The best analogy for kidneys is an update on your smartphone. Every once in a while, Apple (or Android) wants you to update your phone with new features. It resets your phone, basically giving your phone new life. Same for kidneys. They clean your blood and keep your body chemically balanced through its filtration system.

The worst part about kidneys? You can’t pee without them! Well, you could pee, but it would be harder to pee since kidneys are your filtration system. And did you know you don’t need both kidneys to live? Here are 20 interesting facts about your kidneys!

1. Kidneys love their blood flow. They reabsorb and redistribute 99% of the blood volume throughout the body, leaving the 1% of the filtered blood to become urine.

2. Because they love the flow of blood, kidneys have a higher blood flow compared to the
brain and liver.

3. About 25% of all blood from the heart goes into the kidneys.

4. A baby’s kidney is huge compared to its body weight. Even though it weighs less than an ounce (28 grams), an average baby weighs 7.5 pounds, or 120 ounces (3.4 kilograms).

5. An adult’s kidney weighs about 5 ounces (142 grams) and is the size of a fist.

6. Make sure you hydrate: the most common cause of kidney stones is not drinking enough liquids, especially water. Drink up! Your kidneys will thank you later.

7. The largest kidney stone ever recorded was the size of a coconut. It weighed a whopping 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms).

8. The right kidney is usually smaller and placed lower in the body than the left kidney. The right kidney sits under the liver, the body’s largest internal organ, which explains why it’s smaller and placed lower in the body.

9. You don’t need both kidneys. One-half of a kidney can do the work of two, and 75% of one kidney can sustain life comfortably.

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nice tips but are u advising us to sell one of our kidney

No

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