It happens to me in the summer, i.e. it is with excessive heat, especially in August, that my body tends to retain more fluids, but in most cases people suffer from water retention, when this is related to the seasons, both in transitional phases than in the colder months. There are many who tend to swell more in winter than in summer, gaining some weight. So they got fat? No, as mentioned in the introduction it is about water retention.
Which, however, causes many inconveniences.
But how to lose excess fluids and come back deflated?
We see it together in this article.

HOW TO LOSE EXCESS LIQUIDS?

The most stupid trick of all, but effective in the short term, is one: drastically reducing carbohydrates, which, by forming glycogen in the body, retain a few grams of water per gram. So if I eliminate pasta, bread, rice, tubers, fruit and any added sugar, replacing it with sweetener, and eat only a little vegetables with a little oil and proteins, within a day the scale will start to drop and we will see more deflated. . But obviously it is not convenient, especially if we then go back to eating as before, without a maintenance that allows us to re-enter the carbohydrates little by little. Furthermore, we risk losing precious mineral salts. With the result that we can suffer from constipation, dizziness, muscle weakness.
I said it, it’s a stupid trick. Let’s see something more sensible.

There are situations that cause water retention

Obviously, a diet that is too rich in salt, but also with too little salt, a period of greater sedentary lifestyle, extreme heat or cold therefore temperature changes, the loss of mineral salts with sweating or through the urine and in particular little potassium and magnesium, hormonal fluctuations, digestive problems and intestinal regularity, capillary fragility and stress, alcohol and some drugs.

So the first thing to do is to consider these factors.

Do I have digestive problems, especially excessive bloating after meals?
Am I regular in the bathroom, or do I go too little or too often?
Do I live in a house that is too heated, with the air conditioners on full?
Do I get enough sleep? Am I under stress?
Do I drink alcohol or eat excessively salty foods?

Excess water accumulates in two main places. Under the skin and between blood vessels. Excessive water may also be recalled in the intestine, for example following a digestive problem. Furthermore, a hormonal problem can cause a stress on the adrenal glands: in this case, which also occurs due to stress and thermal imbalance, I can produce more catecholamines, which affect the pressure and the balance between sodium and potassium.
If we don’t pay attention to these factors, we will never find the right solution for us.

It is wrong to indiscriminately advise to drink more water, if perhaps the problem is in the intestine or is linked to a loss of mineral salts.

1. So the first real advice is to look at the list of problems listed above and ask yourself if we fall into one or more cases. For example, if the problem is digestive, perhaps following a low-fiber diet or a Fodmap diet or a dissociated one will also allow us to lose that extra water. If I am sedentary, I can try to move more.
2. In addition, especially in winter, there are food combinations that promote water retention, but also foods that tend to dehydrate us. The classic vegetable soup is one example. The water fills with the saline crystals released by the plants, and this can cause us retention. If, on the other hand, I eat more fiber, I will have to drink more to avoid both constipation and bloating. Other foods can tea, coffee, chocolate if consumed in excess.
3. It is also necessary to promote a good water and salt balance. How? Avoiding both drinking too much and too little, consuming foods that are too cold or hot, drinking fizzy drinks. And instead trying to take mineral salts, for example through the Basenpulver . Trying to drink early in the day, avoiding soups, broths and minestrone in the evening, but also foods that are difficult to digest.
4. Stretching and yoga can help us on the one hand to easily reduce sedentary lifestyle, on the other hand they act on the lymphatic system, therefore they are also useful practices for deflating.
5. An evening massage with birch oil can help us especially in winter.
6. And absolutely must be avoided the excessive changes in temperature, live and work in places with too dry or stagnant air, in excessively heated or too cold environments.