What is good to eat for patients with water retention?

  ①Carbohydrate foods: Suitable foods – rice, porridge, noodles, pasta, kefir, soup, taro, soft beans.  Foods to be avoided — sweet potatoes (foods that produce abdominal gas), dried beans, and strong-flavored cookies.  ②Protein foods — beef, lean pork, white meat and fish, eggs, milk, dairy products (whipped cream, yeast milk, ice cream, cheese), soybean products (tofu, natto, soybean flour, oiled tofu).  Foods to be avoided – foods with a lot of fat (beef, pork pate, pork ribs, whale, herring, tuna, etc., processed products (sausages).  ③Fatty foods Foods to be avoided—Vegetable oils, small amounts of cream, salad dressings.  Foods to be avoided – animal oil, raw lard, bacon, sardines in oil.  ④Vitamin and mineral foods Suitable foods — vegetables (spinach, cabbage, carrot, tomato, lily root, pumpkin, eggplant, cucumber) fruits (apple, orange, pear, grape, watermelon)  Seaweeds and mushrooms should be cooked before eating.  Foods that should be avoided – vegetables with hard fibers (burdock, bamboo shoots, beans)  Stimulating vegetables (aromatic vegetables, mangosteen, mustard, spring onions, mustard greens).