If youâve been diagnosed with diabetes, the prickly pear cactus juice can still help control symptoms by lowering your blood glucose levels. Six different medical studies have proven that eating broiled prickly pear cactus reduced glucose levels between 10 to 30mg/dl in as little as 30 minutes to three hours.
Harsh Soaps. One of the most common factors causing dry skin on feet is frequent application of harsh soaps and use of detergents. What these detergents and soaps do is to strip of the important moisture leaving more dried skin on feet. Examples are the deodorants and certain antibacterial soaps.
Cold soda may be refreshing on a hot day, but may also cause fluid retention. Photo Credit pioneer111/iStock/Getty Images. If you retain fluid after downing a sugar-laden soda or after a meal high in simple carbohydrates, you're not alone. A diet high in simple sugars can cause water retention, which leads to swelling, especially in your hands, fingers, legs, feet and face. One reason low-carbohydrate diets cause a large weight-loss in the first week is the loss of water weight related to carbohydrate intake.