What vitamins help your kidneys?

 

The human body requires various nutrients for growth. We get nutrients and other essential minerals from the food we eat. Here, in this article the use of nutrient (vitamin) for the kidneys has been explained.  

The role played by vitamins for a normal human body is massively important. Taking enough and taking too much of these vitamins have a fine line between. Enough vitamins will create and maintain good health whilst too much of vitamin will harm you and may turn you dull and ill. Eating a healthy diet is still the best way how you can obtain righteous vitamins for your body.

Vitamins are the micro nutrients. They are required by the body in fewer amounts but the role is crucial. When a person does not get enough of these tiny nutrients then some diseases are guaranteed.  Let us read about some of the damages that a person might meet due to the deficiency of vitamins in the body.

Vitamin deficiency disease

Even if you are a kidney disease patient you need to take care of all the important body nutrients. There are many diseases that you might suffer from if your body will run low on vitamins.

Rickets is the first disease in the list of vitamin deficiency diseases. This is the result of a deficiency of vitamin D in the body. When a person suffers from rickets they might notice soft and weak bones that even results in the skeletal deformities. Furthermore, scurvy and blindness can also be encountered. The lack of enough vitamin C in the body causes scurvy whereas deficiency of vitamin A is turning people blind all around the world.

Now, moving forward to what good these micro nutrients (vitamin) can do to our body.

Substantial benefits of vitamins

Vitamins in enough and good quantity support life from different aspects. Vitamin D and vitamin K along with some other nutrients like calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium contribute to making bones strong and prevents them from any kind of harm and fractures. In addition, vitamins help in the prevention of many birth defects and support dental health. Moreover, vitamin D makes the body strong enough to absorb calcium from the food that passes through the digestive tract and vitamin C assists the body in the absorption of iron.

It is necessary to understand that vitamins are also present in soluble form in the watery portion of the meal. For the human body it is very easy to absorb these vitamins directly in the blood. The human body is made up of water (mostly water) which helps these soluble vitamins to circulate freely within. Here comes another significant role of kidneys in the maintenance of vitamins.

Kidneys play a good role in the regulation of soluble vitamins and expel the excess of it, out from the body through urine. Some water-soluble vitamins are biotin (vitamin B7), folic acid (vitamin B9), niacin (vitamin B3), vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and many other vitamins like riboflavin (vitamin B2).

Essential vitamins for kidneys

There are at least thirteen different types of vitamins without which a human body cannot function properly. This is what the researchers have to say. Vitamins play a crucial role in the maintenance of body functioning when a person suffers from any kind of kidney disease. These vitamins support the body differently and restore the functions.

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When a person suffers from kidney disease they get a diet chart ready with the list of recommended vitamins. Vitamins that are significantly important for the kidneys are comprehensive of vitamins B12, B2, B1, B6, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid, folic acid, and a small amount of vitamin C. Given below is the list of vitamins along with their functions for the patient.

Vitamins	Functions
Pantothenic Acid	This form of vitamin helps the body in the production of energy and breakdown of fat, proteins, and carbohydrates.
Vitamin C	This form of vitamin helps in the absorption of iron within the body. It helps in the formation of collagen, and repairing and maintenance of RBC, healthy gums, keeps immune system fit, etc.
Biotin	Just like the pantothenic acid it also helps in energy production and breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.
Vitamin A	This assists in cells and tissues growth, and prevents any infection.
Vitamin K	It helps the body in making blood clots and forms healthy bones.
Vitamin D	This helps the body in the absorption of phosphorus and calcium. Moreover, it regulates PTH (parathyroid hormones) and mineral deposition in teeth and bones.
Vitamin E	This form of vitamin takes care of certain cancers and heart diseases. It also works for the prevention of cells oxidation.
Thiamin (vitamin B1)	This vitamin assists body cells for the production of energy from carbohydrates and helps in the better functioning of the nervous system.
Niacin	This assists the body in the usage of fatty acids and sugars and assists cells in energy production.
Folic acid	They help in the formation of DNA and makes RBC along with vitamin B12.
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)	It helps the cells in energy production, supports vision, and promotes healthy skin.
Vitamin B6	It assists the human body in the formation of protein for the making up of cells. Furthermore, it helps in forming red blood cells.
Vitamin B12	It helps in the formation of new body cells and along with folic acid it helps in the formation of red blood cells as well.

 

It is very significant for a kidney patient to include these vitamins in the diet.