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Consumed on a regular basis, the juice can wade off complications in kidney patients kept on dialysis.

High levels of antioxidants contained in the fruit prevent infections and associated health problems in such patients, the researchers revealed.

"We found significant reductions in hospitalization due to infections, with more than 40 percent reduction in the first hospitalization and 80 percent in the second," said the lead researcher, Dr. Batya Kristal of Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya.

101 kidney patients studied

According to experts, people who go overboard on the calcium to prevent and treat their osteoporosis are at an increased risk of coming down with a condition called milk-alkali or calcium-alkali syndrome that can result in a "dangerously high" level of calcium in the blood.

Excessively high levels of calcium in the blood, known as hypercalcemia, lead to blood pressure and impair kidney function. This also reduces the absorption of other essential minerals, such as iron, zinc, magnesium, and phosphorus, which are vital for the overall well-being of an individual.

In a study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), endocrinology experts established that the Indian population has a great proportion of diabetes and high blood pressure thus leading to CKD.

Dr. Sanjeev Gulati, senior consultant nephrologist, Fortis Hospital, Delhi, said, “Instances of CKD have been rising over two decades because of rising cases of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.”

Study on 4,712 people