Introduction
What you eat and drink can significantly affect the urge to urinate and intensify urination . The list of natural diuretic foods is vast. These include foods we eat more or less daily, drinks and herbs that can bring effective benefits in case of water retention , swelling, etc. Diuretic foods, it should be remembered, are not to be confused with products for weight loss, nor with antihypertensive drugs (used to lower blood pressure ).
Even if promoting the elimination of excess liquids through the urine may suggest weight loss , however, it is a consequent weight loss due exclusively to the loss of liquids and certainly not of adipose mass , and therefore of fat . Diuretic foods , as well as herbal substances with a draining effect , should be taken after consulting a doctor. Especially in the case of hypertension, it should be noted that this category of foods cannot guarantee the same level of efficacy as diuretic drugs .
A diet that includes discrete quantities of diuretic foods can prove particularly effective in case of water retention and swelling , or for purifying purposes after a period of food excesses.