The human kidney filters roughly 180 litres of plasma a day — and a sustained high-protein load measurably raises the pressure inside every one of its million nephrons
Each of your kidneys holds roughly one million nephrons, together filtering about 180 litres of blood plasma every day. Sustained high-protein intake measurably raises the pressure inside every one…
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