Sugar and Your Kidneys

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• higher than 180 mg/dl,

• spill sugar into the urine.

• The higher the blood sugar, the more sugar comes out in the urine.

• , but if you have diabetes, too much sugar can cause kidney damage.

• the Hemoglobin A1C (HgbA1C) protein. The higher the blood sugar gets, the more sugar gets attached to this protein

• A normal HgbA1C is less than 6% for someone who doesn’t have diabetes. As the HgbA1C gets higher, more damage is done.

• lood vessels of the kidney and destroy the kidney’s filter

• kidneys can’t clean the blood properly,

• resulting in more water and salt being retained and waste materials building up in the blood.