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How to prevent water retention after high Sodium Meal

jmsspr93
jmsspr93 Posts: 117 Member
edited February 14 in Health and Weight Loss
As in the title, does drinking lots of water work?

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  • Fedup23
    Fedup23 Posts: 80 Member
    I think if you are getting in enough water your body will be naturally flushing the extra sodium intake.. if you generally DONT get enough water ,up your intake and the retained water should shed over a couple of days.. but really.. concentrate on getting enough water on a regular basis, water is the key to every function that your body performs.. its the building block of life as it were. :)
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    depends.. are you hypertensive?
  • jmsspr93
    jmsspr93 Posts: 117 Member
    I dont have High blood pressure
  • tempehforever
    tempehforever Posts: 183 Member
    Is water retention really that big of a deal? It's just temporary.
  • cw822
    cw822 Posts: 107
    Drink lots of water. I also take Digestive Enzymes...seems to help w/bloated feeling
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    water retention isn't a bid deal, but to combat it I would suggest, increase water intake and increase potassium intake. Water retention is largely a factor of the sodium/potassium balance in your system. Increase one, you should increase the other.
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