Sentences with phrase «electrolytes in body fluids»

This powerhouse superfood can also prolong hydration and retain electrolytes in body fluids, protecting against dehydration.

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Potassium plays a central role in maintaining the fluid and electrolyte balance of the body.

Sports drinks are also recommended in hot, humid conditions when an athlete can lose a significant percentage of his body weight through perspiration and needs to replace electrolytes and fluids, as well as by athletes engaged in intense training.

A basic understanding of the fluid balance of the body, the electrolyte balance in the body and the pH balance in the body.

Sports drinks also contain electrolytes like sodium and potassium, which the body loses through sweat, that are necessary to keep the body's fluid levels in balance and for muscles to work properly.

Although electrolyte leakage is still undesired, its danger is minimized by the use of either the normal saline solution pumped into the body in most IV treatments or a cell - culture medium that contains amino acids, sugars, and vitamins in addition to sodium ions and thus mimics the fluid that surrounds human cells.

Electrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge.

1) Phytonutrients: * Occur naturally in fruits and vegetables * Promote the function of the immune system * Help fight off viruses as well as reduce inflammation * Associated with the treatment and / or prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease 2) Enzymes: * Responsible for metabolic processes that occur within a cell and are necessary for sustaining life * Assist and play a large role in digestion, energy production, blood coagulation and contraction of muscles 3) Amino Acids: * The basic building blocks of protein * Absorption of amino acids is essential for your metabolism 4) Essential Fatty Acids: * Reduce the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer * Improve mood * Decrease inflammation 5) Vitamins: * Essential for the normal growth and development of all human beings * Healthy maintenance of cell tissues and organs * Help process proteins, carbohydrates and fats required for utilization 6 & 7) Macro and Trace Minerals: * Involved in electrolyte balance of body fluids * Essential for normal cellular activity * Provide hardness to bones and teeth

Again because coconut water is full of electrolytes, it can also be used to rehydrate your body in case of dehydration and fluid loss due to excessive sweating in the heat.

In extreme cases after long fasts, the body can encounter something called refeeding syndrome when fluids, insulin, and electrolytes get out of balance.

The added hydration complex also improves how you manage fluids and electrolytes in your body and keeps you from wearing out quickly.

It is also an electrolyte, which maintains fluid balance in the body.

Cucumbers also contain plenty of electrolytes to battle inflammation and keep your body's fluids in balance.

When we perspire and excrete fluids from our body, dissolved in these fluids are are electrolytes and essential minerals.

Electrolytes help maintain the fluid balance in the body, help maintain the heartbeat and help muscle and nerve action.

Athletes typically address both carbohydrate replacement and fluid replacement during the course of a race, but sometimes neglect the importance of maintaining the proper balance of electrolytes, fluids, and carbohydrates (fuel) in the body to maintain blood flow, muscle contraction, and even brain function.

Electrolytes are minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge and also affect the amount of water in your body.

Electrolytes — minerals that dissolve in your body fluids and help conduct electricity — are essential for processes like nerve and muscle functioning.

A plain, large white potato, baked, supplies 1,627 milligrams of potassium, an electrolyte mineral that helps balance fluids in your body and control blood pressure; the same potato also supplies 42 percent of a man's daily needs for the antioxidant vitamin C and 51 percent of a woman's.

Keep in mind that sweating pulls electrolytes and trace minerals from your body, so it's important to drink a lot of fluids and get plenty of salt (preferably Himalayan pink salt or another mineral - rich natural salt) if you're going to use a sauna to detox.

As an electrolyte that carries a charge through liquid in the body, potassium is a very fluid - based mineral.

Proper electrolyte balance is achieved by maintaining a relatively high potassium content inside the cell and a high sodium concentration in the fluid outside the cell (extracellular fluid): Though potassium and sodium are the two major electrolytes found in the human body, many other elements are required for normal physiological function.

Potassium is a mineral and ion, one of the body's electrolytes, which maintain fluid balance in the cells.

Plus, says Pritchett, «It's the primary electrolyte in intracellular fluid, meaning it plays a big role in balancing water content throughout the body.»

Sodium, along with other electrolyte minerals, plays a major role in normalizing fluid levels in your body.

One measured fluid, electrolyte, and renal indices of hydration over eleven days of caffeine consumption in human subjects, finding that doses of up to 6 mg caffeine per kilogram of body weight had no effect on body mass, urine osmolality (urine concentration), urine specific gravity (concentration of excreted materials in urine), urine color, urine volume, sodium excretion, potassium secretion, creatinine content, blood urea nitrogen (forms when protein breaks down), and serum levels of sodium and potassium.

Potassium balances the fluids and electrolytes in our bodies.

Beans are high in fiber and protein and are a good source of vitamins and minerals, such as folate, iron, magnesium and potassium, which are essential for the water balance between the cells and body fluids, such as electrolyte balance.

Keep in mind that all electrolytes work together to maintain fluid balance in the body at rest and during physical activity, so be sure to educate your clients on all electrolytes, rather than focusing on only one or two.

Fluid therapy, given under the skin (subcutaneously) in Cardiff's case, maintains normal cellular function, electrolyte levels, and aids in the detoxification of the body through the liver and kidneys (permitting toxins and metabolic by - products to be excreted in the feces and urine)

The administration of fluids overall serves to both rehydrate and re-balance levels of electrolytes and other elements in the body that help maintain healthy functions.

Hyponatremia, a life threatening condition consisting of overtly low sodium levels, occurs when more water enters the body than it's able to process, resulting in a dilution of bodily fluids, which ultimately creates a precarious shift of electrolytes.

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Diuretics will typically cause a loss of retained fluid and certain electrolytes (i.e. sodium and potassium) from your pet's body, which may result in weight loss.

When the urethra is completely blocked, the kidneys are no longer able to remove toxins from the blood and maintain a proper balance of fluids and electrolytes in the body.

This decrease in fluids and electrolytes negatively affects circulation, digestion, and toxin removal from the body.