Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
lithium (330 g/L). Epidemiological study of the inhabitants of three villages (n =
1162) who all their life use “Mivela” and those of control villages (n = 1140) in the
same community, has shown significantly lesser incidence of cardiovascular diseases
(4 times less patients with hypertension, 5 times less patients with disturbance of
cardiac rhythm and 4 times less infarcts) and kidney calculus in the villages that are
drinking “Mivela”.
Conclusions
In many countries around the world, for the reason of Mg deficiency, tables with
Mg supplements are available. It is our opinion that natural mineral magnesium
bicarbonate waters from Serbia can be convenient as a supplement of Mg ions.
Keywords: Drinking Mineral Waters, Magnesium, Publich Health
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