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AQUILA AQUALINEA NATURAL SPRING WATER PERFECTLY SUITS
THE NEEDS OF THE DRINKING REGIME- NEW |
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Aquila Aqualinea natural spring water perfectly
suits the needs of the drinking regime. It springs from
the virgin nature around Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) and its
origin guarantees its extraordinary consistent quality.
In its non-carbonated version, Aquila Aqualinea
is even recommended by the Czech Medical Chamber as water
suitable for infants.
Carlsbad Aquila Aqualinea contains essential elements,
such as magnesium, potassium, and calcium. Besides moisture,
when drinking Aquila Aqualinea natural water we
also receive minerals that among others stimulate the
activity of our muscles and the nervous system, helping
us to recharge our missing energy. Owing to a very low
content of sodium, Aquila Aqualinea prevents the
retention of water in the body, thus contributing to the
excretion of unnecessary substances.
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WHAT MINERAL WATER SHOULD WE DRINK? -
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What mineral water should we drink? The answer
to this question is not open-and-shut, as every person
has different requirements and needs. Nevertheless, experts
agree on the fact that in order to function properly,
the human body needs both a sufficient volume of liquids
as well as a well-balanced supply of all vital mineral
substances. On the contrary, deficiency and sometimes
even an oversupply of both may cause the body harm. Mineral
waters with a well-balanced level of minerals are suitable
for long-term consumption.
Tests of bottled water have proven that namely Mattoni
mineral water meets these requirements. It has a beneficial
content of sodium, calcium, and magnesium that must be
imparted to the body under more intensive physical strain.
Thus, thanks to its composition it is suitable for favourers
of an active lifestyle, whose sports activities and jobs
require more motion. We can also recommend it during warm
summer days when we tend to perspire. For people with
high blood pressure as well as those in the postmenopausal
age category magnesium present in Magnesia mineral
water is especially beneficial. However, long-term
and regular intake of this mineral water we cannot
recommend to everyone. Those with kidney disorders as
well as people with demonstrated magnesium deficiency
should consult their physician about its consumption.
In some cases, it is more suitable to replenish the necessary
substances by medication or nutritional supplements since
the amount of magnesium received may be precisely determined.
On a daily basis, we should drink approximately 0.5 -
1 litre of mineral waters, representing about one
third of the total volume intake of beverages. In the
total volume of the consumed liquids, mineral waters
should be supplemented with other beverages with a low
share of minerals (i.e. herb tea, thinned fruit juice).
Research has shown that in the long term may a low intake
of mineral substances can impair mineral and water metabolism.
It is vital to supply minerals to the body by drinking
mineral waters or by adding fruit and vegetables
to our diet.
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IMPORTANT MINERALS |
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During physical exertion and particularly in hot weather,
it is desirable to ensure the supply of drinks containing
potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus. A good proportion
of these element ions is found in mineral waters,
such as Mattoni or Magnesia,
for example. For about an hour after you finish a physical
activity, you should take in liquids - but not more than
a litre or so. The intake of potassium and magnesium is
important particularly for those suffering from muscle
cramps.
Water in the Human Body
If the organism lacks water, it will mobilise the so-called
thirst centre. The hypothalamus responds to changes in
the chemical and the physical parameters of body fluids,
primarily in the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid. The
thirst centre sets off the alarm primarily upon an increase
in fluid density. The centre is also closely connected
to the kidneys.
At birth, our body is literally full of water. Water forms
more than 70 percent of our body weight. In adult life,
water represents 40 to 60 percent of one’s body weight.
65-75 percent of muscle weight and about 50 percent of
body fat weight is water.
One to one-and-a half litre of fluids is eliminated from
the body every day through the kidneys. 350 millilitres
of water per day evaporates via the skin (so-called invisible
perspiration). 500 - 700 millilitres of water is sweated
out per day. During endurance sports (particularly in
a hot environment), the loss of fluids is 1 - 1.5 litres
per hour. Water is also breathed out, some 250 - 350 millilitres
per day. In addition, one to two decilitres of water is
eliminated from the body with faeces - this volume rapidly
increases during illness (1,500 to 5,000 millilitres).
