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Junk food consists of high-calorie low nutrient food items. They have usually processed food items and are high in refined sugar.Eating sweets raise the blood sugar level, increases fat storage and promotes a crash and burn feeling.

People with kidney disease often have anemia—a shortage of oxygen-carrying red blood cells because they do not have healthy kidneys that make a hormone called erythropoietin, or EPO, that tells the bone marrow to make red blood cells.

Diabetes affects the kidneys, causing diabetic kidney disease. It also affects the gastrointestinal tract, causing complications such as intestinal enteropathy, gastroparesis, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Foods play an important role to maintain our health. Fast foods are generally ready to eat and quick alternative to home cooked food. Fast foods are specially designed to be additive in nature with a high level of salts, sugars, and fats

Cholesterol is a waxy fat-like compound manufactured by our body. Dietary cholesterol is found in animal foods such as meat, fish, eggs and dairy products. It serves as a structural component of cell membranes and contributes to other functions in our body.

End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) cannot be treated with conventional medical treatment. Dialysis and kidney transplant are the only treatment for this condition. Kidney transplantation means replacement of the failed kidneys with a working kidney from a donor.