Ever tried to slip on your favorite pair of jeans only to find the jeans barely zip shut ? You could be suffering from bloat ! You could be retaining fluids or have excess gas because of something you ate, or you could be constipated. Every time I go on vacation I get back bloated with all that salty ” vacation food ” which I wouldn’t trade anyway. Take a break on vacations and indulge a bit is my policy ! It takes me a few days to get back because luckily, there are many ways to banish bloat. Food wise : drinking fluids and steering clear of sugar – free foods, salty foods and fermented foods help. There are also foods that help beat bloat by helping with digestion and ridding the body of extra fluids. Ditch the diuretic pills and try these foods. The fastest spot you can see a difference is in your belly ! You can maybe even reveal an ab or two in just a couple of days 🙂 It’s not a bad idea to eat these foods on a regular basis to keep bloat at bay !!
Check out the cool slide show to see what foods these are ! This is my first time putting together a slide show for a post. Would appreciate any feedback on it !
Tea
Green, Oolong & Black tea work as a natural diuretic stimulating kidney to flush out excess fluids. 2-3 cups / day
Lemon
Spike water or tea with lemon. juice. Natural Diuretic.
Watermelon
Juice it, smoothie it or eat it plain. Strong diuretic which pulls excess water from your body.
Celery
Powerful diuretic. Juice it to get maximum diuretic effect. Eat it raw with dips and use in soups. Also acts a sleep aid.
Cranberries
Cranberries and Cran water are great for pulling water out and reducing bloat. Make cran water by mixing pure cranberry juice 1:6 with water.
Parsley
The strongest diuretic herb you can find. Soak a bunch of parsley in a pitcher of water and drink the liquid. Refill pitcher up to 48 hrs. Add some cucumber for a strong refreshing diuretic water !
Cucumber
Juice it ,salad it or just soak slices in water to get an all natural vitamin water that is strongly diuretic!
Grapes
Brimming with powerful antioxidants grapes are a good diuretic. Great snack ! Add to smoothies !
Fennel seeds
These tiny seeds have serious diuretic power. Soak a tsp in 16 ounces of water and drink up to beat bloat. You can also powder them and add to cereals, salads etc. They are great for healthy digestion !
Papaya
There's some research to show that the enzyme in papaya may aid digestion. Eat plain or add to smoothies to get the digestive benefits which can beat bloat and gas.
Hi there! I’m Sunithi, AKA Sue, a registered dietitian with a sweet tooth and a passion for eating healthy (quite a combo) currently working as an independent consultant in the DC Metro area. I’m also a blogger, health nut, nutrition geek who jogs to keep sane :)! I love to revamp recipes and add some ‘Nutrition Bytes’ to them. All my recipes are gluten free! I also blog on natural health and fitness! Visit often and drop me a note if you have any nutrition queries!
Great list ! Gonna get me some celery & watermelon ! Have put on some serious bloat wt after my cruise 🙂 Thanks Sue ! Oh and love the slide show ! Looks soooo professional !!!!!!
Thanks! I know you juice so make sure you juice the white part of the melon 🙂 More diuretic power ! So jay you went on a cruise !
Rocking slide show ? Is that a plug in ? Pretty cool ! It goes by too quickly though to read the stuff I mean ! Hint ! High tech stuff ! Good post too. Use the cran water reg & NO bloat !
Thanks ! Yep a plugin called v slide which is easy to use. May do some more now that I learned it. Took me awhile though ! Oh that spacing, trying to figure that out & have more time between each slide ! Working out the kinks 🙂 Cran water is the best ! Use it too.
Need this list ! I have bloat ! mine is mainly gas. Thinking papaya & artichoke extract. What you think about papaya pills ?
Glad you found the list useful ! Papaya pills are good too. Very good for digestion. Have taken those before ! Never tried artichoke, but hear it’s great !
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Nice to see slide show in which you defined which fruits are bloat preventing. When I will prepare a
fruit basket I will put these fruits on periority basis. Thanks