Water Retention

This is a story of how the waterfall diet not only got rid of water retention but cured a condition which had been diagnosed as psoriatic arthritis.
Some years ago I was consulted by a lady called Sally who had been told she had psoriatic arthritis. This is a combination of painful joints (in Sally’s case [...]

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 the [...]

Elaine had been on every kind of diet, and while the rest of her grew thin and lissom, her thighs remained fat and lumpy with cellulite that was loaded with water retention. No exercise ever made any difference to them either.
When she came to my consulting room, Elaine was sceptical that the Waterfall Diet could [...]

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 [...]

The Waterfall Diet aims to remove up to seven different causes of hidden water retention. It can help you safely lose excess water weight and can also combat problems such as swollen legs, feet, ankles, fingers or tummy, idiopathic edema, high blood pressure and premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
The diet is not the same for everyone. The [...]

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 [...]

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 ankles. [...]

Medical Treatments for Water Retention
The drugs which doctors use to treat water retention are known as diuretics. There are several varieties, none of which is a cure for water retention, as they have to be taken every day.
Loop diuretics and Thiazine diuretics
These have names like bumetanide, frusemide, hydrochlorothiazide and metolazone. They encourage your kidneys to [...]