Replied by Granny Laura (Waco, Tx Usa) on 03/13/2011
Meadowsweet: You gave 2 different solutions to your heart palpatations . You are low in magnesium and potassium from what you gave as test results.
Magnesium should always be taken in a 2:1 ratio with the calcium being twice as much as magnesium. Magnesium regulates your heart rate and rhythm, you may not need to take any calcium at all.
Potassium can get low enough to be dangerous. A lack of potassium makes your muscles weak, including that big one we call the heart. I, for one, get angina when my potassium gets low, or esophaegeal spasms.
Too much magnesium will give you diarrhea so it is easy to know when you have enough. Too much potassium can be deadly, but I think that must be pretty hard to do. I've never heard of anyone dying from it. I take mine as a liquid, easier on the stomach. Your doctor should be the best judge of how much is enough.
Google foods containing potassium and see what can be done naturally in that department. But, keep a watch on your potassium as it is vitally important to get enough of it.
I've never been able to to tell why I am always deficient in potassium. My sister was as well and the only thing we had in common as far as diet and life style was the diuretic we took for high blood pressure. I am working on getting my blood pressure normal so that I don't have to take a diuretic. I think it must have to do w/too many carbohydrates.Replied by Meadowsweet (Halifax, England, Uk) on 03/15/2011
Thank you Granny Laura :-) I've started improving my potassium intake with foods and supplements. Still searching for a cure for the heart palpitations.
