonephritis). That is to say, her immune system is like an out-of-control army, violently bombarding the renal filaments as enemies.

5 most kidney-damaging explosive foods revealed

Hong Yongxiang said that Xiaolin found that her body's inflammatory activity seemed to be closely related to the food she ate the day before. After eating some foods, her proteinuria would increase the next day. In this regard, he reminded you to pay special attention to the following five types of foods that induce immune abnormalities and chronic inflammation:

●High-sugar and ultra-processed foods: such as delicate desserts, sugary drinks, etc. Sugar will cause the body to produce a large amount of glycation end products (AGEs). According to research in the journal "Nutrients", AGEs bind to specific receptors on immune cells, triggering a series of inflammatory factors and directly inducing immune disorders.

●Inferior fats and trans fats: Fried chicken, creamer, cakes and other foods contain a large amount of Omega-6 fatty acids (such as refined vegetable oil) and trans fats, which will destroy the balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 in the body and promote the conversion of arachidonic acid into pro-inflammatory prostaglandins, putting the immune system in a state of extreme alert for a long time.

●Intestinal allergens and heavily processed products containing gluten: Some people are more sensitive to gluten or artificial additives. Chronic food allergies or additives may damage the intestinal mucosal barrier (leaky gut syndrome), allowing undigested protein fragments to seep into the blood, inducing a large amount of antibody production and forming immune complexes, which are deposited in the renal filaments and cause severe inflammation.

●High-salt and high-sodium heavy-flavored foods: such as spicy hotpot, pickles, concentrated sauces, etc. According to research in Nature, a high-salt environment will significantly activate Th17 helper T cells. This type of immune cell specializes in producing strong pro-inflammatory factors, which directly induces and intensifies the attack of autoimmune diseases.

●Alcohol and low-quality processed products containing organic solvents/toxins: Alcohol will greatly increase intestinal permeability and inhibit the detoxification function of the liver, causing the concentration of endotoxins (LPS) in the body to soar, further stimulating the systemic immune response and igniting inflammation to the kidneys.

Hong Yongxiang emphasized that taking care of the kidneys cannot wait, and don’t let a momentary craving become the last straw that crushes the immune system.