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 [...]
Carolyn Burris from Laguna Beach, California is a real person, with real before and after pictures. Here is the story of how she lost almost 20 pounds of water retention in just two months. “I began the Waterfall Diet program in earnest beginning of August, 2009. It is towards the end of September now and [...]
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 [...]
I am taking bumetanide prescribed for heart failure but I think it is making me dehydrated and giving me water retention at the same time. My muscles feel weak and I get light-headed but I always feel better when I drink water. If my ankles swell up and I take a bumetanide to help get [...]
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 [...]
Swelling of the legs and feet, and sometimes even the arms and hands, is common in late pregnancy. Few women go through the whole nine months without experiencing this to some extent. During pregnancy, levels increase of several hormones, such as cortisol, oestrogens, and progesterone. These hormonal changes alone can lead to some water retention, [...]
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 [...]
Reader No. 1 I am a diabetic, I have water retention with swollen legs, ankles, feet. I first noticed it about a year or little less ago. I had been on Avandia, so my doctor took me off that. But, I started insulin in Sept and I gained 35 pounds in 5 months. I mentioned [...]
Barbara had severe water retention and consulted me in 1992 when she was seven months pregnant. She was aged 23 and a vegetarian, and it was her first pregnancy. Food was a problem for Barbara. Her appetite was so poor that she only ate foods for their taste, not from hunger. While the rest of [...]
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 [...]
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.
