Water Retention

I have old blood clots in both lower legs. Scans have showed that my body has performed by passes around them. That I’ll never get rid of them. I’m on blood thinner and water pills since Sept 2009. I’ve lost 35 lbs through dieting, I drink lots of water, use very little salt and am [...]

This site is about Linda Lazarides’ diet that can help you lose up to 14 pounds in a week by shedding hidden water retention. If you have great difficulty in reaching a normal weight, and if your doctor cannot find any medical explanation, the chances are that your fluid balance mechanisms have gone wrong and [...]

Help For Swollen Legs, PMS, High Blood Pressure Water retention can cause many health problems, including swollen legs, arthritis and high blood pressure. If you have premenstrual swelling or bloating, this is also due to water retention. Pre-eclampsia of pregnancy, idiopathic edema and chronic venous insufficiency are also water retention-related problems. Most people use the Waterfall [...]

Swollen legs feet and ankles are caused by water retention. When your circulation has problems working against the effects of gravity, your blood collects in the lower part of your body. The extra pressure on your blood vessels makes them leak fluid into the tissues of your legs feet and ankles. This causes swelling, and [...]

Water rich with oxygen and vitamins passes from your smallest blood vessels (your capillaries) into the surrounding tissues, where it nourishes your cells. But if something goes wrong with the pressure in your capillaries, or if they get too “leaky”, then too much fluid accumulates in the tissue spaces between the cells, and cannot get [...]