Sentences with phrase «holds onto water»

I'd suspect that a change in soil microbiology might also change the way the soil holds onto water — and we know we're getting changes due to increased deposition of nitrogen, for example, from the air.

Fiber, which holds onto water much like a sponge, regulates digestion by adding both fluid and bulk to stools, making them fuller and softer.

When the body holds onto water, this is commonly known as water retention or bloating (if the water is under the skin rather than in the muscles, that is).

The body holds onto water to buffer toxins.

Since they're made up of sugars which are water loving or hygroscopic, they are especially good at holding onto water for the plant to use as well.

Since flax contains polysaccharides, this theoretically won't work the same way egg whites will because unlike egg whites, polysaccharides are really good at holding onto water.

This fabric allows the diaper to retain solids and not catch and hold onto water from the pool.

According to the models, the dust grains should be able to hold onto water at temperatures up to 630 °C — high enough for them to have retained it during Earth's formation (Chemical Communications, DOI: 10.1039 / C0CC02312D).

Pert discusses the very real chemistry of gut feelings; of hormones like insulin that act in the brain; and of angiotensin that influences physiology and behavior simultaneously (making you thirsty and allowing your kidneys to hold onto water).

I think it really helped to reduce the toxicity in my system (which was maybe why i was holding onto the water).

I would try a higher protein diet with vegetables... non bloating ones (if they make you bloat / hold onto water).

As soon as you start eating them again you will start holding onto water once again.

Carbs make the body hold onto water.

Unlike bulking fibers like wheat bran and cellulose, which absorb and hold onto water to increase regularity, resistant starch's bulking consists of increased bacterial and microbial mass.

If you're not drinking enough water, your body is going to hold onto any water it does get in order to maintain hydration of your cells, maintain your blood volume, lubricate your joints, etc..

It contains Snow Mushroom, known for its impressive ability to hold onto water its like natures dupe for hyaluronic acid.

They hold onto water molecules that keep cartilage flexible, and they stimulate the chondrocytes to remove debris and to form new cells.

Tip: don't hold onto your water bottles because you will have to dump them out at security.

The cactus doesn't know it is perfectly adapted to hold onto water in the desert - but we can look and see the genius of the cactus.

Not exact matches

Mayo is an emulsion (a fancy term for fat dissolved in water), but unlike salad dressing, which often separates, an egg yolk helps keep mayo thick and solid; the protein unravels (or denatures) from the salt and lemon juice, and holds onto the oil.

In an automatic maker, hot water drips onto grounds that are held in a paper, plastic, or perforated metal filter, allowing the water to seep through the grounds while extracting its oils and bean essence.

The water absorbs heat from the sun during the day, and then holds onto that heat after temperatures start to cool.

And hold onto that cooking water!

The water should be deep enough to keep him warm, but not so deep that he will start floating and become difficult to hold onto.

The nurses & LCs were pretty good about helping with getting bfing started, they showed me a variety of ways to hold the baby, hand express some milk onto the nipple to get her started (she didn't want to suck, although positioning was perfect & she'd suck on a finger if it was put in her mouth) One nurse tried sugar water on my nipple, which I wasn't okay with, but it was the middle of the night, I was overwhelmed and frustrated, and baby blues had set in.

I like to keep it simple — I'll be filling my liquid measuring cup with slightly tepid water and pouring it onto the diaper until it reaches maximum absorbency — I like to hit that point just before it begins to drip if I was to hold it up.

Their grasp is not well developed yet and so things like baby ring toys are the best for them to be able to hold on their own, but a parent will always be in the water with the baby so water squirting toys that the parent can use to squirt water onto the baby's hands and feet are also fun to play with and help to teach the baby about water.

When you sit in the warm water, it is easier for you to move, as opposed to being in a rigid hospital bed (the only benefit to the bed I found was the rails to hold onto!)

Gale force winds and waves buffeted the life raft, and the only way the crew could keep hold of it was to flip it over and hang onto it from underneath, floating in the water.

Charon is dark gray and rich in water ice, because it is not massive enough to hold onto the brighter methane and nitrogen ices seen on Pluto — except, maybe, at Charon's pole.

Before you have a crystal you need a seed, something for the water molecules to hold onto as they arrange themselves.

Simulations by Nora de Leeuw of University College London and colleagues suggest that the dust grains from which Earth formed had such a tenacious grip on water that they could have held onto the molecules despite the high temperatures.

Once you have a job, you'll probably want to hold onto it tight, so this year might be one of the few opportunities you get to test the waters without putting a salary or position on the line.

Like kids building sandcastles below the tideline on the beach, scientists will let the walls of water travel along the flume and crash onto whatever researchers have built at the other end — which could include a novel type of dike, an artificial sand dune or gravel beach, or a pylon used to hold up an offshore wind turbine.

That confirms the long - held suspicions of naturalists who knew that alligator snappers — unlike their closest relative, the common snapping turtleÖrarely venture onto land or into salt water.

Depending on the mass of the planets and their distance from the brown dwarf, we should get Io / Europa analogues or, if it has enough mass to hold onto an atmosphere, we could get something different: a world that thanks to tidal heating (and infrared radiation) keeps the surface water liquid.

Keep in mind that the new number you see on the scale on January 1 is mostly water weight gain, which your body held onto if you downed foods with lots of sodium or carbs, both of which cause water retention.

But, if the body is dehydrated because you've drunk too much alcohol, it's much more likely to hold onto other water from any part of the body to compensate for the water loss elsewhere.

Then, before I knew it, we were being called out onto the start barge, jumping into the water and holding onto a rope (and each other) while waiting for the starting horn.

If you are not eating right, not exercising right, and not correctly managing other important lifestyle changes that could be instructing your body to hold onto your man boobs, then just using turmeric will be like adding a cup of water to the Arabian desert.

Beyond that, if you are lucky enough to live in a place where water access issues feel far away, hold onto the mindset that every drop counts and be conscious of how long you let your tap run when you're bathing and cleaning.

The equipment is optional, and you can get creative with alternatives like water bottles or any household object that's easy to hold onto!

When your body doesn't get enough water, it holds onto what it has.

Inflammation causes your body to hold onto as much water weight as it can.

This sudden drop in water retention is because for each gram of carbohydrate your body holds onto, it holds onto 3 grams of water.

Studies have shown that increasing cardio too much can increase cortisol levels (which can be even more difficult for women with PCOS, as research has shown that women with PCOS tend to have higher cortisol levels already), slowing metabolism, causing the body to hold onto more fat and more water.

You lose a lot of water (and associated salt) that you body holds onto with higher carb diets.

When we eliminate carbohydrates from our diet, our body stops holding onto essential electrolytes and flushes them out, along with all that water that high carb diets cause you to hold onto.

You'll hold onto more water weight but that doesn't mean your lean body mass has increased.

People can be holding onto 50 pounds of water.