It's a rare individual that needs to increase his sodium intake -- after all, most Americans consume way more than the 1,500- to 2,300-milligram maximum a day. However, certain people -- such as athletes who sweat a lot -- might experience a condition known as hyponatremia, or low levels of sodium in the blood.
Skiing has a history of almost five millennia. Although modern skiing has evolved from beginnings in Scandinavia, it may have been practiced as early as 600 BC in what is now China. The word ski is one of a handful of words Norway has exported to the international community.
By Philip Sebastian Schilling. Snowboarding is an awesome sport that has become more and more popular in recent years. Originally the inspiration came from skateboarding, surfing, and skiing, the sport of snowboarding evolved in the United States back in the decades of the 1960s and 70s.