bloated, water retention

[Guest guest]

I need to be pointed in the right direction. I'm at the end of a

Standard Process purification/detox and I've been bloated almost the

entire time. I feel about 20-30 lbs heavier than I actually am.

I've been drinking 8+ cups of water a day (per the detox program) along

with lots of veggies, some fruit, butter, olive oil, a bit of chicken

and all my SP supplements. I just started drinking chicken stock and a

cup of " mom's " yogurt once a day, and can now eat eggs. My

practitioner suggests I eat mushy foods to see if that helps.

I've dealt with bloating as long as I can remember, but this is the

first time I've had several consective days with it. It's getting

really old.

Has anyone had this problem and what have you done about it?

Thanks

Amy in Bloomington

[Guest guest]

>

> Roxanne,

>

> I would like to hear what you have to say about " empty " water. I

have

> been using a mineral replacement in my RO water and have been very

> happy with the results.

Kathy

I'm glad you are happy with your mineral replacement, as that is the

point I was getting at, if the water you drink is empty, you need to

get your minerals somewhere.

I wrote two good posts on this subject on another group, so I am

going to repost them here.

I am currently in anatomy, but

even before taking this class I knew that drinking water devoid of

nutrition (as most bottled and tap waters are) is bad for you, and

here's why: (In anatomy class we learned)

Water is a solvent, which means that it dissolves things into it. If

you put water into your body that has nothing in it (OOOOH say

Aquafina), then it is going to " pick up " things from your body, and

the

more you drink of this type of water, the more your body may think it

has to hold on to in order to retain those things that are now in that

water.

With me so far?

Okay, so in order for your body to let go of the excess water, you

need

to drink water that is full of things (i.e. minerals), OR make sure

you

are taking in plenty of minerals along with your empty water to

balance

it out.

***** That's the end of my first post, as the second one is longer, I

plan to post that seperately

Roxanne

[Guest guest]

>

> I would like to hear what you have to say about " empty " water.

Ok,

Here's my second post.

One thing my teacher said that really brought this topic home for me

was that when you are in the hospital, they keep you hydrated with a

saline solution, this is because the saline solution comes close to

your blood. (Meaning that your blood is a solution also, because it

has

things dissolved in it.) This is an example of an iso tonic solution,

meaning both have the same amount of solutes (the things dissolved

intothe solvent).

Drinking water that has nothing in it means that you are drinking a

solution that has less solvents in it than your blood. This makes the

water a HYPOtonic solution (hypo meaning low).

Drinking water that has more solutes in it than your blood

(HYPERtonic)

means that your blood will give the ingested solution some of its

water. This is how you'd get rid of your excess water.

The only thing I am confused on is when does the body absorb the

minerals out of the water, because I know it does, though my teacher

made it sound like it wouldn't.

Okay so, if you are drinking water with nothing in it, which I'm not

sure what your distilled or filtered water has in it, and I totally

understand drinking these waters over tap anyday, but your goal would

be to add just enough sea salt or RealSalt to make the water isotonic

with your blood. At first, to loose some water weight, you may want to

drink a HYPERtonic solution.

Doing this will have the bonus a helping your thyroid if you happen to

have problems.

Here's why doctors say salt makes you retain water. First of all, if

the salt is pure salt (i.e. not sea salt, just NACL sodium chloride),

your body will retain the salt in an effort to absorb all of the

mineral that should have been in it. If your body retains the salt,

then your blood has now become a hypertonic solution, and it will

retain water to maintain homeostasis. (Homeostasis is like a set of

guidelines that the body tries to maintain at all costs.)

Again, drinking water with minerals, or adding sea salt to your water

will help your body to not retain water that it doesn't need.

As for how much sea salt, I have heard that the best way to determine

your bodies need is to add the sea salt to your water a little at a

time, and taste it. When you find an amount that tastes good to you,

and a little more is repulsive, that is how much you want.

At first, you can do this several times a day, but quickly, your body

will " catch up " , meaning it now has what it needs, and now you are

giving it too much, it will tell you this by cramping of some sort,

probably legs cramps.

This is when you need to drink your salted water only once a day.

You may even find that the amount that tastes good goes down.

Okay, so I have written a novel!

Good luck,

Roxanne