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Barb - I would not worry because your treatment is relatively short-term by comparison. You are well on your way to getting back to normalcy and when you are off all your meds, you can get back to Ginkgo. Herbal remedies were here long before Rx drugs and they have provided countless benefits - regardless of studies proving this or that. When you take an Rx anticoagulant, you definitely don&by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - Good questions... good that you are asking. Great that you are seeing good results by increasing your magnesium and potassium intake. Don't forget to also choose foods that emphasize those as well. The Lo Salt may be useful for the potassium content... or you could get the potassium gluconate powder and just fill an empty shaker with that to add to food. It tastes slighly saltby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
James - You can also consider buying potassium citrate tablets or capsules to carry with you when away from home during the day or if you travel. More convenient than the gluconate powder... although by law each can only contain 99 mg so you'll have to take 5 to approximate the dose in the bulk powder. Very inexpensive. I always use both forms. The citrate form has the added advantagby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - My post-ablation history is I was 67 at the time of my Natale ablation in 2003. At 103 days following ablation, I had breakthrough AF and was cardioverted at hour 39. All was quiet until year 4. Then I had a breakthrough which I managed with the PIP protocol. Same in years 4, 5 and 6...one event every 6 or 9 months. So I decided I needed to emphasize the core nutrients involvby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Duke - several considerations for the reaction to peanuts and cashews. Is this reaction new? In other words, have you always been able to comfortably snack on peanuts and cashews? Some people develop an allergy or sensitivity to peanuts with time. Or... it's the fact your stomach was empty... many people develop gas and bloating when these are consumed on an empty stomach becby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - Some hiatal hernias can be managed with manipulations and if you can find a skilled, knowledgeable practitioner, it makes sense to try that as hiatal hernias affect the vagus nerve which can definitely adversely affect the heart. This link to a report on the Vagus Nerve by Steve Rochlitz, PhD is worth noting. Also: The Gut Connection to Afib report is at this link: Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Duke - I recall hearing a comment by a doctor specializing in immune infections who commented that H. pylori is never totally eliminated from the body. You just manage it down to levels where it no longer causes symptoms. One of his comments that was interesting was the association between H. pylori and Graves' disease. The doctor said his experience was Graves' patients almost aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Iatrogenia - Check out the posts about Thick, sticky blood and risk of stroke and MI… Do the all the appropriate screening tests to insure that your blood levels are appropriate for prevention…especially those that indicate the presence of silent inflammation so that adverse clotting is far less likely to be a potential. We have good data on the reliability of CardioKinase to lower fibrinby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Judianne - I'm sorry to read about your breast cancer and hope you are doing well now. The radiation therapy definitely can be damaging to nearby tissue. One of my friends who had a mastectomy and lots of radiation as was done many years ago, suffered heart valve damage as a result. Fortunately, things have changed somewhat but it's still a Catch 22, for sure. The protocols nowby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi - that is good news... one at a time and eventually, you'll be off many of those drugs. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
What true cinnamon and cassia do not have in common is their coumarin content. Coumarins are naturally occurring plant components that can have strong anticoagulant properties. Because our blood needs to maintain its ability to coagulate in times of injury, excessive intake of coumarins over a prolonged period of time can pose health risks. While the level of naturally occurring coumarins in Ceylby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Monsanto and Big Food Losing the GMO and ‘Natural’ Food Fight Submitted by Alice on April 20, 2014 After 20 years of battling Monsanto and corporate agribusiness, food and farm activists in Vermont, backed by a growing Movement across the country, are on the verge of a monumental victory—mandatory labels on genetically engineered foods and a ban on the routine industry practice of labeliby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Spend some time doing a search on the risk contaminants in of cinnamon. I recall reading about high lead contamination from Chinese cinnamon….and impurities such as insect parts, rodent hairs and droppings… Most likely, some bottlers are more reliable than others for purity standards. Remember also that too much coumarin is toxic to the liver. There is an informative report on the coumby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Liz – Because of my several previous very negative and traumatic experiences with unnecessary surgical procedures due to my own naiveté about trusting the medical establishment to look after my best interests, I was totally gun-shy and vowed never, ever to have another invasive procedure including an ablation. I had the ablation procedure only because my insurance was at risk of being seveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - I'm sure that you will begin to notice more tolerances once your liver detox starts to take effect and the clearance pathways are able to function normally. I certainly wish you well with that. It can be tedious, at best...with all the restrictions and reactions. I have been sidetracked with some repair inconveniences and haven't yet checked my stash of info on cell