Water Shedding

[InItForGainz]

Are there any real water loss supplements that people have had genuine results from?
According to my last body comp scan it looks like I'm carrying an over average amount of water, which would explain the loss ab definition with only a 0.3% increase in bodyfat percentage.

 

[THOR 70]

Look for inflammatory foods in your diet. Maybe get a food allergy panel done. Make sure you’re drinking a gallon of water a day. Find the cause instead of just drying to artificially flush out water with a supplement

 

[john.patterson]

What does your current diet look like? What types of carbs are you eating? Excess water retention could be due to inflammatory, high sodium, and water soluble foods. Foods like rice and oatmeal can cause bloating, and high salt foods can also cause extra water retention.

I wouldn't recommend using a diuretic since they aren't designed for long term use. I would focus on reassessing your diet

 

[InItForGainz]

Look for inflammatory foods in your diet. Maybe get a food allergy panel done. Make sure you’re drinking a gallon of water a day.

What does your current diet look like? What types of carbs are you eating? Excess water retention could be due to inflammatory, high sodium, and water soluble foods. Foods like rice and oatmeal can cause bloating, and high salt foods can also cause extra water retention.

I wouldn't recommend using a diuretic since they aren't designed for long term use. I would focus on reassessing your diet

I drink at least 5Litres a day.
Nothing in my diet has changed recently, and I've been low carb now for nearly a year and even those are mainly from fruits and vegetables. My sodium intake has increased slighly since I started training fasted again, I add a few grinds of rock salt into my pre-workouts. But surely it couldn't make that much of a difference, especially as I increased my water intake alongside it?

 

[rascal14]

Evomuse Dryuretix worked pretty well for me.

 

[toddmuelheim]

Evomuse Dryuretix worked pretty well for me.

You just reminded me I have a bottle laying around that I never used...any additional info about when you ran it?

 

[Darkhorse192]

sodium / potassium imbalance.

You are eating too much sodium

Use salt substitute (potassium)

For specific needs, magnesium and or dandelion root or a combo of both will help, but should not be a solution. There is nothing necessarily bad with carrying water, but to fix the problem overall take a look at your diet (as others have already said).

start tracking sodium intake for a week and see where you are at

 

[John Smeton]

Whats your body fat like?

Sodium Potassium balance. Most people get enough sodium. That said I like me some pre workout. Taking in more potassium foods like avocados.

Millenium Sports has an advanced herbal diuretic called RIPTIDE™ that looks good. SportsOne has something called Cut up.

 

[LeanEngineer]

What does your current diet look like? What types of carbs are you eating? Excess water retention could be due to inflammatory, high sodium, and water soluble foods. Foods like rice and oatmeal can cause bloating, and high salt foods can also cause extra water retention.

I wouldn't recommend using a diuretic since they aren't designed for long term use. I would focus on reassessing your diet

Agree with this. A Diuretic will make you drop some water weight quick but once you're done with the diuretic the water weight will come back. So i would also suggest getting your diet more on point to drop some more bf to get that lean dry look that i'm assuming you're wanting.

 

[rascal14]

You just reminded me I have a bottle laying around that I never used...any additional info about when you ran it?

Not really, I drank some extra water and ate a few more bananas to be safe, but didn't notice any side effects. I used it for about a week prior to go to the lake, double dosing the last day and the morning before I left. It's not a miracle worker, but did seem to reduce some bloat.

 

[InItForGainz]

sodium / potassium imbalance.

You are eating too much sodium

Use salt substitute (potassium)

For specific needs, magnesium and or dandelion root or a combo of both will help, but should not be a solution. There is nothing necessarily bad with carrying water, but to fix the problem overall take a look at your diet (as others have already said).

start tracking sodium intake for a week and see where you are at

My diet is pretty good. As I mentioned, I've been lower carb now for about a year, typically around 80-100g per day and mostly from fruits and vegetables.
I use sodium in my pre-workouot to help pull more water into the muscle, will a sodium substitute such as potassium (as you mentioned) have the same effect?

Whats your body fat like?

I'm currently at 13.7% bodyfat accourding to that scan. But that's only a 0.3% increase since December.

 

[AntM1564]

Are there any real water loss supplements that people have had genuine results from?
According to my last body comp scan it looks like I'm carrying an over average amount of water, which would explain the loss ab definition with only a 0.3% increase in bodyfat percentage.

You could try drinking more water. If you are not consuming enough, your body will hold onto water.

Also, try adding lemon to your water and eat certain foods. Asparagus is in season and gets me peeing more often.

 

[mw1]

TTA is extremely good. You nay find while on it you still retain water but as soon as you stop in just drops it in a matter of days - which is why so many use it right before a comp