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WE DRINK FOR HEALTH, EVEN IF WE ARE NOT THIRSTY |
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It is not necessary to persuade anyone much about the fact
that we should drink a lot. Yet, usually, we often drink
a little and in single doses and then only when we feel
thirst. "This is incorrect. We should drink regularly, even
if we are not thirsty. The body needs a sufficiency of water
because a large quantity of water is also eliminated from
the body. Therefore, it is essential to replenish it continuously,
" says Dr. Jakub Malý, a internal specialist from Prague.
His words are confirmed by an endocrinologist from the Meditcentre
in Beroun, Dr. Václav Šmejkal. He thinks water is present
in every cell of the body, but its content in different
tissues varies.
The body is mainly water
"The total water quantity depends on the age and the body
composition. With the majority of adults, water makes up
approximately 60% of the body weight and 70% of the active
body mass. With aging, the water ratio decreases. If at
birth water makes up 75%, in the senior years it's only
55%," Dr. Šmejkal states. Adding that the average daily
loss of an adult individual, who has a sedentary job in
normal temperature, roughly represents 2,5 - 3 litres of
fluids. "By breathing we lose about half a litre, in perspiration
another half a litre, and a litre and a half with stool
and urine. About half a litre of water is present in food
and about half a litre of the so-called metabolic water
is generated by our metabolism. We need to intake at least
a litre and a half to supplement the remaining part," the
doctor underlines. According to professor Zdeněk Dienstbier,
Chairman of the League against Cancer, it is sometimes necessary
to drink more, namely in feverous conditions, after a saltier
meal and in the case of oncology patients, in the course
of radiation treatment. "Aging people lose the feeling of
thirst. Thus, they could suffer from an excessive loss of
body fluid. We advise them to drink in regular time intervals,
that means according to a daily beverage intake schedule,"
Dienstbier says. The doctors agree that the choice of beverages
may be varied, although plain water or mineral water are
the best, e.g. Mattoni. Light tea or thinned fruit juices
are also suitable.
Children should not drink sweet soft drinks
In the course of the day, children should drink about a
litre and a half of fluids. "Unfortunately the composition
of these fluids is not good, nor is their distribution during
the day," deems a paediatrician from Prague, Hana Cabrnochová.
She pointed out that as a rule children drink very little
in the morning until lunchtime, when at school. "We try
to explain to the schools that the drinking regime is vitally
important for the children. Some schools have organised
drinking breaks and urge children to drink even if they
are not thirsty. A child should not drink sweet soft drinks
or just one type of its favourite beverage. The beverages
should be varied and should alternate plain as well as mineral
water, light juices and milk, " Cabrnochová concludes.
Minerals are important
Every water that we drink should include some important
elements, by the contents of which we recognize its quality.
Doctor Šmejkal thinks that these namely are the vital elements,
such as magnesium, potassium, calcium, sodium, and sulphur.
For example, magnesium is necessary for some enzymes, potassium
is important for muscle activity and for the transfer of
nerve impulses, calcium forms a part of the bones and teeth,
and sodium is the main ion of the extracellular fluid and
a significant component of perspiration. Sulphur is essential
for some proteins and processes associated with energy transfer.
According to doctor Šmejkal, drinking water should not contain
harmful substances, e.g. nitrates; their quantity should
be kept at a minimum.
Bubbles are not harmful
Many people also think that drinking beverages with bubbles
(carbonated) is not advisable. "The truth is that they improve
the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and they have
an overall stimulating effect and moreover, they improve
the activity of the lungs," doctor Václav Šmejkal states.
Some more sensitive people experience discomfort from carbon
dioxide, generating a feeling of a full stomach. That is
why it is up to each and everyone to try out which water
is suitable for him or her, whether carbonated or non-carbonated
water. And what about drinking while eating? "It is true
that satiety is also induced by the growth of the stomach
span, which is achieved by a large quantity of fluids. On
the other hand, adequate mixing with fluids improves digestion.
Thus, smaller amounts of intaken fluids during meals is
favourable. This problem is topical especially with children,
whose parents allow them to drink only after finishing their
meal," doctor Šmejkal explains. The temperature of the beverage
we drink should not deflect from room temperature. We should
pay attention to this and avoid extremely cold or hot beverages.
They seemingly satisfy our thirst, but this is merely a
subjective feeling. "Let's drink for our health and conform
our drinking regime to this rule. Let us try to post ourselves
the question of how much we have drunk today and let us
confront our answer with the fact that we should intake
approximately two or three litres of fluids each day…",
concludes the internal specialist Jakub Malý.
