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I am curious, do you ever experience the discomfort of feeling bloated, puffy,

or that your clothes feel a little bit tighter,

even if you haven't been eating more? Or do you ever feel like you're swelling up after you

eat certain foods? Well, today we're going to be discussing a topic that many people experience,

and that topic is water retention. We'll also be referring to this as

edema. And swelling can commonly happen throughout the body. You know, it's not just in the

waistline. Commonly, it's going to even be more so in the arms and hands and the legs and

particularly the feet and sometimes the face.

So we'll be breaking down some dietary hacks and tips that are going to help you to reduce

this water retention in a natural way. First, I want to just take a moment to introduce myself.

My name is Kara Carper, and I'm pleased to be here today with my co-host Brandy Burrow.

So good to see you again, Brandy.

It's always good to be here with you.

I think we have a lot of fun.

We do.

And this is kind of a new topic for us, water retention.

So I just wanted to start with the basics. What is water retention?

So we all have an understanding of what we're really talking about here. I just want to start by saying

most of our body weight is composed of water. That might be a little bit of a trivia fact you learned

way back in one of your first science classes,

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