Chronic kidney disease

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(Today another guest post by Dr Andrew Weissenberger. Read more about Dr Weissenberger here)

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), commonly also known as chronic renal disease, is a progressive, and generally permanent, loss of kidney function over a period of months or years.

If a permanent loss of more the one-third of kidney function occurs, this is defined as chronic kidney disease.

Chronic kidney disease if often associated with, or linked as a secondary condition to, heart diseases and diabetes.

Chronic kidney disease can lead to chronic kidney failure. An increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease is found with those who: Read more

Osteoporosis risk factors

(Today comes a guest post by Dr Andrew Weissenberger. Dr Weissenberger is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), a general practice supervisor and an examiner for the RACGP.)

Osteoporosis means “porous bones” and is a disease where bone density (the thickness of the bone) and structural quality deteriorate, leading to fragile and brittle bones causing an increased risk of fracture than in normal bone.

The bone density and structural quality deterioration occurs from the loss of minerals, such as calcium, from a persons bones more quickly then the body is able to replace them. Read more

Healthy Warm Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

Pumpkin, diced coarsely

Red Capsicum, diced coarsely,

Mushrooms (I prefer large, flat, or Swiss Brown, but any will do), diced coarsely

Tomatoes (I prefer small vine ripened, tomatoes, but any will do), chopped coarsely

Danish Feta Cheese, diced

Spinach Leaves

Place the pumpkin on one tray and then dry roast in an oven at approximately 210degC for 10 minutes.  Leave the pumpkin in the oven and then add a second tray with the capsicum, mushrooms, feta and tomatoes and dry roast all of these for a further 10 minutes (or until the pumpkin is cooked).

Remove from the oven and toss through with the Spinach Leaves and serve.  I don’t think this needs any dressing at all, but you could add a balsamic vinaigrette if needed.

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