Water Retention

If you suffer from a bloated, swollen tummy, you are probably wondering what causes it. If your tummy is both tight and swollen, this is known as bloating. But not all bloating is caused by water retention. Water retention in the stomach (abdomen) can cause either a tight, bloated feeling, or a puffy, ’squashy’ feeling. [...]

This site is about Linda Lazarides’ diet that can help you lose up to 14 pounds in a week by shedding hidden water retention.
If you have great difficulty in reaching a normal weight, and if your doctor cannot find any medical explanation, the chances are that your fluid balance mechanisms have gone wrong and you [...]

Help For Swollen Legs, PMS, High Blood Pressure
Water retention can cause many health problems, including swollen legs, arthritis and high blood pressure. If you have premenstrual swelling or bloating, this is also due to water retention. Pre-eclampsia of pregnancy, idiopathic edema and chronic venous insufficiency are also water retention-related problems.
Most people use the Waterfall Diet to [...]

Swollen legs and ankles are caused by water retention. When your circulation has problems working against the effects of gravity, your blood collects in the lower part of your body. The extra pressure on your blood vessels makes them leak fluid into the tissues of your legs and ankles. This causes swelling, and your skin [...]

Water rich with oxygen and vitamins passes from your smallest blood vessels (your capillaries) into the surrounding tissues, where it nourishes your cells. But if something goes wrong with the pressure in your capillaries, or if they get too “leaky”, then too much fluid accumulates in the tissue spaces between the cells, and cannot get [...]