Hi Chaz,

Thanks for the input.

I just found the following on kidney problems and the 'urine fast' at:

http://www.health-science-spirit.com/urine.html




Benefits of Urea

Only recently has it been discovered that the concentration of urea in the blood has a key role in regulating at least 7 major pathways. Urea levels are low with cancer and many other diseases. The frequency of cancer and especially of multiple tumours and metastases increases greatly if urea levels are low.

Urea is not just a waste product or the end state of the protein metabolism as commonly assumed. Biochemical research has shown that urea, both from internal sources or externally supplied, is used by the body as a raw material to synthesise amino acids and proteins.

This is especially important for patients with kidney failure. These deteriorate quickly on a diet containing normal amounts of protein, but do much better if the diet is extremely low in protein, below 20g per day.

Another research report states that patients with kidney failure on very low protein intake show progressive clinical improvement when receiving added urea, which then becomes the main source of nitrogen for protein synthesis. Urea may thus be the main reason why urine therapy and especially urine fasts are so successful with kidney failure

I believe that it is the best and sometimes the only successful therapy. One of my patients with kidney failure continued to deteriorate on a fast of fresh vegetable juices, but was cured when fasting on urine for 2 weeks.



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Wiz

Hi Lapis,

Thanks for the quick response...

Well, this is what happened. About 3 months ago I started getting dry mouth and my urine was like a bubble bath. I was really overweight, ate crap food, w/ too much Sugar and coffee. You'd think at my age, I'd know better. (I've dropped 30 lbs and quit meat and coffee now though)

My symptoms:

>>> frothy, bubbly urine (probably contains proteins) + constipation + constant dry mouth + bad digestion + sore muscles + fatigue + prickly itchy skin (recent) <<<

It appears to be a kidney malfunction, however it may point to other factors also. My body can't regulate water and I am passing 'stuff' in my urine.

The unpleasant part is that I could not digest meaty foods without awful dry mouth, so I went veggie. Even so, if I ate breads, rice, noodles, dairy etc, I experienced intensified dry mouth and even with light plain steamed veggies, it still persisted somewhat.



The following is a traditional western medicine description of what appears to be happening:


>>>>> Bubble trouble?
If the ‘holes’ in the kidney ‘filter’ become too big, they start to let protein through into the urine. Infections, drugs, diabetes, certain types of cancer or the body’s immune system attacking its own cells by mistake can cause this to happen. The protein makes the urine frothy. This condition tends to cause swelling of the ankles and other body areas, and can make the blood more likely to form clots in the blood vessels. This condition, called ‘nephrotic syndrome’, usually gets better with medication that can be prescribed by your doctor, but there is a risk that the kidneys will not work as effectively as before. You will probably need to be admitted to hospital for tests and treatment if you have this condition to find out why it has happened and to ensure that your symptoms are getting better.

Albumin is the major protein in the blood. In the early stages of kidney damage small (micro) amounts of albumin leak through the kidney and appear in the urine. If found soon enough, it is possible to stop or reduce further damage to the kidney and improve your long term health. The microalbumin is reported as the ratio of microalalbumin divided by creatinine to adjust for variations in a person's basic metabolic rate. (Creatinine is a measure of a person's basic metabolic rate). In addition, "Albuminuria is a marker of greatly increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality for patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes." <<<<<<





I am glad I checked out UT. It seems like the urine fast is the way to go to heal my kidneys. I guess I will use The Master Cleanse as a chaser... ha ha.

Hell, I'll gargle, and then swill the stuff if it helps me heal. I have felt rotten right up until I started The Master Cleanse (no proteins to gum up my system), so I guess I need to coax my kidneys back into service slowly and heal the imbalances.

Thanks for the other suggestions too.

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Wiz