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THE INCIDENCE OF DIGESTIVE DISEASES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
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The incidence of digestive system diseases has been increasing
in all civilised countries, including the Czech Republic.
Apparently, this is a result of the higher average age of
the population and of a changed diet, thus also a result
of malnutrition and a bad diet. These are diseases that
many people suffer from, diseases that deteriorate their
quality of living. Although they cause considerable rates
work incompetence, they comparatively rarely cause disabilities
in people. Additionally, these adverse conditions are not
only acute but also chronic, complicating the lives of those
afflicted in the productive age.
In the Czech Republic, digestive system diseases ranked
in the last decade in third and fourth place as a cause
of work incompetence and by the number of days of absence
for illness, respectively. In terms of statistics, they
were the first and the third cause of hospital cases in
men and in women, respectively. In the aspect of age, the
biggest number of terminated cases of work incompetence
was found among those below thirty years of age. However,
only every 12th - 13th disability pensioner retires due
to a disease of digestive system. Diseases of the digestive
system caused death roughly in 4% of the cases in the past
decade.
Some diseases of the digestive system are also of a particular
consequence economically. For example, the gastric ulcer
incidence in autopsy findings is 5-10% whereas it is a complaint
of 2% of the population. In 1996, for example, there were
72.03 and 55.24 new cases of digestive system tumours found
in men and women, respectively, per 100,000 inhabitants
in the Czech Republic. The rate of cancer of the intestines
is alarming.
The incidence of cancer may be stopped by a change in bad
nutritional habits, by the addition of fibre and the reduction
of animal fats and carbohydrates, by a return to natural
eating, by quality sources of liquids and by mineral waters
that stimulate the metabolism (Mattoni, Magnesia). The adjustment
of your diet will produce a direct effect on the incidence
and on the course of functional digestion disorders (at
least a half of patients come to a gastroenterologist´s
office with these complaints). Approximately 20% of the
population share exactly the same complaints.
Bohumil Ždichynec M.D.
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MAGNESIUM AND VITAMIN C |
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When resources of vitamin C are replenished by consumption
of citruses, the magnesium content in the body may decrease,
particularly in winter when the selection of vegetables
is less varied. Citrates together with magnesium and calcium
form soluble salts, increasing their secretion. Therefore,
it is highly recommended, particularly in winter, to complement
meals with mineral water with sufficient content of magnesium
(such as magnesia). Stress also makes magnesium shift from
cells to the bloodstream and promotes accelerated magnesium
secretion. . Magnesium deficiency will result in increased
secretion of adrenal hormones - adrenaline and noradrenaline
(so-called stress hormones): secretion of magnesium in the
urine increased as much as 20-times showed an experiment.
An insufficient supply of magnesium will increase the undesired
effect of stress on the human organism. As a preventive
measure, it is recommended to drink suitable mineral water,
such as Magnesia. Magnesium deficiency is also caused by
some pathological conditions, e.g. parathyroid glands hypofunction,
decrease of re-absorption in kidney tubules, intestinal
diseases, stomach and part of intestine resection, pancreatitis
and prolonged treatment employing dehydrating medicaments
(diuretics, digitalis etc). Regular consumption of Magnesia
provides natural prevention of these conditions because
the magnesium acts in combination with other essential components
of the mineral water. There is an important lesson drawn
from treating civilisation diseases: diabetes is accompanied
with increased loss of magnesium through urine. Diabetic
retinopathy and other diabetes complications are correlated
to hypomagnesaemia. Most of magnesium is excreted through
the bowels while only some is excreted through urine. The
amount in urine will somewhat increase if easily absorbable
magnesium salts are administered. In the bloodstream magnesium
is partly dissolved and dissociated, partly bonded. The
magnesium content in the cells is crucial.
