What is the fastest diuretic?

Urinating helps our digestion. If we have edema, we must pay attention to our urination function. Some people say that they have always had baby fat, but they don’t know that this may also be due to edema in our body or problems with the body’s urination function. Diuresis can be solved not only by drugs, but also by dietary supplements. So, among the many foods, which one is the most diuretic?

1. Watermelon

Watermelon contains an amino acid called citrulline, which has a good diuretic effect. It is also one of the ingredients in medicines for treating kidney disease. It is also effective for edema caused by heart disease, high blood pressure and pregnancy.

2. Grapefruit

Grapefruit is very effective in weight loss. Grapefruit is low in calories and contains a lot of potassium. Potassium helps the body excrete excess water and eliminate edema. Put the grapefruit flesh into a juicer and squeeze out the juice with a small amount of water. If it tastes sour, you can add an appropriate amount of honey to increase the taste and enhance the detoxification and bowel-moistening effects.

3. Barley

Job's tears can be divided into two types: raw and cooked. The half raw and half cooked can balance each other and have a quick effect, so as to achieve the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. Job's tears can promote blood and water metabolism, has a diuretic and anti-edema effect, and can also excrete excess water from the body.

4. Red Beans

In addition to being rich in potassium, the saponins contained in the skin of red beans have a strong diuretic effect, which is very effective in improving athlete's foot and swelling of the face and feet caused by declining kidney function. Red beans are often made into red bean paste filling, but if you want to use it to reduce swelling, this method is not the best choice, because making red bean paste filling will leave the cooked red beans, and the saponin will be lost with the poured out soup. Boiling red bean soup is the first choice. Cook it over low heat until the amount of soup is only half of the total amount when adding water, then you can serve it and drink it.

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Mung beans are sweet in taste, cool in nature, and enter the heart and stomach meridians. They have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, clearing away summer heat and promoting diuresis. When drinking mung bean soup, you should pay attention to the following issues. First, if you want to increase the heat-clearing effect, eat it with the skin after cooking porridge or soup; second, it is best not to add sugar, otherwise it will reduce the heat-clearing and dampness-removing effect of mung beans; third, mung beans are cool in nature, and people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat too much.

6. Kelp

Kelp tastes salty and is cold in nature. It enters the liver and spleen meridians and has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis. In addition, kelp also contains iodine, which has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on simple goiter caused by iodine deficiency. Kelp can be used for salad dressing or making soup.

7. Winter melon

Winter melon tastes sweet and light, is cool in nature, and enters the lung, large intestine, and bladder meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and detoxifying, promoting body fluid and relieving restlessness. Winter melon has a strong diuretic effect, so people who are prone to edema should eat it often. For good soup cooking effect, less salt is needed and it is better to eat it lightly.

8. Cucumber

More than 90% of cucumbers are water and have low nutritional value. However, the isoquercetin contained in cucumber peel has a good diuretic effect. Therefore, cucumber has been used for emergency treatment of cystitis and acute nephritis since ancient times. Cucumbers can be eaten raw with the skin. If you dry them together with the stems and vines and boil them in water to drink, you will get a stronger diuretic effect. However, people with cold stomach and intestines should not eat too much raw cucumber.

9. Potatoes

Potatoes are also called "apples grown in the soil" because of their rich nutrients. They are rich in inorganic salts, and the potassium content in inorganic salts is very high. Potassium can not only help the body excrete sodium retained in the body due to excessive salt, but also promote the body to excrete excess water. In order to effectively utilize the potassium in potatoes, it is best not to peel the potatoes when steaming, baking or boiling them; when stewing potatoes, you might as well drink the soup together.

10. Carp

Using carp as a food supplement can eliminate edema during pregnancy and promote smooth secretion of breast milk after delivery. It is also effective for diseases such as cough, liver disease, skin disease, gastric ulcer, rheumatism and hemorrhoids. There are many ways to cook carp. Steaming or braising are both good, but no matter which method you choose, the cooking time will be longer until the bones are stewed soft.

The editor personally recommends that children aged 10-20 can eat some grapefruit and watermelon appropriately. Women aged 20-30 who want to get rid of edema can choose coix seed, red beans and kelp, which are better for the body. People over 30 can choose winter melon, potatoes and carp. Of course, choosing according to personal habits will help you eat "happily". What is the fastest diuretic? I believe everyone has their favorite and healthiest choice.