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Baby Gorilla
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My Favorite....
It's high in calories, but....
Blue Bunny makes fat-free ice cream. To give it consistency, they use Sorbitol (sugar alcohol). On most people, if they eat more than a double serving, it has a diuretic effect.
Buy a half gallon, down at least half the tub and drink water. In no time you'll be spewing water out your hiney. The effect lasts between 24-48 hours. You actually have to dehydrate to stop it short-term so you can do stuff like sleep without constantly running to the can.
It's high in calories, but....
Blue Bunny makes fat-free ice cream. To give it consistency, they use Sorbitol (sugar alcohol). On most people, if they eat more than a double serving, it has a diuretic effect.
Buy a half gallon, down at least half the tub and drink water. In no time you'll be spewing water out your hiney. The effect lasts between 24-48 hours. You actually have to dehydrate to stop it short-term so you can do stuff like sleep without constantly running to the can.
Ceebs
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Re: My Favorite....
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, and sugar alcohols in general tend to make you retain water, not lose it. (It's a solute, so the excess water is retained to make a solution, yadda yadda.) Different people react in different ways, though, and the laxative effect is a given.
Dandelion root + low carbs + no sodium always works for me when I want to drop water quick.
Baby Gorilla said:
Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol, and sugar alcohols in general tend to make you retain water, not lose it. (It's a solute, so the excess water is retained to make a solution, yadda yadda.) Different people react in different ways, though, and the laxative effect is a given.
Dandelion root + low carbs + no sodium always works for me when I want to drop water quick.
Lumberg
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Ok, show me the study that shows that alcohol make you retain water. It is widely known that alcohol is a diuretic, meaning that the fluid you piss out is greater than the fluid you take in.
Tell me how on Earth alcohol can make you RETAIN water.
Also obviously this is a short-term solution. The poster asked for a "quick" solution. I did not advocate doing this more than once at a time.
JC
Tell me how on Earth alcohol can make you RETAIN water.
Also obviously this is a short-term solution. The poster asked for a "quick" solution. I did not advocate doing this more than once at a time.
JC
je.knee said:
this couldn't be more inaccurate.
alcohol will actually cause your body to retain water, and besides that fact, it is just empty calories and will cause weight gain over time, in addition to the temp gain that results from water weight.
Actually he is quite correct in that alcohol inhibits anti-diuretic hormone.
LaviathanX
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Drink a beer, then a liter of water, than a cup or two of coffee. It works every time, never fails.
Alcohol also can impair vision, impair sexual function, slow circulation, cause malnutrition, cause water retention (resulting in weight gain and bloating), lead to pancreatitis and skin disorders (such as middle-age acne), dilate blood vessels near the skin causing "brandy nose," weaken the bones and muscles, and decrease immunity.
source=http://www.navis.gr/medico/alcohol.htm
i wasn't trying to start something. i'm sorry, it wasn't my objective to get everyone all defensive. i am new here, i don't want any enemies
i was just trying to state the facts. a lot of ignorance comes from misinformation. and just because "so and so" says so, and then a bunch of people start to believe that and thus spread that info, does not make it accurate.
source=http://www.navis.gr/medico/alcohol.htm
i wasn't trying to start something. i'm sorry, it wasn't my objective to get everyone all defensive. i am new here, i don't want any enemies
i was just trying to state the facts. a lot of ignorance comes from misinformation. and just because "so and so" says so, and then a bunch of people start to believe that and thus spread that info, does not make it accurate.
Lumberg
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They could be talking about the long term...just like if you do anything for a long time your body overcompensates the other way.
Meaning, if you introduce a lot of this diuretic chemical into your body over a long period of time, your body will produce more of this anti diuretic homone, so that whenever you are not drinking you will retain more water.
Also that is a pretty rabidly anit-alcohol web page, they could be drumming up just about anything to convince you not to drink.
No flame intended, just trying to get the facts straight.
Welcome to the board and understand that discussions like this is exactly why this board is here, so we can argue and hash things out and come to the right conclusion.
JC
Meaning, if you introduce a lot of this diuretic chemical into your body over a long period of time, your body will produce more of this anti diuretic homone, so that whenever you are not drinking you will retain more water.
Also that is a pretty rabidly anit-alcohol web page, they could be drumming up just about anything to convince you not to drink.
No flame intended, just trying to get the facts straight.
Welcome to the board and understand that discussions like this is exactly why this board is here, so we can argue and hash things out and come to the right conclusion.
JC
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Lumberg
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A recent study proved that coffee is not a diuretic:
They took two groups of people, gave one group 12 oz of coffee to drink, gave the second group 12 oz of water to drink, then measured their urine output for several hours. Their volumes were not statistically different.
Thus coffee is no more a diuretic than water.
JC
They took two groups of people, gave one group 12 oz of coffee to drink, gave the second group 12 oz of water to drink, then measured their urine output for several hours. Their volumes were not statistically different.
Thus coffee is no more a diuretic than water.
JC
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