Wow... Water retention sucks...It makes you feel like a big puffy cheese curl and you end up gaining 1.5kg over night and you cant squeeze into your jeans or your shoes!
Water retention and I are big friends...I happen to suffer from it a lot so now I have done some homework and found a few ways to get rid of it when it does happen to again so if you suffer from being turned into a sponge often here are a few tricks to try.
Drink More Water...Yes you did just read that! Apparently this actually helps relieve the bloating and if you don't actually drink water your body will just grab onto its fluid and keep it there.
Drop the salt - If your body is sensitive to sodium you will retain more after eating salt.
Drink/eat diuretics - Diuretics increase your rate of urination which is what you want... you want to get rid of that water. So here are your options; cranberry juice,
teas like green tea, rooibos tea and chamomile tea
asparagus
horseradish
watermelon and celery
Have less Carbs - Carbs are stored in your body as glycogen which has a higher water content which then adds to retaining more water. Protein on the other hand is a way better option because your body fluids are used in the breaking down process of protein.
BUT do note that i did say less carbs and not cut carbs out.
Limit your alcohol intake - We all know alcohol as something that dehydrates you but after consuming quite a bit it actually causes your body to retain water and causing you to bloat. An interesting fact about alcohol and why it causes you to bloat is that alcohol causes the secretion of an acid known as hydrochloric acid that erodes your stomach lining which causes the bloating because it makes your stomach vulnerable to digestive juices.
Eat warm foods - Cooked foods are easier to digest where cold foods aren't too easy.
Exercise - What exercise does is increases your circulation and moving the fluid around to your kidneys which then turns it into urine
Then there is always going for a good massage and acupuncture if you have time to.
I will be trying these out next time!!
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