498: The silent issue affecting metabolism | Richard Johnson, M.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast · Aug 14, 2023 · 56m

“For a long period of time, you can be losing kidney function and not know it," says Richard Johnson, M.D. Richard, a board-certified internal medicine doctor, joins us to discuss why you should care about kidney health, plus: - Richard’s background & professional work (~00:14) - How to assess your risk for kidney disease (~05:25) - The link between kidney health & metabolism (~07:09) - The best test to ask for at the doctor (~12:27) - How to eat for optimal kidney health (~18:13) - Why you shouldn’t demonize fruit (~21:06) - Why people on keto should pay attention to uric acid (~26:59) - How…