Kidneys: Bean shaped trash collectors

Just below the rib cage, towards the middle of the back, sit the kidneys. They’re bean shaped and about the size of the fist. Kidneys are processors. They collect “trash” which involves processing about 200 quarts of blood and disposing of about 2 quarts of waste products and extra water every single day. That waste and extra water is our urine. The bladder will store this urine until we use the bathroom.

Our blood accumulates waste from the food we eat and the breakdown of muscle that we are using. If the kidneys don’t remove this waist, then it will accumulate …read more