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 The 10 Best and Worst Foods for Your Kidneys, According to Dietitians [ Health care • Kidney disease • Diet ] If you’re a typically healthy person, your kidneys do a good job of filtering waste and toxins out of your body. (And that’s without the need for cleanses or detoxes.) Your kidneys work hard every day balancing fluid, minerals and salts in your body. They play a pretty important role in your body, filtering a half-cup of blood every minute, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Each kidney contains about a million nephrons, special filters that help remove waste from your blood. Any nutrients your body still needs are routed back into your blood, and the waste and excess fluid are separated out to make urine.   The 10 Best and Worst Foods for Your Kidneys, According to Dietitians Your kidneys work to maintain a healthy balance of electrolytes, allowing your heart to beat and nerves to send signals. Their job doesn’t s...

Costco sells $100m in gold bars in most recent quarter [  Gold bar ] Retailer began selling bars of 24-karat gold online in September, with each release selling out ‘within a few hours’ Known for selling goods in bulk, Costco’s latest such offering – gold bars – has proved a hit, with $100m worth sold in the most recent quarter, Business Insider reported. With demand for the precious metal rising globally amid the economic uncertainty of the past few years, Costco in September began selling 1oz (28g) bars of 24-karat gold exclusively online, with Costco members eligible to buy two apiece. The retailer has more than 72m paid memberships. Each new release of gold bars usually sells out “within a few hours”, AP reported the Costco CFO, Richard Galanti, saying in a September company earnings call. The exact price of the gold is hard to track, as they are reserved for members only. But some media outlets have reported that the bars cost just under $2,000, slightly below t...

 Costco sold more than $100 million in gold bars last quarter [ costco gold bars] Costco    has found a new hit with online shoppers — gold. The retail warehousing giant sold more than $100 million of the precious metal in its fiscal first quarter, which ended Nov. 26, Costco Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti told analysts during the company’s earnings call Thursday. The 1-ounce bars typically sell out within a few hours after they are loaded to Costco’s website, Galanti said back in September. The gold bars were listed at a price of $2,069.99 an ounce on Friday on the website, higher than the latest spot price of $2,020.58. Customers are limited to two bars per Costco membership, making it difficult to build a real position in the precious metal. Members generally seemed satisfied with their purchase though, with a 4.9 star rating on Costco’s website and nearly 800 reviews. Some customers did complain about stiff state sales taxes. Spot gold prices h...