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Kidney stones are formed when minerals build-up within the kidneys. When the stones become big enough to block the passage of urine, they begin to cause damage to the tissues surrounding them. Since the digestive tract and the kidneys share the same nerve network, illnesses and conditions that affect the kidneys will also impact the GI tract, leading to nausea, vomiting and a loss of appetite.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The kidneys function as the body\u2019s filtration system responsible for filtering the blood. It removes harmful by-products produced by the body such as hydrogen, ammonium, potassium, and uric acid. Aside from keeping our blood clear of toxins, the kidneys also keep the fluids in our body in a state of balance. When our body fluids are balanced, important ions and electrolytes freely move between tissue membranes, permitting them to reach our cells. Additionally, the kidneys help maintain the right amount of water inside our bodies, releasing excess in the form of urine. The kidneys also convert Vitamin D into a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[8268,483,929,7754],"yst_prominent_words":[20453,20441,20451,20447,20446,20450,20448,20442,8956,20458,20443,20454,20457,20455,20444,20449,20456,20452,20440,20445],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51439,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51296\/revisions\/51439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51296"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=51296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}