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Water Retention

        Some people notice puffiness on their face, swelling on their feet usually in the morning this is because of water retention in the body. This occurs only when water is not removed by the body; it is retained in the body tissues.

       Water retention firstly occurs in legs, feet or sometimes on face, hands and other parts of the body. This may be due to some diseases like hypertension, PCOD, hypothyroidism etc or in case of menopause or PMS or may be due to wrong eating patterns like eating excessive salt in dinner, late night dinners, eating curd and rice at night so to prevent these some modifications in diet and in lifestyle are needed.

·        First find out the cause and then work out on it. If it is because of eating any specific food item at night then you should avoid eating that.

·        Go for small frequent meals instead of 3 large meals.

·        Avoid excessive salt consumption because excessive sodium leads to accumulation of water in the body.

·        Avoid excessive consumption of processed, frozen foods.

·        In water retention people generally used to cut down their water intake to prevent themselves from further accumulation of water but it should not be like that. Infact the water consumption should be more preferably Luke warm water. If don’t want to drink water opt for fruit juices

·        Avoid excessive consumption of alcohol.

·        Follow a waterfall diet that is helpful in excreting excess water from the body, as they have little diuretic effect. For example, try mixing few drops of lemon juice in your water, as it will help in frequent urination and stop water retention.

·        Include food items that are rich in Vitamin C like oranges, mausambi, tomato etc., as they also have diuretic properties.

·        Eating cabbage as salad or drinking cranberry juice will also stop water retention. 

·        Grab a banana, as the potassium content in it will help eliminate fluid retention. You can also go for raisins, for a similar effect.

·        Eat barley as it will reduce water retention and prevent from acidity

·        During rainy season avoid sour foods like vinegar, sambhar, kadhi, hot and sour soup, tamarind, pickles and chutneys as they promote water retention especially at night.

·        Engage yourself in some kind of physical activity like brisk walking, jogging, and swimming etc. at least for 30 minutes

·        Keep your feet at raised position especially when there is water retention.

·        Have herbal tea in the evening or at night after dinner. Herbal tea will act as diuretic. This is the best remedy in case of water retention.

·        Take soaked Methi Dana water in the morning to prevent from water retention.

·        Have Ajwain or Zeera water. ½ tsp of Ajwain or Zeera soaked in the water overnight and in the morning consumes it.

·        As onion is commonly available in every kitchen so drinking onion juice to ease off bloating or excessive water in your system.

·        Garlic is also helpful remedy to get rid of toxins in the body.

A little modification in diet and lifestyle can give you relief from water retention.