Can poor kidney function lead to obesity?

If a person has poor kidneys, the body's water metabolism may become abnormal, making the body prone to edema, which will cause weight gain. Some people not only have poor kidneys, but also their digestion function is affected, resulting in poor digestion. Food is easily stagnant in the body, and stool retention is more likely to occur, causing weight gain. People with poor kidneys should pay attention to bad living habits, such as quitting smoking and drinking. Remember, health is the greatest wealth in life.

The "kidney" in traditional Chinese medicine is associated with functions such as growth, development, fertility, and water metabolism. "Kidneys store essence" refers to the essence stored in the kidneys, which is the essential substance that constitutes and maintains human activities. The essence in the kidneys can be divided into kidney yin and kidney yang. Insufficient kidney yin or kidney yang will cause an imbalance of yin and yang in the body, leading to obesity. "Kidney yin" is the essence of the body, which has the functions of moisturizing, nourishing, tranquilizing and restraining yang heat. Staying up late for a long time, lack of sleep, and reversed day and night schedules will excessively consume kidney yin, resulting in a decrease in the moisturizing and nourishing functions, and symptoms such as dry mouth, dry eyes, dry and flaky skin, and constipation. Kidney yin deficiency causes a decrease in metabolic function.

When Yin fluid is insufficient, the function of restraining Yang heat decreases, and the Yin and Yang in the body become unbalanced, resulting in relative Yang hyperactivity and false excitement. Although you sleep very little, your spirits are hyperactive, making it difficult to fall asleep at night, and you become irritable, with red cheekbones, fever and other symptoms of getting angry. Too much fire will consume Qi and damage Yin, further making Qi more deficient and Yin fluid more insufficient, consuming the Qi of the liver and kidneys, lowering the metabolic rate even lower, leading to the accumulation of "phlegm" pathological products and forming "kidney yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire type obesity".

In fact, Chinese medicine also emphasizes the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, the kidneys are considered to belong to water, while the spleen is considered to belong to earth. According to the theory of the Five Elements, water overcomes earth. If a person has bad kidneys, then his spleen will definitely be in bad condition. However, people with bad spleens are more likely to be obese, so people with bad kidneys indirectly cause obesity. No matter what, kidney problems should be checked and treated.