Water Retention: Fight it and Prevent it

The water retention it occurs due to a tendency for the body to retain fluids, especially in the spaces between one cell and another in the adipose tissue. The affected areas usually appear with a 'orange peel', evident above all on the buttocks and legs, where retention affects those points. Women are more affected than men, due to hormonal imbalances, sedentary lifestyle, birth control pills and so on. The causes common to men and women, in any case, can be listed as follows:

• Little hydration
• Little physical movement
• Excessive consumption of salt at the table
• Unregulated feeding
• Imbalance of mineral salts within the body
• Alcohol consumption
• Smoke

Swelling due to retention can occur at an upper level, i.e. arms, hands, neck, face, at a median level, on the belly and buttocks, or at a lower level, legs and ankles. This last type of retention is very widespread and occurs especially during the summer heat.

How to fight retention

For all non-pathological causes, the most classic and useful advice is as follows:

• Drink at least 2 liters of water a day
• Reduce pounds of body weight
• Don't lead an excessively sedentary life
• Follow a healthy and controlled diet
• For those who work sitting down, take a 10-15 minute break every two hours

Herbalife advice

To prevent, fight and overcome water retention, Herbalife has been studying and analyzing for some time the causes and possible remedies against this annoyance, so common especially to both fertile and menopausal women. Not to mention the elderly in general, always sitting on armchairs and often victims of incorrect diets and medicines that swell and block microcirculation.

 

 

Herbalife proposes to stimulate fluid intake during the day with Herbal aloe, a concentrated juice that contains 40% aloe, combined with a chamomile extract and lemon aroma, which gives a fresh and refreshing taste. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of aloe will be a panacea for swelling. To keep the body always hydrated and never in deficit, Herbalife also suggests drinking theHerbal infusion, great for tea time or before bed. In addition to fighting retention by drinking more fluids on a daily basis, Herbalife wants to deliver the final blow with the Mineral Complex, an incredible formulation that combines many mineral salts, especially magnesium and potassium, which will stimulate microcirculation and avoid the unsightly orange peel, stimulating diuresis.