Calcium

Calcium (Ca) can leave a dry aftertaste.

Calcium strengthens bones, teeth and is responsible for nerve impulse action.

If you eat dairy products on a daily basis, that's enough. The other good alternative may be calcium-containing water.

Calcium plays an important role in the formation and maintenance of bones and teeth.

Calcium in the nerves and muscle cells is responsible for impulse and hormonal signal transmission. It also regulates the activity of different enzymes, it has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties.

Every day you need about 1000 mg.

Young people and seniors should receive more calcium. Especially a lot of calcium is in milk and cheese. If you do not eat dairy products every day, calcium-containing mineral water is a great alternative.

If calcium is lacking, the body is taking it from the skeletal bone, which can cause osteoporosis or "bone loss" in the long run. Especially it may affect older people, mainly women. Calcium deficiency can also cause headaches, muscle spasms, and irritability.

Food that contains this element the most.

Chloride

Chloride (Cl) tastes salty and a bit bitter.

Chloride, along with other minerals, affects the osmotic pressure in the cells and the balance of the body's acid-alkaline balance.

Combined with hydrogen, it forms the hydrochloric acid in the stomach and thus promotes digestion.

If the body lacks chloride, symptoms include stomach acid disorder, diarrhea. Chloride as an ingredient in gastric juice ensures the balance of acids and alkalis.

Chloride deficiency can be manifested in muscle spasms or heart dysfunction.

Food that contains this element the most.

Carbon dioxide

Original Aqueous carbon dioxide, CO2, reacts with water forming carbonic acid, H2CO3. Carbonic acid may lose protons to form bicarbonate, HCO3-, and carbonate, CO3. In this case, the proton is liberated to the water, decreasing pH. Therefore, carbonated waters will always have a pH below 7.

The complex chemical equilibria are described using two acid equilibrium equations.

Fluoride

Fluoride (F) has a sweet and soapy taste and it plays a very important role in bone and tooth structure.

Fluoride naturally occurring in water can be above, at, or below recommended levels.

Fluoride remains in the teeth and can inhibit dental caries. It also increases bone density.

The result of fluoride deficiency may be brittle bones and bad teeth.

Caution: too much unhealthy. Children and adolescents need fluoride for growing teeth, but they should not be consumed too much. Therefore, the legislator has laid down an appropriate reference to the labeling of mineral waters with a fluoride content of more than 1.5 mg/l. For children under 7 years of age, it is not recommended to drink such water every day for prolonged periods.

Fluoride tends to be concentrated also in tea, coffee, shellfish, spinach, grapes, raisins, carrots, wine, cucumber, dill herb, tomatoes, asparagus, beans, peas, white rice, and potatoes.

It is important to understand that natural fluoride and synthetic industrial fluoride is quite a different substance.

Food that contains this element the most.

Iron

Iron’s (Fe) primary role in the body is with regard to the formation of hemoglobin, which guarantees circulation of the blood and oxygenation to various organ systems.

Without iron, anemia sets in, this is manifested in muscle weakness, fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, and cognitive malfunction.

Apart from that, it is a key element for ensuring proper body metabolism, muscle activity, brain function, and the regulation of body temperature.

Further, it also aids in boosting immunity and giving relief from insomnia and restless leg syndrome.

Food that contains this element the most.

Hydrogen Carbonate

Hydrogen carbonate (HCO3), also called bicarbonate, tastes light, soap-like.

It has an alkaline effect, and it can improve the body's acid-alkaline balance, i.e., bicarbonate is able to bond the stomach acid.

Hydrogen carbonate can help with various digestive problems. Water with high bicarbonate content gently relieves heartburn and may reduce inflammation of the gastric mucosa.

Hydrogen carbonate is not a mineral, but is the salt of carbonic acid, and is present in each mineral water.

Thanks to the acid-neutralizing effect, it not only delivers a pleasantly neutral and natural flavor to mineral water but also improves the body's acid-alkali balance.

Potassium

Potassium (K) provides water balance in the body.

It tastes a bit salty and bitter.

Potassium plays an important role in the regulation of fluid and acid-alkaline balance.

Potassium activates various enzymes and is especially important for heart and muscle activity.

Potassium is up to 98% in the body cells.

Potassium deficiency causes muscle weakness, decreased blood pressure, disturbances in heart rate, loss of appetite, and constipation.

A good recommendation for active athletes is to consume potassium-rich waters.

Potassium regulates cardiac and muscle activity relaxes muscles and nerves. Together with sodium, it helps to maintain the balance of water in the body.

When eating plenty of vegetables, fruits, and milk, you can take the necessary 2 grams of potassium daily.

Food that contains this element the most.

Lithium

Lithium (Li) is a naturally occurring trace element found in seaweed, dairy, eggs, potatoes and fruit, and vegetables grown in lithium-rich soil.

Lithium readily forms salts in the body that are necessary for cellular interaction, including the flow of sodium through muscle and nerve cells in the body.

Plays a potentially important role in depressive disorder.

Japanese and Austrian scientists have observed that in places where the water contains lithium people suffer much less from depression.

Water should not contain more than 7,5mg/l Lithium.

Magnesium

Magnesium has a bitter taste, sometimes it can give a sweet aftertaste.

Magnesium is a very important element for the heart.

It is considered to be an antistress mineral and is also vital for the skin.

Magnesium is important for the transport of nerve impulses, which helps the muscles to relax.

Magnesium activates more than 300 enzymes in the body and regulates electrochemical impulses.

Every day you need 350 mg for men, 300 mg for women, 400 mg for young people.

More magnesium is needed for pregnant women, athletes, and people in stressful situations.

Manifestations of magnesium deficiency: leg cramps, migraine, headache, cardiac and circulatory organ failure, may be at increased risk of thrombosis.

Food that contains this element the most.

Oxygen

Oxygen. Under normal conditions, oxygen forms a simple substance with diatom molecules with the chemical formula O2.

In nature, oxygen is present in all oxygenates (in most salts and in all oxides - in water, silica (quartz sand), in carbonates).

The concentration of oxygen in water is a very important indicator. Usually, it is up to 14 mg/l, when it comes to natural waters, sometimes even more. In the same water that flows from the tap, oxygen is contained much less, and this is easy to explain. Tap water passes through several stages of purification, and dissolved oxygen is an extremely unstable compound.

As a result of gas exchange with the air medium, most of it simply disappears.