Water Retention: Diet To Banish Water Weight, Swollen Legs, Bloating
Sugar itself doesn’t cause water retention, but an over-indulgence in sugar can make your body over-produce the hormone insulin. It’s this insulin which causes water retention. Insulin helps your body turn sugar into energy or into fat (if you have eaten so much sugar that you cannot use it all). Consuming too many sugary foods [...]
Consuming too much salty food or drink may cause some water retention, but not necessarily a lot. You may be eating more salt than you realise. Lots of convenience foods, and even common foods like bread, contain salt without even tasting salty. The active ingredient in salt which causes water retention is sodium. Sodium is [...]
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.