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.
Piste is the French word for groomed trail or slope. It has been adopted by North American skiers, and skiers in general, and most often combined with the word off - as in, off-piste - to describe backcountry skiing, or skiing on ungroomed, unmarked terrain.he word ski itself is European in origin. American skiers and snowboarders should not feel left out of the lexicon. They have contributed such terms as bunny slope and yard sale.. Language, like skiing and snowboarding, is a work in progress.