Frequently asked questions
- What is our daily energy demand?
Global demand for energy is individual for each human being, because it arises from the demands of primary metabolism, lifestyle, age, morphology, height (children). You can assume that, on average, women need from 1600-2000kcal a day, and men 2200-2600kcal daily. Such number of calories allows for normal functioning of the body.
- How can low intake of fiber affect our body?
Too little fiber consumption can cause diseases of the digestive tract - mainly constipation. The deficiency of fiber in the diet can lead to civilization diseases such as obesity, atherosclerosis, diabetes, cholelithiasis and even cancer of the large intestine.
- What is the role of magnesium in the body and where does it occur most?
Magnesium, beside calcium and phosphorus, is one of the main components of bones and teeth. It performs many important functions in the body, for example, improves the nervous system, facilitates proper muscle contractions, augments proper function of the heart. Most magnesium is present in: chocolate, cocoa, nuts, almonds, groats, soya. If you do not eat too much of these products you may take food supplements. The market offers nowadays a wide variety of products with magnesium both in the form of tablets to swallow tablets and soluble in water.
- Is the use of food supplements healthy?
It is obvious that the best vitamins and minerals are derived from natural products. It's a problem, however, because we eat a lot of processed foods and little fruit and vegetables, and thus are not able to provide our body enough vitamins and minerals. I recommend to use vitamin preparations mainly in autumn and winter, because in then we are particularly vulnerable to deficiencies of vitamins and minerals.
- How to deal with sleep disorders?
There are many solutions of problems with falling asleep. I suggest all kinds of preparations, tea with lemon balm. Relaxes perfectly, calms down and thus makes it easier to fall asleep. Also a glass of hot cocoa may be helpful, because it contains a lot of magnesium and easily calms down.
- Why do you feel tired, sleepy and less resistant to infections in the winter?
This is the result of improper diet and little physical activity. So do not try to choose food yourself. Your body should prompt you what to do to augment immunity, to prevent infection and unnecessary ballast in the form of fat. Fatigue can be caused by deficiency of iron in the diet, and too small amounts of vitamins from groups B and E.