Chronic Kidney Disease & End-Stage Kidney Disease have escalated in the US. In 1975, there were only 25,000 cases of ESKD. As of 2025, there are over 830,000 cases. What changed? Food & access to healthy options may be implicated here. Uncontrolled blood sugar, high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes damage the kidneys’ tiny blood vessels and filters. We follow the filter to see who profits when kidneys fail and who survives because of it. FOOD: The Final Frontier, the Book, may help. Plain talk, no fluff, a resource to help you understand the cause & changes you can make today. The book is available on Foodthefinalfrontier.com & Amazon. Get yours today.

Genetics may load the gun, but the environment can pull the trigger again and again. That environment includes food prices, neighborhood stores, housing, pollution, chronic stress, transportation, education, and access to healthcare. Kidney education should not begin in a dialysis chair. It should begin while there is still time to protect kidney function. Understanding your body is not practicing medicine—it is participating in your own care.

CKD/ESKD: Did you see it coming? Were there any noticeable signs or symptoms?  The critical question: If the biology of kidney disease is the same in every human body, why are people in some neighborhoods exponentially more likely to end up in that chair than people living just three miles away? Is the imbalance that communities may receive a dialysis facility after kidney failure becomes widespread, without receiving comparable investment years earlier in blood pressure control, diabetes prevention, affordable healthy food, early kidney screening, nephrology care, home dialysis, and transplantation? Come Explore. A four-part series.

[A Pound of Cure!] When the doctor tells you, ‘Your sugar is a little high, but you’re not diabetic yet,’ should you feel relieved—or should that be the moment you act? The Stroke Didn’t Start That Morning: The Numbers That Were Changing for Years. Finding high blood pressure or abnormal blood sugar before the stroke is the opportunity. Finding it during the stroke is too late for prevention. How do you track your Numbers? 

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” We are revisiting the topic of Med Tech for Health Prevention. I know of 5-6 people who have had a hospital stay since that episode in May last year. We have been conditioned to think that our health data belongs to the doctor’s office. Are you over 50? What med-tech do you have at home? You need to know & understand what they know & how an Ounce of Prevention can save your Life. Let's revisit some devices that could have prevented the Hospital stay. 

Did you know that your body only requires One teaspoon of Sugar Daily? How many teaspoons are you consuming? Where does the excess Sugar go? What happens to the Body when the storage capacity is full? Eyes, Kidneys, and toes may be paying the price. 

You may be among many who have fallen victim to the Trap. Artificial Sweeteners came along decades ago. Marketed as the solution to excess calories, and providing sweetness without the worry. So, here we are, Zero Sugar, No Sugar, No Calories, No worry. Life is just not that easy. There must be a loophole somewhere. Come explore the findings. Are you at risk? 

The Hidden Danger of Ultra-Processed Foods. The Body is keeping a Score Card. Our actions and decisions go way beyond the temporary satisfaction of savoring a culinary delight. Given the increasing rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and other chronic illnesses, we owe it to ourselves to examine all of the factors that may be contributing to these conditions in our environment. Food is the Final Frontier!

The Summer months can be fun and also deadly for some  elderly people and athletes. Heat-related illness and death are unfortunate and unnecessary.  There is a difference between Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke. Don't be a victim.  Let's explore what can be done to prevent Human and animal Loss due to Heat. 

We are quite capable of making our own dietary decisions, right? Apparently not. High Fructose Corn Syrup & Ultra-Processed Foods did not come up in the Consumer Vote. We were neither asked nor informed about changes to our food. Research on the effects of these additions requires your attention.