📅 3. 9. 2024
Water is chemically defined as H2O. In practice, we only encounter such water in its distilled form, which is not intended for regular consumption. We talk about drinking water (meaning its long-term safe intake) at the point where it contains...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Minerals are present in the body in only small quantities — they make up approximately 4 percent of body weight. These inorganic substances are essential for a variety of life processes, being, for example, an integral part of the structure...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The functioning of bodily cells, tissues, organs, or entire systems is always influenced by the quality of the acid-base balance of the internal environment. Once such a balance is disrupted (in absolute values or at the level of tendencies that...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA, in English GDA – Guideline Daily Amounts, RDI – Reference Daily Intake, formerly RDA – Recommended Dietary Allowance) refers to the amount of a certain nutrient (vitamin, mineral, or other substances) that we are legislatively recommended to obtain from food to meet...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Tetany is an issue that troubles a large number of people, most of whom are unaware that it is indeed tetany. Its manifestations can not only diminish quality of life but also, in some situations, seriously endanger health. However, prevention and...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Osteoporosis is a condition in which there is a decrease in bone strength due to the loss of bone mass and the disruption of the internal structure of bone tissue. It involves the loss of proteins and minerals, the structure...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a very widespread health problem. It affects people of various ages, including both the elderly and children. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood as it flows through the arteries and veins, measured in...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Monitoring the amount of salt (NaCl) in the diet is one of the basic nutritional skills that everyone should master. This is mainly due to its significant daily excess typical of modern eating habits, which significantly affects metabolic processes and...
📅 10. 5. 2022
Salt (NaCl), which we use in the kitchen for seasoning dishes, performs several functions: It serves as a flavor enhancer, functions as a preservative, and is a source of sodium, which regulates water metabolism in the body and affects the...