How to Reduce Creatinine Level

 Creatinine Level

Your bloodstream transfers creatinine to the kidneys, where it is filtered through the urine by the body. But if your kidneys are not working properly, your creatinine level in your blood may increase. This can lead to uremia, a life-threatening disorder.

Creatinine levels can be temporarily increased from strenuous exercise or the use of certain drugs such as sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim or chemotherapy drugs.Talk to your doctor about ways to help lower your creatinine levels, including following natural options:

Avoid Proteins

Consuming too much protein can cause a temporary increase in creatinine, even in a person who is

otherwise healthy. Someone who already has elevated creatinine levels may still increase levels.Cooked red meat seems particularly problematic. Red meat is an animal's muscle tissue that naturally contains creatine. Cooking this meat causes creatine to break down into creatinine, so when a person eats meat, his creatinine level rises.

Cut on Vigorous Exercise

Exercise is usually a good thing, but overdoing it can affect creatinine levels.Since muscle metabolism produces creatinine, regulating muscle group through tight activity can increase levels.

Intense exercise increases your creatinine level in response to increasing muscle damage, at least temporarily.

Don't Use Supplements Containing Creatine

In addition to natural form, creatine is also available as an oral supplement.Some athletes use these supplements to help improve performance. Just as natural, the drugs that contain these drugs produce creatinine.

 Increase Fiber Intake

More research is needed to determine the effect that dietary fiber has on creatinine levels. But one study found a significant decrease in creatinine levels in people with chronic kidney disease that increased fiber intake.

Fiber can be found in many foods, including:

• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Cereals
• Legumes

Use Herbs 

Salvia is one of the most noteworthy herbs used to treat elevated levels of creatinine. It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to help people with kidney disorders.A recent study found that salvia can protect people from certain types of renal problems, and can help strengthen the kidney so that it can process creatinine. Salvia has psychoactive properties, so it should be used with caution and under the guidance of a doctor.

Common natural herbs that may help are:

• Dandelion
• cinnamon
• Nettle leaves
• Astragalus
• carrot
• chicory
• chamomile

Talk with your doctor about fluid intake

Although excessive fluid intake can be a problem for people with kidney disease, dehydration and lack of fluid can increase creatinine levels in the body.

It is best for a person to work directly with their doctor to determine how much fluid to drink.