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 them?

If you’re assuming that a diuretic is a cure for water retention, you are definitely on the wrong track. A diuretic is a substance which interferes with the natural hormonal control of your kidneys. By forcing your kidneys to work faster, diuretics may appear to help you lose some water because you urinate more. But in fact this water is coming from your blood, not from the places where you are retaining water.

The only time you should ever take diuretics is if your doctor diagnoses a heart, liver or kidney disease where there is too much water in your blood. All other types of water retention involve excess water in your tissues, not in your blood. Diuretics are the wrong treatment for this type of water retention. In fact they can be quite harmful and could make your problem worse by dehydrating your blood. More information.

You need to find out what is causing your water retention. Once you know what is causing it you can put the problem right and your water retention will stay away without diuretics.

Read about the causes of water retention

Natural Diuretics is a post from: Water-Retention.Net

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