Some fruits and vegetables such as watermelon and celery have natural diuretic properties that help control high blood pressure and reduce swelling in the body. In addition, diuretic foods are detoxifying and therefore excellent for inclusion in weight loss diets.
Consuming this type of food is thus a natural way to deflate during pregnancy in periods of pre-menstrual tension, and are useful even to supplement the treatment of high blood pressure.
List of diuretic foods
Some of the major diuretic foods are:
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In addition to ingesting these natural diuretic foods daily or making juices and vitamins with them, it is also important to drink plenty of water and do some physical activity to prevent fluid retention in the body and swelling.
Drinking coconut water and teas with diuretic properties throughout the day, such as rosemary, arenaria, mackerel or fennel tea, is also a complementary way to increase diuresis. However, in cases of illness, such as kidney failure, the physician and nutritionist should advise and control the allowable amount of diuretics, and adequate fluid intake.
Here are some other tips to combat water retention in this video:
Diuretic recipes to deflate
Pumpkin soup
This pumpkin soup recipe is great to complement the liquid retention treatment because the pumpkin is diuretic and the soup despite not carrying salt, tastes great.
Ingredients
- 1 kg of squash in pieces;
- 1 clove garlic;
- 2 tablespoons ginger powder;
- 1 liter of water;
- 4 cloves garlic, minced;
- 2 tablespoons olive oil;
- black pepper and lemon zest to taste.
Method of preparation
Sauté the garlic cloves in the oil until golden brown and then add the water, pumpkin and garlic, leaving it to cook well.
When cooked, add the ginger and a little bit of black pepper to taste. Once ready, add lemon zest and if you prefer, hit the blender.
Pumpkin puree
A great natural diuretic is the consumption of pumpkin puree because it contains plenty of water and vitamin A, which favor the work of the kidneys and the formation of urine, increasing the elimination of liquids and reducing the swelling of the body.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pumpkin;
- 1 liter of water;
- Salt and basil to taste.
Method of preparation
Put the pumpkin and water in a pan and let it cook until tender. Then drain the water and knead the pumpkin, turning it into a puree. Set in the salt and add a little basil. Eat at least one dish full of puree and at least 2 liters of water during the day to achieve the desired effect.
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