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

“Everyone gets a little bloated and puffy feeling, right?  It’s a bit annoying to get up and use the toilet all night long, but no worries…..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:

1. Your body becomes completely out of balance when it holds on to fluid in an effort to protect you.
2. Any excess fluid interferes with absorption of OXYGEN and NUTRITION!
3. The sooner you achieve a healthy fluid balance, the less damage will be caused to your kidneys, heart and other vital organs.
4. Rapid accumulation of fluids can be life threatening.
5. Not using water effectively stresses your body.
6. If you use water more effectively you will use oxygen, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients more effectively.

Creating a healthy fluid balance may be as simple as reducing your exposure to toxins, making better food choices, or supplementation with the right amount of the right nutrient.

Feeling better may be within your grasp.

Water, Precious Water!

Your body needs water!  It is an important component of every one of the trillions of cells that makes up your body.

As well as carrying nutrients and oxygen to the cells, water eliminates waste products from your body.

When your body loses the ability to maintain your fluid balance, you are on a slippery slope of deterioration.

• At first you may notice it in your skin and hair
• Then you will start noticing it in your energy level
• Your mental clarity and attitude will suffer as well

The most likely cause of early water retention is foods you eat frequently.

When your daily favorites start to cause an allergy or sensitivity related histamine release, you will retain water.

Do you eat out frequently?

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Food Matters!

Have you seen the trailer for the new movie?  I stumbled across it on You Tube and began jumping for joy.

At LAST an effort to get the message out!

You are what you eat!

You are killing yourself with the food choices you make!

If you aren’t operating out of a victim mentality, you should be able to hear the message.

Listen UP!  The length and quality of your life depend on it!

Food Matters!

Now click on a category in the right had column and find out more information that will change your life.  READ!

Health is about taking care of yourself.

NOW is the time to change your ways and do what is best for yourself and your family.

If you are already putting this information into practice, then reach someone who isn’t and tell them about this new movie.  Let’s hope CHANGE is coming.

Relaxing, breath building, and oxygen with exercise matter!

AND

Food Matters!

The trailer is enough to open your eyes, but the Food Matters DVD is really a learning experience.

You and your family NEED this information!

Get your copy NOW!

Many blessings,

Carrie

Heart Failure Solutions

PS– Remember everyday:

1. Relax and Release tension
2. Take deeep breaths
3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

How Important Is Oxygen?

If you have low oxygen levels you are dying.

Denial is not effective treatment for low oxygen levels.  Even if you “feel okay”.

Oxygen hitches a ride on your red blood cells in order to travel around your body.  If your oxygen level is too low (below 92%) the oxygen molecules can’t make the leap.  The pressure is too low.

When your oxygen level is below 92%, the oxygen that is in your blood cruises around in your circulation but the pressure isn’t high enough for it to actually get where it is needed.

Want to improve low oxygen levels? Read more

Do You Eat Too Much Sugar?

The Center for Disease Control says that about one-third of all people with diabetes do not know they have it.

I keep meaning to write a post about diabetes.  Everywhere I go I am reminded that I need to write that diabetes post.

Life is keeping me so busy that I just haven’t had time to do research on diabetes.  I felt like I didn’t know enough, and needed to find more information.

Today it hit me!

All of us push this to the bottom of the to do list.  You know heart disease and diabetes are on the rise.  But you don’t take the time to evaluate what you are eating and make changes until some health problem forces you to.

Don’t wait to get sick!

The world eats 160 million tons of sugar.

What can you do? Read more

What Foods Help Get Rid of Fluid Retention?

One of my clients asked me what they could eat to get rid of fluid retention today.

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.

Cover the simple stuff first

• drink plenty of water everyday even when you are bloated (unless you doctor advises you not to because of kidney failure)
• have your hormones checked

If increasing your water intake doesn’t help, and your hormone levels are normal, experiment with the following tips:

Foods that cause you to release fluid: Read more

Is Water Retention a Recurring Theme In Your Life?

Sometimes water retention makes you uncomfortable for a few days to weeks and then it will seemingly subsides and leave you be until the next time it comes to visit.

But did you know that you could be carrying around 20 extra pounds of fluid and NOT EVEN KNOW IT?

That extra fluid is putting a heavy burden on your heart muscle!

Sally had been trying to lose weight for years.

She was very strict with her diet and made sure to exercise 3–5 times every week.

When she saw her doctor, he always said the same thing, ”eat less, exercise more.”

She wondered how in the world she could eat any less, and felt that the doctor must not believe her!

Each week without progress made it that much harder to continue starving and exercising herself.

Does Sally’s story sound familiar?

Ask yourself the following questions: Read more

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