Properties

Compounds and Elements found in Donat Mg

Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide is an important companion of natural mineral waters. The specific benefit of these waters is their carbon dioxide content, as it naturally stabilises the water. It ensures a greater feeling of refreshment, and also gives the impression that the drinks themselves seem cooler than they actually are. On account of the carbon dioxide content, the stomach has a greater permeability for all beneficial drink components, vitamins, minerals and salts necessary for health. Carbon dioxide has the effect of speeding up the movement of the digestive organs which consequently has a favourable effect on digestion.

Sensitive people can respond to carbon dioxide with hoarseness while some people can have problems with bloating. There are no other proven side effects.

The dissolving of the carbon dioxide depends on pressure and temperature. If the pressure is lowered or the temperature rises, then gas from the water can escape. There is the possibility that mineral substances can separate, which quite often happens and this can manifest itself as white marks on the bottles or white sediments. After each use it is necessary to tightly close the bottle containing the mineral water and to keep it in a dark and cool place.

Fluoride
Fluoride prevents the formation of caries. The amount of fluoride we require on a daily basis is 12-18 mg. Moreover, fluoride deficiencies cause teeth-related problems, as do deficiencies of calcium, magnesium, vitamin A and phosphorus.

Iodide
The daily iodide requirement is 200 mcg. Iodide can be mostly found in the thyroid as triiodothyronine and tetraiodothyronine - these are the two significant hormones of the thyroid gland. They regulate body temperature, the condition of fluids in the body, the central nervous system and have an influence on the development of organisms.

Sulphate
Sulphur is found elementarily in nature as sulphide and sulphate. Magnesium sulphate or bitter salt and sodium sulphate or Glauber salt can both be found in Donat Mg mineral water. Sulphur is a necessary required construction element of amino acids such as cysteine, cystine and methione, which are required for the manufacture of proteins. Without sulphur there would be no vitamin B, biotin, insulin or keratin (for hair and nails). Sulphates remove toxic substances from the body and assist in the construction of amino acids, which themselves contain sulphur. In conjunction with magnesium, sulphate protects the stomach's mucous membrane and works as a purgative.

Chloride and Sodium
Chloride is a component part of the bones and stomach acid. Chloride, together with sodium, cares for the equilibrium of bodily fluids and regulates osmotic pressure. What we commonly know as heartburn is the result of too much stomach acid, so consequently too much chloride (hyperacidity). This can be soothed by antacids, to which belongs bicarbonate of soda, which is found in Donat Mg mineral water. Insufficient amounts of chloride cause hypochloride. Insufficient amounts of acid, enzymes or mucus in the stomach can lead to reduced circulation of blood in the stomach's mucous membrane, its subsequent inflammation and even the onset of cancer.

Up to 150 mg of sodium per litre is allowable in drinking water, which equates to 381 mg of cooking salt, otherwise known as sodium chloride. Donat Mg contains 128 mg of sodium chloride per litre, which amounts to 33.6% of the allowable content in drinking water. The remainder of the sodium ions are bound up with the bicarbonates in bicarbonate of soda and sulphates in Glauber salt, both of which are used in medicines. Bicarbonate of soda maintains the PH balance of the stomach juice acids and Glauber salt, together with bitter salt (magnesium sulphate) has a purging effect.

The permissible daily intake of sodium is 6g per day. However, it is important that we are aware that one gram of sodium is found in 200 ml of water.

Cooking salt, or sodium chloride as it otherwise known, raises blood pressure. However 30-50% of people who are on a weight loss diet experience a lowering in blood pressure on account of a reduced intake of sodium chloride. These people are salt-sensitive. Sodium, and also potassium, is expelled from the body.

Potassium
Potassium, together with sodium, has an effect on the functioning of the heart muscles. Potassium is necessary for normal stimulation of the nerves, for activating a variety of enzymes and is a very important element in the biosynthesis of proteins. It can be mainly found in dried fruit and bananas. Potassium is excreted through the kidneys and, except for abnormal functioning of the adrenal glands, it is not possible to have an overdosage of this element. Potassium deficiency occurs when there is a base acid balance upset, when dietary habits are not well-balanced, during slimming treatments, excessive sweating, stress, liver disease or on account of taking digitalis or cortisone preparations. The consequences are muscle weakness, visible reduction of reflexes, apathy, lack of physical strength and energy, enlargement of the heart, increased heartbeat, constipation, breathing difficulties and so on.

Calcium
99% of calcium is stored in the bones and teeth. Vitamin D plays an important part in the food absorption process and also in the metabolic processes of many hormones. Parathormone raises the level of calcium in the blood, while calcitonin lowers the calcium levels in the blood. In addition, oestrogen and testosterone play an important role in the metamorphosing of calcium in the body, ie from the bones into the blood, and the other way round. For adults the daily intake of calcium required by the body is 800-900 mg, However children, for instance, can tend to have a calcium deficiency due to consuming too many drinks which have an overly-rich phosphate content, not eating enough fresh vegetables or milk products, eating too much chocolate, cocoa, spinach or rhubarb.

Phosphates, fats, oxalates and pitin acids form with calcium, iron, zinc and magnesium salt which makes the absorption of calcium difficult. This absorption worsens with age on account of insufficient quantities of oestrogen. A healthy person cannot overdose on calcium. However illnesses such as, say, abnormal functioning of the adrenal gland, vitamin D poisoning, lactic-alkaline syndrome. an over-active thyroid or some other conditions, can cause an overdosage of calcium.

Iron (Iron, which remains in Donat Mg mineral water even after it has been broken down, is not important for the organism because it is in an oxidised form.)
Iron is a component part of haemoglobin, which has a 63-73% iron content, 3-5% of iron is bound to myoglobins, 0.3% to enzymes and 1% can be found in blood plasma. 16-32% of iron is stored in proteins (ferritin and hemosiderin). The remainder can be found in the bone marrow, liver and mucous membrane of the urinary bladder.

On a daily basis we need 10-15 mg of iron. Iron is necessary for transporting oxygen around the body to the cells and for carrying carbon dioxide back to the lungs. Haemoglobin also regulates blood reaction so that it is not too alkaline or too acidic, and therefore has a regular reaction. Iron is also a component part of some enzymes, which assist in the process of removing toxic substances from the body. If we are aware that in a 24 hours the body has to create 170 billion erythrocytes, we can imagine that this is only possible with sufficient quantities of iron.

Iron deficiency can be too latent, latent or manifest, depending on the extent to which the stores of iron in the body have been exhausted.

Manganese
This is a trace element about which not a great deal is yet known. It activates some of the body's enzymes and possibly prevents epileptic attacks. On a daily basis we need 2-5 mg of manganese. A deficiency of this element can cause weakness, inflammation of the skin, vomiting, low fat value in the blood and weight loss. Diabetics and epileptics show evidence of a manganese deficiency. There is no overdosing or poisoning from this element. It can make an appearance due to some exceptional circumstances and can manifest itself as, amongst other things, bronchial asthma, inflammation of the lungs, inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane and also as chronic fatigue, outbreaks of sweating, impotence, fever, speech impairment.

Other Trace Elements

Nickel as an element has an influence on hormonal balance, conversion of fats and stabilisation of nucleic acid.

Lithium and bromide have a soothing effect.

Donat Mg mineral water contains metasilicic and metaboric acid, along with traces of many other elements. All of these elements are important for the different metabolic processes which take place within the body and round off the medicinal effect of Donat Mg mineral water.