membraby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi John - Great question. I'm really glad you are both thinking and curious. And, yes, that's the reality of today's nutritionally deficient diets, environmental toxins and other influences that allow the body to manifest adversely in various ways including expressing negatively, gene flaws that contribute to not only AF but many other health conditions. It's been scby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Okay, Smackman - we are on the same page now. My comment still stands that your 600 mg of magnesium may not be nearly enough to optimize your intracellular levels so you will want to keep increasing slowly. As you are able to discontinue some of the major drugs that continually deplete magnesium, you should be able to make some progress. It all takes time and at least you are now headed iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Peggy… Thanks for chiming in again to keep in the forefront the message that many afibbers have successfully cured or substantially reversed their afib. Congratulations to you, too, for your long-standing record and once again…thanks for doing all that work to pull together "The List." Some former afibbers that I have corresponded with have, indeed, cured their afib with the diby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Todd Ha ha... I read this quickly and thought it said..... 8 beers and you should stop drinking immediately... I thought ...8 beers and I'd definitely stop...as I'd be dead. No seriously... I did read it correctly but catchy heading. Figures when it comes to Monsanto and they're just one of many. The GMO grains and other foods are causing great problems with peopleby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Smackman... clarification is in order. I thought you were wanting to take magnesium to help maintain your normal heart rhythm after ablation... If your intracellular levels of magnesium are low, you will be unable to do that consistently or if your IC magnesium levels decline. Serum magnesium levels do not reflect what's inside the heart cells. Therefore, we supplement to get IC leveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - a couple things to remember.... 1) 7 weeks post-ablation - is not uncommon to have a heart that is still fairly unsettled. It may take 6 months or more before totally calm. 2) Magneisum, magnesium, magnesium.... first and foremost... and definitely before you begin adding supplemental potassium, because if your intracellular magnesium is not optimized, then adding supplemental pby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - First off... I thought you mentioned in another thread that you had a sensitivity to sulfur.... And surely your nutritionst is aware of that... the website says for .. Other ingredients: Spring water, bicarbonate and sulfur. Be sure you know that you can tolerate the added phosphorous as well. Their literature says that this product helps to increase bicarbonate levels. That'by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Todd - A lot of people don’t realize which foods are commonly GMOs or understand the complications of the GMO DNA once it’s inside the human body. The Food Democracy Now! website has an abundance of enlightening information Here’s one: Tell the USDA to Keep Agent Orange GMOs Off Your Plate! The first generation of biotech crops has failed. And failed badly. Now the biotechby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
The info on the development of the Exatest is at their website. The Exatest does not involve a blood draw.by Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Smackman - First, realize that the chelated version is formulated specifically not to cause bowel intolerance until one reaches fairly high doses that would most likely be at least double your 600 mg although everyone reacts slightly differently and has a different 'saturation' point. To reverse your constipation quickly, try another form of magnesium. Use some of the concby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Exatest was developed for NASA’s use with astronauts who are monitored continually to maintain health and functionality. Weightlessness or zero gravity in space flight has a huge impact on bone health and muscle strength so the critical nutrients are undoubtedly included in daily food packets containing the essential nutrients. Most likely, NASA flight surgeons recommending calcium were nby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Nancy - It's always important to rule out H.pylori and other gut pathogens first before embarking on treatment plans. one of our former posters, Sharon Glass, had H.pylori and cured herself of both that and the afib by using the Mastic Gum. She wrote up her success and protocol in the Conference Room session 42 Helicobacter pylori & Afib Last I heard from her she was stilby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello David - that's very good news about the NERD. The bad news is that typically, beta blocker can make you feel sluggish. They work that way for me. Muscle fatigue as well. However, I found that you can tinker a bit with the dosing to find your specific 'Goldilock's dose' that may allow you to cut back just enough to accomplish the other benefits but diminish the fatiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Duke - for the CDSA and other types of testing, you typically have to see a functional medicine type practitioner. Gut issues can encompass many factors. Most common is the lack of ability for your body to produce adequate stomach acid. When that's the case, then food doesn't get broken down properly and it will just lie there in the stomach and ferment or putrify. That causes bloaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah... Medicare pays for Exatest.... all you need is a Medicare provider to order it in for you. You can even do cell collection yourself... It's a sublingual scraping ...I've done my own. Be assured about the reliability of Exatest. I queried a forum of health practitioners about their experiences and reliability of Exatest. The responses were that it was considered highlby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM