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The Bible was written on three continents.
Asia.
Africa.
Europe.
In three languages.
Hebrew.
Aramaic.
Greek.
By over 40 different men:
Shepherds.
Kings.
Prophets.
Fishermen.
A tax collector.
A doctor.
A tentmaker.
Written in palaces and prisons.
In deserts and cities.
In freedom and in exile.
Across roughly 1,500 years.
66 books.
One continuous story:
Creation.
Fall.
Redemption.
Christ.
Most of these writers never met.
No committee planned it.
No editor stitched it together.
Yet it opens in a garden with the Tree of Life
and closes in a garden with the Tree of Life.
Different writers.
Different centuries.
Different cultures.
One voice.
Because behind the human hands was a divine Author.
Men held the pens.
But God wrote the story.
Jesus died at 33. The human spine has 33 vertebrae. The same structure that holds us up is the same number of years He held this Earth.
We have 12 ribs on each side. 12 disciples. 12 tribes of Israel. God built His design into our bones. He wrote Heaven into our anatomy.
The vagus nerve runs from your brain to your heart and gut. It calms storms inside the body. It looks just like a cross. That’s the power source running through us. Every time your body heals, every time your heart slows in prayer, every time peace shows up when it shouldn’t…that’s Him.
Jesus rose on the third day. Science tells us that when you fast for 3 days, your body starts regenerating. Old cells die. New ones are born. Healing begins. Your body literally resurrects itself. That’s not coincidence. That’s design.
And it keeps going.
Your heart has an electrical rhythm. Your brain lights up when you pray. Tears contain different chemicals depending on if you're crying from joy or grief. The blood speaks. The bones store memory. The body worships whether you realize it or not.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made. We are walking prophecy. Walking tabernacles. Dust and divinity in one.
God didn’t just create you. He carved Himself into you.
You don’t need to look far to find Him. You just need to look inward. He’s been in the design since the beginning.
Celebrate Him While He Is Still With Us !
Since I was a child, no Nigerian Catholic hymn has stayed with me the way the compositions of Sir Jude Nnam @sirjudennam have. I have always admired the simplicity, sincerity, flair and grace with which he composes his songs.
His lyrics come from the depth of his heart with great spiritual meaning that speaks to any and everyone that listens to it. From “Uchechukwu” to “Kanyi Jee n’Ulo Chukwu,” from “Take and Sanctify” to “Father, to You We Offer,” from “Somtoochukwu” to “Sai Kuzo,” from “Chineke Odogwu” to “Agam Eje N’Altar,” from “My Story” to “It’s payback time”, from “In Thanksgiving and Love,” to “Olisa”, “Surrender Your Heart to Jesus”, “Mungode Allah”, “Chinemerem”, “In Love With Jesus”, “Abinci”, “Chinecherem”, “Kosisochukwu”, “Time After Time”, “Ngozi”, “Thy Will be Done”, “Oge Erugo”, “Obi Eze Chukwu” and many many more. These songs have shaped the way many of us experience the Holy Mass.
From entrance hymn to dismissal, he helped make our liturgy sound truly African without losing its reverence - each moment of the Holy Mass became more alive because of his music, and do know that his compositions are sung every Sunday in parishes across Nigeria and beyond? Yes !
But behind the music is a man who has faced serious life’s challenges.
He survived cancer and still lives with its effects.
He survived being kidnapped more than once.
He has carried silent burdens while continuing to serve God in His Church. Through all of this, he has remained committed to his vocation and to sacred music.
Sir Jude Nnam is 60.
Sixty years of life. Decades of service. A lifetime of self-giving.
We often say we should appreciate people while they are still here. This is one of those moments and the reason why I am lending my voice to this call.
If his music has helped you pray, strengthened your faith, or supported your choir. If you have ever felt lifted by his compositions, this is an opportunity to support him in return.
You may assume that someone of his stature “has everything.” But fame in Church music (especially Catholic Church in Africa) is not wealth. Ministry is not luxury. And after the illness and trauma he now faces, your support matters.
A GoFundMe link has been created by his team. You may also give directly to his management company’s account. The process is secure, and the support will reach him.
Let us stand by him and his family now.
Thank you for whatever you are able to give.
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I visited a friend who had just given birth in the hospital. She had just woken up, so I joked that the baby must have kept her awake all night.
She smiled and said, “No, he slept all through the night.”
Her MIL advised her not to wake him, so he could “learn” to sleep at night.
I immediately asked her to put him to breast, but something was wrong. He wasn’t crying, sucking and barely moved. When I touched him, his body felt cold.
I raised an alarm, the nurses rushed in. His blood sugar was dangerously low.
This baby wasn’t calm, he had hypoglycemia and was shutting down. Urgent attention saved his life.
Newborns don’t always cry when they’re in danger. Sometimes, they become quiet.
Low blood sugar in newborns is life-threatening and often silent.
Watch out for these danger signs:
⚠️ Too sleepy or hard to wake for feeds
⚠️ Poor or no sucking
⚠️ Cold body, hands, or feet
⚠️ Weak or absent cry
⚠️ Little or no movement
❗This is NOT a “good” or “peaceful” baby.
❗Newborns must feed frequently, day and night.
❗Do NOT delay feeds to train a newborn.
If you notice these signs, go to the hospital immediately.
Early feeding and urgent treatment save lives.💝
I came across this post about priests not giving enough time for the faithful to add their private intentions during the Prayer of the Faithful at Mass.
I know the person that made the post is not alone on this issue. I remember a parishioner who once walked up to me to ask why we do not give them enough time to finish their personal intentions at that moment.
Here is the thing: at Mass, the Prayer of the Faithful is important, but it is not the only moment for prayer (remember that in some places, the prayer of the faithful is even omitted at weekday Masses), nor the only time our intentions are meant to be offered to God. In fact, the whole Mass is prayer - a single, sacred movement of offering, thanksgiving, intercession, and communion.
Even before Mass begins, the faithful are encouraged to come prepared, already holding in their hearts the intentions they wish to place on the altar. The Mass is not something we improvise spiritually; we enter it intentionally.
There are many moments during the Mass when personal intentions can be offered:
https://t.co/veOfvDPTVk the Penitential Act, we bring before God our struggles, sins, and need for mercy.
2.During the Liturgy of the Word, the Word of God often speaks directly into our personal situations - this is a moment to silently unite our intentions with what we hear.
https://t.co/CdGHbPPSYP the Offertory, we are invited to place our lives, burdens, hopes, and intentions on the altar along with the bread and wine.
https://t.co/RIEVBpG9fc the Consecration, when Christ (through the priest) offers Himself to the Father, our intentions are most powerfully united to His sacrifice.
https://t.co/KBo0FnuEZH Holy Communion, we receive the Lord Himself - this is a privileged moment to entrust everything to Him in silence and intimacy.
6.Even after Communion, the quiet prayer that follows is deeply personal and profound.
The Prayer of the Faithful, therefore, is not meant to carry everything. It expresses the common prayer of the Church, while personal intentions quietly ride along within that larger prayer.
So yes, while a brief pause is helpful, the deeper invitation is this: learn to pray the entire Mass. When we do, we realize that God is listening - not just at one moment, but throughout the whole sacred celebration of the Mass.
Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, ISch
The first time the word worship appears in Scripture, there is no music, no choir, no instrument.
It is Abraham.
“And Abraham said… Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship”
and the worship was a journey to Moriah, carrying Isaac.
This establishes the biblical frame for worship.
Worship, before it ever became sound, was posture.
Abraham worshipped by:
Obedience – he went where God pointed
Alignment – he agreed with God’s word even when it cost him
Surrender – he laid down what was most precious
Faith – he believed God beyond understanding
No song.
No atmosphere.
No encouragement.
Just posture.
Worship was not what Abraham sang; it was how he stood before God.
From that moment onward, Scripture teaches us that worship is first a stance, then a sound.
People stood in reverence.
They knelt in surrender.
They lifted hands in dependence.
They fell on their faces in awe.
Each posture preached before any melody followed.
This tells us something crucial:
God responds to alignment before expression.
You can sing loudly and still miss worship.
You can be silent and yet fully worshipping.
True worship is when the heart bows, the will yields, and the body agrees.
Before the song rises, let posture speak.
That is worship.
The first Christian was a felon.
Not Peter.
Not Paul.
Not your pastor.
A criminal. Hanging on a cross. Hours from death.
He beat everyone to paradise.
Think about that.
Before the disciples figured out the resurrection.
Before Paul got knocked off his horse.
Before the first church was planted.
Before a single creed was written.
A thief looked at Jesus and said, “Remember me.”
And Jesus said, “Today.”
The first Christian had no church.
No baptism.
No small group.
No Bible study.
No accountability partner.
No 6-week membership class.
He had nails in his wrists and six hours to live.
The first Christian never tithed.
Never served on the worship team.
Never read a single epistle.
Never debated Calvinism vs Arminianism.
Never posted a Bible verse on his timeline.
The first Christian was a convicted criminal who couldn’t lift his hands to pray.
And he’s been in paradise for 2,000 years.
Meanwhile.
You’ve been in church for 20 years.
You’ve read the Bible cover to cover.
You’ve got the theology down cold.
You’ve memorized the Roman Road.
You can articulate penal substitutionary atonement.
And you’re still wondering if that guy who prayed last week really “got it.”
The first Christian didn’t “get it.”
He got HIM.
That’s the difference.
He didn’t understand substitution.
He didn’t understand imputation.
He didn’t understand justification by faith alone.
He understood one thing:
The man next to him was a King.
And he wanted in.
“Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.”
That’s it.
That’s the whole conversion.
No altar call.
No counseling room.
No follow-up email.
Just a criminal, a King, and a request.
And here’s the part that should wreck you:
His theology was WRONG.
“When you come into your kingdom.”
He thought Jesus was about to take an earthly throne.
He didn’t understand the resurrection.
He didn’t understand the ascension.
He didn’t understand the second coming.
He got the timeline completely wrong.
And Jesus saved him anyway.
He didn’t correct his eschatology.
Didn’t hand him a doctrinal statement.
Didn’t say, “Well actually…”
He just said, “Today.”
The first Christian had bad theology and a good King.
Some of you have great theology and no King at all.
You know every doctrine.
You can defend every position.
You’ve won every argument.
And you’ve never once said “remember me” like you meant it.
The first Christian wasn’t impressive.
He was desperate.
And desperation got him further than your diploma.
2,000 years of church history.
Councils. Creeds. Confessions.
Seminaries. Denominations. Debates.
And the first one through the door was a dying criminal who couldn’t even fold his hands.
Makes you wonder if we’ve overcomplicated this.
The first Christian didn’t have a platform.
Didn’t have a following.
Didn’t have a ministry.
Didn’t have a book deal.
Didn’t have a podcast.
He had a cross and a question.
And that was enough.
You scrolling through X right now with your Reformed credentials and your theological hot takes…
The guy who beat you to paradise couldn’t read.
He didn’t know the five solas.
He didn’t know the five points.
He didn’t know the four spiritual laws.
He knew one thing:
He was dying.
And so was Jesus.
And Jesus was still a King.
That’s faith.
Not a system. A surrender.
Not knowledge. Recognition.
Not performance. Desperation.
The first Christian.
A felon.
A failure.
A man with hours to live and nothing to offer.
And he’s been home longer than anyone.
What’s your excuse?
Before you screenshot that WhatsApp chat, read this carefully.
This small mistake has destr0yed many strong court cases.
If a WhatsApp chat shows a saved contact name instead of the phone number, that screenshot can be challenged in court. Names like “My Love”, “Boss” or “Chairman” mean nothing legally.
In court, the other party can simply say:
That name is not mine.
That number is not my phone.
Once doubt enters, your evidence becomes weak.
What to do before screenshotting 👇
1.Unsaved the contact
2.Reopen the WhatsApp chat
3.Ensure the full phone number is visible
4.Then take your screenshots
Courts rely on clear identification, not assumptions or explanations like “I know it’s him.”
One wrong screenshot can cost you everything.
5 years back, I saw something that still hasn’t left me.
A pregnant woman came in.
Healthy. Smiling.
No complications throughout her pregnancy.
No “high-risk” label.
No warning signs.
The kind of case where the whole family walks in expecting just one thing:
a baby’s cry.
Her labour progressed well.
Everything looked routine.
And then…
something happened so fast
that it didn’t even feel real.
She suddenly said:
“I can’t breathe.”
Not mild discomfort.
Not anxiety.
Real breathlessness.
The kind that makes everyone in the room freeze for half a second
before panic takes over.
Her breathing became rapid.
Her face changed.
Her body started trembling.
And within moments
she collapsed.
The room flipped instantly.
From:
“Almost done.”
To:
“CALL FOR HELP.”
From:
“Everything is fine.”
To:
“START CPR.”
Machines started beeping.
Oxygen was rushed.
Lines were placed.
Drugs were pushed.
Seconds felt like minutes.
And then the unthinkable happened.
Despite everything…
she couldn’t be saved.
And then came the part that shattered everyone.
The family saw a perfectly healthy pregnant woman walk in…
and a dead body come out.
They didn’t ask politely.
They didn’t process slowly.
They exploded.
“How can a healthy woman die like this?!”
“There were NO complications in the entire pregnancy!”
“You doctors have killed her!”
Some were crying.
Some were shouting.
Some were blaming anyone they could see.
And honestly…
I couldn’t even blame them.
Because to a normal person, this doesn’t make sense.
A normal pregnancy.
A normal delivery.
And then sudden death?
It feels impossible.
It feels like someone must have “done something wrong.”
But the truth is…
sometimes medicine witnesses something terrifying:
A body can collapse like a switch has been turned off.
I was just a new intern then, I asked my seniors and that day, I learnt the name of that nightmare.
"Amniotic Fluid Embolism"
And that’s when it hit me:
We take pregnancy for granted because we only see the “happy ending.”
But behind the scenes, a woman’s body is walking a tightrope every single day…
and sometimes, everything can change within seconds... without any warning.
This is an epidural needle 🥺
Long, sharp and terrifying.
It goes deep into a mother’s spine,
While she’s already breaking with contractions.
Yet she bows her back, stays still and takes it.
Not because it’s easy but because her baby is worth every pain ❤️
C-section is not for cowards, it’s for warriors.
Because behind those bright lights of the operating room, a mother is lying still, surrendering her body to pain, to fear, to scars and choosing love.
They say: “Why did you choose a C-section?”
The truth is we didn’t, we never wished for seven layers of skin to be cut, for our spine to feel the sting of anesthesia, for the soreness that even makes breathing heavy 🥹
We didn’t choose the scar,
We chose life,
We chose the heartbeat of our baby over the comfort of our bodies.
Days later when we struggle to stand, when the stitches pull, when our bodies feels broken, we still carry our babies with a smile. Mothers are warriors 💯🥰
Kudos to all c-s mothers 😘🥹
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Don't know how but it will
MISSING TWINS IN ENUGU🚨
Yesterday Morning, a Nanny Employed By a Family In Enugu State Ran Away With These Little Twin Girls. The Family Is Currently In Distress.
Pls Share This Video And Report Any Useful Information To The Nearest Police Station.
Because Grace found me too
A man said "I accept Jesus Christ" on his deathbed.
The church asked if he really meant it.
I need to ask you something.
When did we become the gatekeepers of grace?
I've watched Christians dissect Scott Adams' final words like prosecutors.
They parsed his phrases. They weighed his tone. They measured his faith against some invisible scale and found it wanting.
"That doesn't sound like surrender," they said. "That sounds like a man hedging his bets."
And I understand the instinct. I do.
But there's a verse that haunts me. Not because it's obscure—because it's too simple.
"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
(Romans 10:13)
Whosoever.
Not "whosoever truly believes in their heart of hearts." Not "whosoever demonstrates sufficient sincerity." Not "whosoever calls early enough in life that we trust their
motives."
Whosoever.
The moment we add prerequisites to that promise, we've traded the Gospel for religion.
We've smuggled works back in through the side door labeled "authentic faith."
I know what some of you are thinking.
But he admitted he wasn't a believer.
He talked about "risk and reward."
He said he hoped he'd "qualify."
Yes. He did.
And those words make us uncomfortable. They don't sound like the confident declarations we want from converts. They sound uncertain. Calculating. Human.
But here's what I need you to hear:
The thief on the cross didn't have time to develop mature theology either.
He was a criminal. Hours from death. He looked at Jesus and said, "Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
That's it.
No profession of belief in the resurrection. No renunciation of his former life. No evidence of transformed character.
Just a desperate man, reaching for a hand he wasn't sure would take his.
And Jesus said, "Today you will be with me in paradise."
We have a problem, and it's not Scott Adams.
It's us.
We've internalized a law that God never gave us. A natural sense of fairness that says late arrivals should get less. That deathbed conversions are suspicious. That the math
should somehow work out—more faith, more years, more sacrifice equals more standing before God.
Jesus told a parable about this.
We skip over it because it offends us.
A landowner hired workers throughout the day. Some came at dawn. Some at noon. Some showed up with one hour left.
At the end, he paid them all the same.
The early workers were furious.
"These who were hired last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day."
(Matthew 20:12)
And the landowner replied:
"I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?"
There it is.
The scandal of grace is that it feels unfair.
A man who mocked God for sixty years gets the same inheritance as the saint who served since childhood. A skeptic who hedged his bets at the last breath stands in the same kingdom as the martyr who gave everything.
And something in us recoils.
That's not grace rejecting us.
That's us rejecting grace.
Let me tell you what I see when Christians interrogate a dead man's faith.
I see the older brother standing outside the party, refusing to go in.
The prodigal came home reeking of pig filth and poor decisions. The father ran to him. Threw a robe on his back. Killed the fattened calf.
And the older brother?
"Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!"
(Luke 15:29-30)
He couldn't celebrate the return because he was too busy auditing the journey.
Sound familiar?
Here's the truth we don't want to face:
We can't see hearts. We can only see words.
And the words Scott Adams spoke were: "I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior."
Were they perfect? No.
Were they confident? No.
Were they the words we would have scripted? No.
But they were the words.
And the God who receives those words is not checking for tone. He's not running sentiment analysis. He's not grading on a curve.
He's looking for open hands.
Paul wrote something that lands differently now:
"Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand."
(Romans 14:4)
Scott Adams was not our servant to judge. He answered to his own Master.
And the Lord is able—able—to make him stand.
That's not my promise. That's Scripture's promise.
The question is whether we'll submit to it.
I know why we do this.
I know why we parse and weigh and question.
Because if grace is really this free, then we didn't earn our place either.
If the deathbed convert gets in, then our decades of service weren't the price of admission. They were the privilege of knowing Him longer.
And that reframes everything.
It means the faith we've built isn't a resume. It's a relationship.
It means our years weren't buying something. They were receiving something.
It means we were never the workers earning a wage.
We were always the prodigals coming home.
So did Scott Adams get saved?
I don't know.
But I know what the Scripture says.
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I know what Jesus promised the thief who had nothing to offer but a desperate plea.
I know what the father did when his son came crawling home with a rehearsed speech that never even got finished.
And I know what the landowner said to the workers who were angry that grace didn't do math the way they wanted.
"Are you envious because I am generous?"
The gate is narrow, but it's not locked.
The standard is high, but it's not ours to enforce.
The Judge is holy, but He is also the one who ran to meet the prodigal while he was still a long way off.
Stop auditing the dead.
Start marveling at the grace that let you in.
"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Whosoever.
Even him.
Even you.
What saith the Scriptures?
That's the only question that matters.
URGENT 🚨 ALARM ‼️ ‼️ ‼️
Pls share this for the whole world to see.
Most Nigerian media outlets won’t post it.
I have just confirmed now that Katsina State Government has completed plans to set free 70 “repentant” TERRORISTS.
The government is saying the move is part of an ongoing ‘peace deal (they have) with armed terrorists operating in the state.’
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Nasir Muazu, said the decision was taken to consolidate peace agreements reached between affected communities and repentant terrorists across several local government areas of the state.
This post is to alert the whole country, and by extension the whole world, that Katsina state -a northern state in Nigeria- where terrorism is endemic, is planning to release 70 KILLER TERRORISTS back into the community to kidnap, murder and slaughter innocent people.
Cc @RepRileyMoore @SenTedCruz @POTUS
Please if you see this, kindly share for the whole world to see how the Nigerian government continue to aid, encourage, and collude with terrorists to kill innocent Nigerians.
Pls share this for the whole world to see.
MISSING CHILD ALERT 🚨
This child was found around Onward Hospital, Agunbelewo, Òṣogbo, not long ago.
If you know him or recognize his parents/guardians, or have any useful information, kindly go to RAVE 91.7 FM Radio Station, Agunbelewo, as soon as possible.
Kindly RT
Always worth a repost!
The rate of kidney failure and diseases is at all time high in Nigeria. The long queues at Dialysis centres is becoming so disheartening. Some are asked to come back the next day, leaving them to prolonged pain & discomfort.
What a dialysis machine does is acts as an artificial kidney, helping you to filter waste & excess fluid from your blood when your kidneys fail, and then returns the clean blood back to your body.
A damaged kidneys is one of the worst experience a man can think of. It is like going to hell without judgement. Even if you have the 20 to 30 million naira for a transplant, you'll struggle to get a donor and a match. And when you successfully get this transplant done you'll be on immunosuppressant drugs for almost the rest of your life so that your body does not wake up one day and start fighting that kidney. Because without those immunosuppressant drugs, your body will recognize the new kidney as foreign and attack it. And the side effects of those drugs are cancers, diabetes & hypertension. Because those drugs practically reduce the potency of your immune system, so while they prevent your body from fighting your new kidney, they also reduce your ummune system in fighting infections, so anything can easily get in.
So what can you do?
The first thing is regular testing. Once in 6 months is okay. Remember for every disease, early diagnosis puts you at 50% survival rate. There are four test you can do once in 6 months to check how healthy your kidneys are and how well they are functioning; Serum Creatinine, Blood Urea, Ultrasound KUB & Urinalysis. You can get these tests done in a standard laboratory or a teaching hospital. Don't say "I'm not sick, I'm healthy." All those person in the dialysis queues today were once healthy. Until one day symptoms started.
You also need to watch your lifestyle. It greatly affect your kidney and on the long run they may just shutdown. I know lifestyle is not all the cause but it's the major cause. Some people can go the whole day without drinking water but they drink Coca Cola & energy drinks, Medical students will tell us that as simple as drinking water can help flush out some kidney stones and help prevent new ones from forming. Some of you, your kidneys are crying every day from chronic dehydration,,, Not drinking enough water leads to concentrated urine & it promotes kidney stones and infections. You also need to avoid Alcohol (or reduce it, so some persons will not stone me), it will raise your blood pressure.
Stop holding your "piss", I know some of you are good at it, especially LADIES, you can hold "piss" for 3 hours, weldone, "Madam GP Tank." You're building up UTIs that can damage your kidneys.
REDUCE too much sugars and processed food; it's now the leading cause of Kidney dysfunction. I know you like SHAWARMA & INDOMIE, I know you like 🌭 HOTDOG & FIRES, you like PREDATOR and BURGER, You're joking with yourself. You just have to REDUCE it, because I know many of you can't do away with it.
Don't overuse painkillers like ibuprofen & diclofenac. Especially you that like rushing to the pharmacy to buy OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS without prescription. These drugs when abused & overused can reduce blood flow to the kidneys. And long-term use can cause kidney damage.
Are you obese or fat? You're also at a very high risk if you don't exercise regularly. Yes, I know this is a bit sensitive issue but your weight and size puts you at a disadvantage. Obesity does not just merely accompany kidney disease. It reshapes the kidneys until they fail. So fat individuals are at significantly HIGHER RISK of kidney failure. The damage begins metabolically & hormonally, long before symptoms appear.
Stay well-hydrated, limit salt, sugar & processed foods. Exercise regularly, maintain healthy weight. Don’t abuse painkillers or herbal supplements without medical advice. QUIT SMOKING & limit alcohol. Then get regular kidney function tests like i mentioned earlier, if you’re at risk.
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