Sodium and Water Retention

Process Renal

Holding onto salt and the water that follows it. Shows up as a smoother look, a heavier scale reading and a higher blood pressure.

Relationships

4 connections

Sodium and Water Retention elevates

Systolic Blood Pressure

Peak arterial pressure. Rises through water retention, thicker blood and vessel stiffening, and it is cheap to check at home weekly.

Sodium and Water Retention stimulates

Estrogen Receptor alpha

The estrogen receptor that dominates breast tissue, liver and the pituitary feedback loop. Gynecomastia and much of the negative feedback on LH run through it.

Kidney

Controls sodium and water balance and produces erythropoietin, so it sits behind both the bloat and the rising red cell count.

Water Retention

Fluid held under the skin and in tissue. Cosmetically a smoother look, clinically a blood pressure and a strain on the heart.

Beyond this page

Sodium and Water Retention also connects to 4 entries in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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