6 Warning Signs That Your Kidneys are Toxic

I know a lot of detox protocols focus on kidney detox, but how do you know if you should detox your kidneys? well here are six warning signs that your kidneys are toxic and that you should detox your kidneys as part of a full body detox.d

1. Dark Under Eye Circles/Puffiness

One of those warning signs could be dark circles under the eyes and puffiness under the eyes. If you've not yet seen my beauty playlist on YouTube of all of the things that you can do to help with dark circles and under eye puffiness in terms of facial massage and yoga facial exercises. This is something that could be related to your kidney health so just be aware that doing kidney detox could be really helpful for the look of those dark circles and that swelling underneath the eyes.

2. Swelling in the legs

Swelling in the legs & hands is another warning sign of kidney toxicity. This can happen at end of day but if you wake up puffy in the morning that can be a chronic sign of liver toxicity.

3. Frequent or Infrequent Urination

Frequent urination, you could also have infrequent urination so if you are not having regular urination episodes throughout the day what is normal well it depends on how much fluid you are drinking and how much fluid is actually in your foods but having that normal urination cycle is important and if something changes outside of what you believe is normal for you then this is something to consider that kidney detox.

4. Difficulty sleeping 

Difficulty sleeping can be another warning sign of kidney toxicity our body processes toxins when we're sleeping and that's why having a good night's sleep is so important i have other episodes all about sleep so if you're not getting a good night's sleep please check out my videos on youtube for getting a good night's sleep but this is really important because if your kidneys now are detoxing and they're dumping those toxins you may actually have to wake up in the night to urinate and that would be another sign that your kidneys are maybe not doing as well as what they could and doing that total body detox may maybe it may be time for that right now as well as.

5. Low Energy

Another warning sign of kidney toxicity is low energy so if you just chronically have low energy it's time to do that total body detox.

6. Low Vitamin D

So this isn't often looked at and people that have chronically low vitamin D levels part of your kidney processing your vitamin D and making it and turning it into that active form is very important we need our liver for this as well but the kidneys in terms of being able to activate our vitamin d and we need to have proper kidney function so again doing that kidney detox is definitely recommended don't worry.

Quick Tip: Bearberry

One of my tips in terms of my favorite herbal medicines for kidney detox is bearberries so the latin name is arctostaphylos uva-ursi and it helps to detoxify the kidneys. It helps with proper urine flow and it actually helps to kill bacteria so its really good for people who have chronic infections in the kidneys.

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