MUDr. J. Farková
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WHAT TO DRINK WHEN EXPERIENCING UROLITHIASIS |
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Urolithiasis is a comparatively common disease and unfortunately
there are some incorrect ideas about the disease circulating
among the general public. There is general knowledge of
a diet based on sufficient intake of liquids being the foundation
of any therapy and preventive action with light forms of
urolithiasis when the stones are small, moving and there
is no risk of blocking the urinary tract outlet. . We not
only prescribe emergency drinking cures but we also see
to the patient to drink in a continuous, even pace, not
only during the day but also at night, a total of about
two litres. The waters from the Karlovy Vary region, stimulating
appropriate urination, non-caloric and containing the essential
mineral substances are recommended highly recommended in
combination with herbal teas. To select a specific mineral
water, it is extremely important to be sure what types of
stones are involved and what their composition is. A false
presumption that any mineral water drunk in sufficient quantities
will be beneficial to a person may have counterproductive
effects.
In principle, there are two groups of concrements
and each of them requires a completely different approach
in view of dietetics. One group includes calcium oxalate
stones or phosphate ones with a positive ion of calcium
and composed mostly of calcium oxalate, oxalic acid salts
(or phosphoric acid salts if any). Where these stones are
found a strict ban on consumption of alkaline mineral waters
and waters containing a great amount of calcium. The second
group includes concrements formed by organic substances,
primarily by uric acid salts, cystin and xanthin. These
are urate and cystin stones. Here, contrary to the case
described before, the alkaline mineral waters contribute
to maintaining the urine alkaline reaction and they are
fully recommended and so is milk that should be restricted
with the phosphate stone. Mattoni acidulous water is a classical
mineral water prescribed to those with urate and cystin
stones. The diet should feature reduced proportion of any
food containing purines that is any meat products.
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CARDIOVASCULAR ATTACK |
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A fit of angina pectoris (cardiac pain) is a traumatic experience
for anybody suffering from the coronary vessels disease
- vasoconstriction. As a result of compensatory response
and a change in the intracellular hormones control, the
electrolyte content between the interior and the surface
of the cell will shift. The response is triggered by adrenaline,
the increased secretion of which in the body is related
to the stress. It will trigger the human body's fight-or-flight
response, a very basic and ancient response within us. The
function of the sodium-kalium pump is disturbed as a result
of a change in the voltage on the cell membrane. That will
induce an accelerated release of magnesium ions from the
cells. The release is a critical agent of the stress response
as a whole because the cell membrane contains an ATP enzyme
that is unable to manage without magnesium in its action
(provision for the cell pump orderly run). The smaller the
magnesium content in the cells, the greater the imbalance
of the cell pump providing for the exchange of nutrients
between the cells and intercellular fluid. The latest research
indicated that magnesium is a kind of stress blocker. The
mortality rate of people who suffered myocardial infarct
and have been taking Magnosolv (concentrated magnesium in
medicinal form), is lower than of those who have not been
taking any magnesium. As the stress loads at everybody's
occupation has been proven to grow, we should be mindful
to increase intake of magnesium in daily meals (leaf vegetables,
mineral water such as Magnesia). Professionals at hazardous
work positions should have magnesium added at the times
of increased loads -15 mmol of magnesium ions per day (bags
of granulate).
There are approximately 242 (nejasné množství
z originálu???)-2 grams of magnesium in the human body.
An average daily demand is about 400 mg. When adrenaline
is released at an increased rate (under stress), consumption
increases to 600 mg per day.
MUDr. Bohurnil ŽDlCHYNEC. CSc.
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NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS |
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Gastrointestinal system diseases rank as one of the most
frequent health ailments. Included in the treatment of the
complaints are the dietary therapy, medication, surgical
therapy if required and primarily spa treatment. It is Karlovy
Vary that is renowned for the tradition of the gastrointestinal
diseases spa treatment, both domestically and over the world.
The Mlýnský pramen (Mill Spring) curative
mineral water, being one of twelve medicinal thermal springs
of the colonnades of Karlovy Vary, is appropriate for a
drinking cure under domestic conditions. The drinking cure
has proved to be most helpful, particular to cure diseases
of the gallbladder (chronic cholecystitis, biliary tract
mobility disorders), liver, pancreas and plexus splanchinus
dysfunction, diabetes, gastric catarrhs, constipation and
other bowel movement disorders.
The Mlýnský pramen medicinal mineral water
is recommended as an alternative to the Karlovy Vary Spring
Salt as their effects are comparable. This mineral water
is particularly suitable in treating constipation, since
it aids in having regular bowel movements and it results
in a long-term decrease of blood cholesterolaemia and also
in a decrease of incidence of malignant tumors in the large
intestine.
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Magnesium
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