Suddenly my ankles, feet and fingers are swelling like crazy!?
As much as it may be hard to believe, this is the very time that 8 glasses of water a day will help with the fluid retention. Salad vegetables high in potassium will also help to regulate body-fluid balance. A large salad of high potassium vegetables can dramatically diminish fluid retension. High-potassium vegetables are: celery, cucumber, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, watercress, sorrel, dandelion greens, radishes, parsley. Other foods high in potassium are: edible seaweeed, dried apricots, bananas, rice bran and wheat bran, wheatgerm, chick-peas, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, horseradish, peaches.
