Some foods that contain B6 are nuts, liver, internal organs, green beans, veggetables, fish, whole bread and cereals, brown bread, wheat germ, and bananas.
What to avoid: black tea and coffee, and caffeine in general, even though it is said and proved to dehydrate.
Other important aspects: wear lose clothing that facilitates blood circulation. Never buy socks that, after one or two hours of wearing are leaving marks on your legs. Never buy pants that are so tight that you cannot zip them or that are very tight on your legs. Wear high-heels only if necessary. They are very bad for blood circulation in your legs.
Massage your feet. It helps. Massage the problem areas as well.
If you have dandelion root, use it. Or just dandelion. Also nettle juice or tea helps. I have seen my aunt using that. In Romania, we boil the baby stinging nettle and cook it like you would cook spinach puree (I'll give you the recipe).
I, personally, have a problem with traveling; if I spend more than 7 hours in a car, even if I stop for one hour, I become extremely bloated! (You should see the picture of me right after the bus trip and the ones taken the day after, in the morning. You'd be shocked.)
So, after travelling or when you feel your legs are swollen, use cataplasms with cabbage leaves on your legs (good also for varicosed veins), lie on your back, and place a pillow under your feet to lift up your legs a bit. Do some stretch prior to going to bed and then sleep for at least 3 hours. It can be an afternoon nap. That should do the trick!
And I am saying this again, because it is important: drink water! Up to 8 glasses a day! You wonder again why? Because the body will keep the old water and the toxins if you don't give it enough water to run its functions. So drink water!
Usually heavier people retain more water than fit people.
Sometimes we retain water because we don't eat properly. But sometimes people just suffer from medical conditions and cannot eliminate the water. In case you have a severe case of water retention, consult your doctor. If nothing is found, you can start thinking about better eating habits, drinking more water, exercising, and maybe reflexology or acupuncture.
First thing you need to know is that water is retained many times if you don't drink enough water; the body cannot rid itself of toxins. And toxins - obviously - are bad for the body.
Second - Sodium is responsible also and mostly for water retention. You wouldn't believe if I told you how much Sodium processed food contained. If you have processed food every day, you are in trouble, because totalling that Sodium passes the normal amount the body can take in one day.
Don't live with the impression that only salty food contains Sodium - salt, called in a more familiar way. Sweets contain a lot too (biscuits). Other foods containing unexpected amounts of Sodium are bread, tomato sauce, or Chinese food (!!!).
Always read the labels! You can have at most 2.3 grams of Sodium a day.
My advice: stick to natural food. Use frozen veggies instead of cans. Eat fresh fruits and not the canned ones. Forget McDonals and any processed food for some time, at least.
Try NOT to take pills, unless prescribed. One of my collegues at work took one, lost about 6 (!) pounds in about 24 hours (!!!) , by peeing non-stop. She took half a pill again in the morning. That did it. What happened was that at work she felt so sick that we had to send her to ER. I am not kidding. Overdoing it can be worse than better.
Losing weight and staying healthy is easy, when you care. Forget famishing yourself: there are other ways.
Since I was 15 I've been obsessed with healthy diets, losing weight, sports, and everything included. I read books after books and I collected articles on staying fit and healthy. Even now, 12 years later, I am still reading everything I find on the subject.
I will share with you, step by step, everything I know. Free advice.
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