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Video: 5 things you should be doing to keep your kidneys nice and healthy

5 things you should be doing to keep your kidneys nice and healthy
5 things you should be doing to keep your kidneys nice and healthy

You probably woke up this morning not really giving your kidneys much thought.

But, here’s the thing: March 9 is actually World Kidney Day. And kidney disease is often described as a silent killer – many of us don’t realise that it affects about three million people in the UK alone.

So here are some tips on how to look after your kidneys.

It all seems pretty doable, right? Mainly involves giving your diet some thought, making sure to exercise regularly and maybe visiting your GP to check out your kidney function.

Of course, we’ve always got Twitter on hand to help us learn more about kidney health too.

World Kidney Day is also an opportunity to raise awareness of organ donation.

Since the last World Kidney Day in March 2016, 411 patients died while waiting for an organ transplant – of these 256 people were waiting for a kidney, or a kidney and another organ.

But the amount of time people in desperate need of a new kidney spend on the transplant waiting list has fallen significantly, health officials have said.

Well, here’s one more tweet to definitely keep in mind and motivate you to look after them kidneys.