dairy and water retention

[Babyfaced Assassin]

does dairy make u retain water
this week i've been eating alot of cottage cheese cos im broke and i swear im holding water and loscng cuts

 

[JG1]

yes it does.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

thanks bro,
better eat something instead of co-cheese now

... tuna's cheap
Damn being poor again!!!!

 

[ZKaudio]

i've been through waves of eating dairy and not eating dairy... can't say i notice TOO much of a difference in water retension.

 

[IJ26]

I think the reason it seems that dairy makes you retain water is bc people always eat a lot of it when they are bulking so of course they are holding water. I know it has no place in a precontest diet but if your goal is fat loss I think u can get away with a little bit of dairy as long as you maintain a caloric deficit.

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Yes it makes you hold water, however do NOT exclude it from a preconest diet until the last couple of weeks. Water retention is only an issue at the end. Dairy products have been provent to aid in fat loss. The effect is more pronounced in women though. Eating 2-3 servings of dairy a day doubled the weight loss of women who ate it, verses the control group who ate similar diets and calories, but were not allowed to eat dairy. In men it only increased fat loss by roughly 30%.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

thanks BBF your advice is always solid, thanks everyone else too!

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I'm eating cheese everyday, and still having my sodium intake a bit too high, but have cut it in half. Still a bit puffy. Up to 230 though. Gained 30 ibs on a high cal CKD, guess the proves one can gain weight on one rapidly. Anywho, I need to drop my sodium a bit, and going to keep my carbs under 20 grams for awhile, reduce the size of my carbups, and see if that helps a bit. My gains will slow down some anyways from this point. Muscle gains always come in bursts, then slow down, regardless of if one is natural or enhanced.

 

[ZKaudio]

water retension is such a temporary thing, it should not be worried about unless preparing for competition. LoL, whenever I'm going to the river, I just rely on the alcohol and coffee in the morning to drop pretty much all of my water.

 

[B0ARDIN087]

but for actual FAT loss diary shouldn't be worried about? the only diary i eat is chedder cheese with my tuna

 

[westsnoop]

OK---if dairy causes you to retain water, WHY? Carb content, or is it something else? I'm curious. It seems carbs should be negligible with cottage cheese or heavy whipping cream.
How about a water retention effect with whey or casien powders?

 

[JJFigure]

If you find cottage cheese makes you retain water, it may be because of the sodium content - 410 mg in 1/2 cup of 2%.

I've not had a problem with water retention while eating cottage cheese though, and right now I eat 1 cup every night. The rest of my diet is fairly low in sodium though.

 

[krayzfresh]

Cottage Cheese is the shit, Mix it with Tuna its so good and so healthy. Look at the nutritional info, its almost pure protein. So what if you retain water, drink more water to counter it

 

[anthrax]

Cottage Cheese is the shit, Mix it with Tuna its so good and so healthy. Look at the nutritional info, its almost pure protein. So what if you retain water, drink more water to counter it

unfortunately there is also a lot of lactose (=carbs)

 

[JJFigure]

6 g of carb and 14 g pro in 1/2 cup of cottage cheese; that's not a lot of carbs, unless you're on a CKD. And not enough to make you retain water.

 

[Him1]

6 g of carb and 14 g pro in 1/2 cup of cottage cheese; that's not a lot of carbs, unless you're on a CKD. And not enough to make you retain water.

Agreed, I never understood why so many people are so anti-dairy. Cheese in particular has a ton of CLA in it, and though I don't know how much per oz., it is a substantial amount. As far as water retention goes, I have switched to soy milk(I used to have 2-3 servings of skim milk a day), and have noticed no decrease in water storage. Go figure.

 

[Babyfaced Assassin]

6 g of carb and 14 g pro in 1/2 cup of cottage cheese; that's not a lot of carbs, unless you're on a CKD. And not enough to make you retain water.

so the 6 odd grams of carbs shouldnt be too much to illicit too much harm huh?
cool thanks for reminding me about the carb count lol
i'll incorporate more CCheese and just see how I do, if i notice my cuts dissapear i know what to get rid off