KIDNEY INFORMATION

Do you know that your Kidneys…?

1. Weigh less than 1% of your body weight?
2. Receive 20% of the blood that is pumped by your heart?
3. Filter 180 liters of fluids per day to produce 2 liters of urine?
4. Maintain your body’s internal environment constant?
5. Remove harmful wastes from your body via urine?
6. Produce certain essential hormones:-

• Erythropoietin which stimulates the bone marrow to produce red blood cells
• Renin to regulate blood pressure
• Activate Vitamin D to produce calcitriol which helps maintain calcium balance in the bones