Top Tips – Reducing Fluid Retention
The top two tips I have are so important, without these the list below is useless – Cut our your Salt (Sodium) and exercise regularly!
Limiting your drinking –
- use small cups instead of mugs
- try to spread your daily allowance over the whole day
- try drinking very cold or very hot fluids – it takes longer
- if it is very hot or you have a fever or diarrhoea, you should drink an extra 100-300ml
Now for tips when you are thirsty
- suck on a ice cube
- limit caffeinated drinks (including coffee, tea and some fizzy drinks)
- limit alcoholic drinks
- use lemon and glycerine mouthswab sticks
- chewing gum or sugar free sweets
- eat frozen fruits
- add lemon juice to your tea or mineral water
- carry around a little spray bottle of water and when you feel thirsty spray into your mouth, small enough for pocket or handbag. For the ladies and for the guys!
