How Do Diuretics Cause Water Retention?
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 tissues, but the protein will draw it back again, leaving your blood dehydrated. Your body will then learn to hold on to water in order to protect itself from dehydration. This holding on makes water retention worse.
You can read more about this in the Waterfall Diet book.
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Comment from leslie
Time December 29, 2009 at 2:05 am
WOW! i have had this happen….i took a 40 mg furosemide to relieve bloating and ended up with sore and tender to the touch skin….all over!! my back and thighs…awful! I was drinking more than usual over the holidays and felt “puffy”….well… i made a misatke! I THINK TAKING THE FUROSEMIDE MADE MY BODY DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESCRIBED! I FEEL MORE BLOATED AND PUFFY THAN EVER!