River water is aid to be "soft" compared to well or spring water, so not 
much mineral there.

I don't see why they would have needed extra minerals, since they didn't 
drink coffee or have heart disease.
BTW I use the chelated glycinate for heart problems; it works, but I 
dump the powder from the capsules on my tongue, since the capsules are 
said to contain free glutamate, a neurotoxin.

William

On 05/05/2011 05:45 AM, Dr Ben Balzer wrote:
> So, did the water intake of hunter gatherers or our paleolithic forebears
> contain significant amounts of minerals or alkali?
> Is this worth accounting for when considering their diets?
>
> I've found it hard to find the composition of pristine rivers.
> The composition of mineral waters of the world are listed here
> http://mineralwaters.org/index.php
> Australian mineral waters ironically have almost no minerals due to the
> nature of the rocks they filter through and their ancient geological age-
> the minerals are long gone.
>
> Perrier http://mineralwaters.org/index.php?func=disp&parval=1953
> Evian http://mineralwaters.org/index.php?func=disp&parval=923
> Apollinaris http://mineralwaters.org/index.php?func=disp&parval=211
>
>