Eat organic foods
Many kinds of vegetables, including
cucumber, asparagus, onion, aubergine, and cumin, as well as types of herb such
as parsley, coriander, cardamom, play a part as diuretic natural foods –
according to Leslie Bonci, M.P.H, R.D, the manager of Sports Nutrition
Department of Pittsburgh University. These foods containing much water or
minerals like potassium and magnesium, as well as chemical originated from
plants will balance the water amount in the body.
Have diuretic drinks
Cranberry juice and some kinds of tea,
including black tea, green tea, daisy tea, and Lucerne tea, are famous and safe
drinks with diuretic function. ‘Dandelion leave is also the best herb for this
function,’ says Christopher Hobbs, herb expert, Ph.D, founder of Natural Food
Study Institute at San Francisco. He advises us use these kinds of herb in tea
or extract form. He says, ‘(alcohol-free) celery seed tea is a safe drink to
use.’
Diuretic tea sold in the market, also
called tea for dieter, needs considering when it is used. ‘If drink too much
this kind of tea, you may lose natural fluid in blood as well as other
necessary minerals,’ says Brent A. Bauer, M.D, the manager of supplementing and
integrated treatment program of Mayo Clinic at Rochester. He adds that, ‘you
will easily be dehydrated and this harms your body, or increase imbalance of
electrolyte, which can make your body tired, cause muscle contraction, or even
from heartbeat disorder to death.’
Limit eating foods rich in carbohydrate
Eat little food rich in carbohydrate such
as pasta, bread, cake, and eat much protein and vegetables. ‘Redundant
carbohydrate will be separated and stored in the body in the form of glycogen.
Glycogen contains much water, so it will increase the water volume in the
body.’ – Kimball explains – ‘In contrast, protein contains less water;
concurrently, fluid in the body will be used to separate protein.’
Limit drinking wine
Wine prevents secreting anti-diuretic
hormone, so drinking much wine may make you be dehydrated. This looks good when
you bloat, but can have opposite response and maintain the state of edema for
the body.
Maintain moderate eating
Starve because you see your body is heavily
waterlogged, and then eating too much after recovering from disease – this is a
wrong opinion. ‘I have witnessed many fatal effects when women hurried to lose
weight, and when they turned back to eating, they recognized opposite effect of
bloating,’ shares Callaway.
Eat hot foods
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) advises
us to avoid foods that are made from milk, rich in oil and grease, sweet, raw,
and cold; otherwise you will get bloating easily. ‘Focus on hot foods that have
just been cooked,’ – says Zoe Cohen, L.Ac, acupuncturist at Oakland, the person
that used to treat many women bloating in PMS and pregnancy time – ‘According
to TCM, cold foods are often indigestible and cause damp in the body, and water
retention is a form of that damp.’
