Water Retention: Diet To Banish Water Weight, Swollen Legs, Bloating
Most of us have been brought up to believe that a health problem should be treated with a tablet. This is fine if you have a disease caused by bacteria, since antibiotic tablets will make it go away quite quickly. If you have a headache, an aspirin tablet can also provide a quick cure. But [...]
Here is a message from a reader with my answer below Hello, I am 57 years old and in 2003 I was diagnosed with Chronic Heart Failure. My body retains a large amount of water due to my condition. The doctors have gave me water pills to help take the water retention off but i [...]
If you have read some of my other posts, you may have discovered that I do not recommend diuretics (water pills) for most people with water retention. There are some cases where water pills are necessary, but only in cases of quite serious disease, which your doctor will be able to identify. Most people with [...]
Diuretics are the best medicines to treat water retention caused by heart, liver or kidney problems. They are not very effective for water retention caused by other types of water retention, including chronic venous insufficiency premenstrual water retention idiopathic edema By causing dehydration they can actually make these problems worse. Dehydration is dangerous and your [...]
Some types of water retention occur when water and protein leak from your blood into your tissues. The protein may stay in the tissues, where it becomes a focus for attracting water retention. If you take diuretics, your kidneys will work harder, and will extract more water from your blood. Some water may leave your [...]
People often ask me if I can recommend a natural diuretic for their water retention. There’s a short answer and a long answer to this question. The short answer is yes, there are herbal diuretics such as dandelion leaf and boldo. Alcohol, tea and coffee are also diuretics. But why would you want to use [...]
Medical Treatments for Water Retention The drugs which doctors use to treat water retention are known as diuretics. There are several varieties, none of which is a cure for water retention, as they have to be taken every day. Loop diuretics and Thiazine diuretics These have names like bumetanide, frusemide, hydrochlorothiazide and metolazone. They encourage [...]
Linda Lazarides is author of six books including "The Waterfall Diet" on water retention, "Principles of Nutritional Therapy" and "Treat Yourself with Nutritional Therapy". She is founder of the British Association for Nutritional Therapy and has successfully treated hundreds of people referred to her by doctors.