Water Retention: Diet To Banish Water Weight, Swollen Legs, Bloating
Diuretic foods sound like a good idea if you’re trying to lose water retention or water weight. After all, no-one wants to take pills if they can help it. But before you decide that diuretic foods are the best way to lose water retention, please be aware that they are not a cure. At best [...]
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 [...]
Some well-known causes of water retention include heart or kidney problems. These are due to a reduced ability of the heart or kidneys to do their job, and can cause severe swelling of the legs and ankles. Weak circulation in the leg veins is probably the most common cause of water retention in legs and [...]
Setting aside the diseases which can cause really gross water retention (these are mostly diseases of the heart, kidneys and liver), it is quite common to retain up to 10 lbs of water weight. (That means excessive or abnormal water retention, not the water that needs to be in your body to prevent dehydration.) Occasionally [...]
Some people confuse the Waterfall Diet with a ‘water diet’. However they are not the same thing at all. A water diet means that you eat nothing and drink only water. On the other hand the Waterfall Diet allows you to consume a wide variety of foods and drinks. A water diet might temporarily get [...]
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.
