Water Retention |

March 15, 2013

Will Fluid Rentention And Shortness Of Breath Destroy Your Health?

If fluid retention or shortness of breath is getting your attention, are you ready to explore the solution?

It’s likely that if you can ignore your symptoms you aren’t motivated to find answers, but if you wait for desperation to motivate you time may not be on your side.

Rapid fluid weight gain is a sign of heart failure and shortness of breath can go from mild to terrifying in no time!

Water Retention |

August 24, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

Do You Wonder How To Get Rid of Water Weight?

It’s SO hard to get rid of water weight!

Have you ever noticed that exercise doesn’t help?

Reducing calories doesn’t help either.

Certainly you’ve heard that fluid retention is about salt.

So, IS salt the culprit?

It’s nothing to worry about, is it? Cut down on salt and you should be fine … right?

WRONG!

Water Retention |

May 31, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

How Do I Get My Ankles To Stop Swelling?

People tend to minimize the severity of fluid retention because their doctors don’t seem to get very worked up about it … until they see end of life issues, anyway.

You should know that the reason your doctor does not take action concerning your fluid retention is because drugging fluid retention is NOT a healthy thing to do!

Significant ankle swelling means that you are experiencing LIFE THREATENING issues!

Water Retention |

May 31, 2010

| by Carrie Tucker

Are Water Pills Harmful?

Are water pills harmful?

The answer to that question is a profound yes!

Water pills are very harmful! In fact your doctor really doesn’t even want to put you on them until he/she sees your fluid retention as a bigger danger than the side effects of those “water pills”.

Water Retention |

January 5, 2009

| by Carrie Tucker

Water Retention: Is That Bloated and Puffy Feeling Anything To Worry About?

“Everyone gets a little bloated and puffy feeling, right?” If your doctor isn’t concerned, why should you be? It’s just a little water retention. There Are Reasons YOU Should Be Concerned About Excess Fluid: Your body becomes completely out of balance when it holds on to fluid in an effort …

Water Retention |

November 5, 2008

| by Carrie Tucker

What Foods Help Get Rid of Fluid Retention?

It isn’t an easy question to answer because there are many causes of fluid retention that will not be healed by eating foods that make you pee.

Some foods can make you retain fluid by slowing down your kidneys, while others can help your kidneys work better.

Some other causes of fluid retention include anemia, protein deficiency, and an abnormally high need for one or more vitamins or minerals.

Keep in mind that fluid retention is NOT simple to treat, and if you don’t get GREAT results on your own, FIND the help you need. A nutritionist or functional medicine practitioner might be your answer.