Abstract
Human beings evolved on a diet that was balanced in omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids, and was rich in fruits and vegetables with a ratio of animal to vegetable intake of 35:65. Such a diet is a base-producing anti-inflammatory diet and one in which our genes have been programmed to respond. Current Western diets are acid-producing diets and are also high in omega-6 fatty acids, leading to a proinflammatory state. From an evolutionary perspective a mild systemic metabolic alkalosis, resulting from chronic net-base loading, is the natural and optimal systemic acid–base homeostasis of humans. Western diets that lead to a metabolic acidosis increase susceptibility to kidney disease as has been shown from the proinflammatory biomarkers that produce a cytokine storm. Healthy dietary patterns, including the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Study, and Mediterranean diets, such as the diet of Crete, both of which have a healthy dietary pattern, are associated with a lower incidence of chronic kidney disease and may prevent or decrease albuminuria and improve the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).
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