Diuretics: Helpful or Harmful?

Feeling tired? Bloated? Or perhaps you have some swelling in your feet or hands, excess body weight or been told you have high blood pressure. A common remedy for some of these conditions might be to reach for diuretics to help reduce water retention in the body. In fact, lots of people are taking or being treated with diuretics and may not know how these medicines work in the body. Even more important to know is whether or not they are as helpful as we want to believe?