Wally writes:

<<Thanks Siobhan, but I guess I may have formatted my
query incorrectly. I was wondering about the
relationship between minerals leeched from water and
heart palpitations. I had heard this relationship
mentioned during a "sales pitch" for the colloidals
and was never sure how accurate it was. Seemed to me
that water, even "glacial milk", could not be the only
source for the trace minerals they contended were
lacking.>>

Hi Wally,

     Well, I'm thinking about this.  , Rachel Carson (the environmentalist),
wrote "In the Sea Around Us":

". . .Fish, amphibian, and reptile, warm-blooded bird and mammal - each of
us carries in our veins a salty stream in which the elements are combined in
almost the same proportions as in sea water. This is our inheritance from
the day, untold millions of years ago, when a remote ancestor, having
progressed from the one-celled to the many celled stage, first developed a
circulatory system in which the fluid was merely the water of the sea. In
the same way, our lime-hardened skeletons are a heritage from the
calcium-rich ocean of Cambrian time. Even the protoplasm that streams within
each cell of our bodies has the chemical structure impressed upon living
matter when the first simple creatures were brought forth in the ancient
sea. . ."

 The mineral magnesium is a catalyst in over 300 enzyme reactions in the
body, many of which are directly related to cardiovascular health.  Calcium
and potassium, as we know, regulate the heartbeat.  Trace minerals
contribute to bioelectrical conduction in the body.  So, I would think that
it is indeed possible to experience heart irregularities in the absence of
such minerals.

<<But, since you mention it, I used colloidal minerals
(with added vitamins) for about six months and never
noticed the improvements in health anecdotally
mentioned in their testimonials. Which, I must say, is
pretty "normal" for me. I have tried many of the "fad"
health products (pycnogenol, colloidals, blue-green
algae, "super vitamins", etc.), and in all cases the
results were never even close to the hype. I came to
the conclusion that I either have an extremely
"cynical" body, or that the users of the products
started using them along with other improvements in
lifestyle that would have given the same results
anyway.>>

I didn't do anything differently when I began taking the minerals, except I
also took a very high quality liquid vitamin supplement and a well balanced
combination of omega 3's and 6's.  I was quite ill when I began taking
these.  I have noticed with others that the more compromised one's health
is, the more noticeable the benefits of any supplement regime.

What was your health status when you began taking the minerals?  Something
to also consider is that although our bodies need the same things, we don't
all utilize them in the same way due to biochemical individuality.

Siobhan