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Leo - of course not. The benefit of a low carb diet comes from the addition of abundant and healthy fat consumption. Atkins diet was a high protein and high fat from all sources. They later tried to revise it to healthier... The eating plans recommended by those working to control insulin responses and also prevent insulin resistance and diabetes emphasize the importance of a high, healthy-by Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Alex… donating blood helps if your ferritin levels are elevated. Ferritin reflects stored iron and excess iron is toxic… can injure every part of the body including heart and brain and cause or contribute to arrhythmia. Natural remedies are easy – just donate blood and keep checking the levels until within a normal range. Avoid supplements and foods containing added iron and limit intake of redby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Gary - I doubt that it was coincidence and I'm certainly pleased that you've learned about aspartame. We have been cautioning afibbers for many years that the chemicals of artificial sweeteners are especially bad for afibbers and actually, very bad for everyone. Definitely, the acidic factor with soft drinks is detrimental as well, but these artificial sweeteners are hidden in maby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Todd - great find. I have limited time but I've watched for a few minutes at a time... well done. Everyone should be aware of this. Thanks for posting. Jackieby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Alex - I'm behind in my reading and participating. I'll have some comments for you shortly. Jackieby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Hans - I’ve corresponded with Oram Miller, BBEC, on this grounding topic. In addition to referring me to several links on his website, he offered the following comments. He also references Dr. Milham’s website on Dirty Electricity for information. He recommends Earthing pads, but only after reducing the electric field levels first where people sleep and sit during the day, including at comby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Whenever there is pain in the left arm such as what you describe... you need to be checked out quickly to rule out that you don't have reduced blood flow or possibly even a clot. Don't fool around with a meter etc until you have a formal diagnosis. If you have afib, then deal with that; if you have another cardiac problem, then deal with it now before you suffer some severe consequencby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Po - Sent you an email with a product data attachment for information. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - thanks for taking the time to respond. I still have a couple questions/comments.. If you do go back to the Nutri Multi.... consider that you may not be getting enough magnesium...check the form of magnesium on that product. Oxide? And how much calcium is included?Magnesium citrate form is flushed through the body rapidly.. may not accumulate in heart cells enough to stabilize NSR conby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz - give the D3 supplements a try and test in 3 - 4 months to learn your progress. It may take considerably elevated doses to reach the optimal range of 60 - 70... My experience is that I had to increase to 10,000 a day in order to get the number even over 50. Be aware that it can take quite a bit of time. I tinkered and tested for almost 2 years before getting my 25 OH D number optimized.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
McHale - the emphasis needs to be on testing for the blood viscosity factors mentioned previously. Other than INR for those on warfarin, I've not seen any cardiologists be concerned with blood viscosity. That makes no sense. Maybe it's just too easy to put everyone on anticoagulants and then that takes them off the medicolegal liability hook.... but where does that leave the patientby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Butty - you may find The Strategy report and the Introduction to CR 72 useful for your post-ablation activity. If you were low in the critical heart support nutrients and electrolytes prior to ablation, it's only a matter of time before that has an influence once again since ablation does nothing for those deficiencies. Many of us who have had successful ablations, continue to supplementby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom C - yes - that's a definite "Yoiks!" moment.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Murray - You WILL get there!. You will have your place in the sun. You've done the most critical... becoming your own health advocate.. You are extremely fortunate to have access to Dr. Verma. Best to you, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Doug - First – unless it was a specially-produced whey powder, I don’t doubt for a minute that your whey protein caused afib. Many afibbers are highly sensitive to even small amounts of free glutamate and avoiding it requires mainly a fresh food, mostly raw diet because when heat is used, many foods produce free glutamate.. some, much more than others. One of our early pioneers here (Fraby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb - yes... while hawthorne can lower blood pressure, for some afibbers, it can makes things worse. While I have never had a blood pressure issue, I recall that since so many recommendations for afib recommended using hawthorne, I decided to give it a try. It definitely was not a good experience for me. It may be because I took hawthorne as a single supplement... added to the many other suby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Cindy - Shannon is our research expert on the procedures to manage the LAA... I know he's out of town at the moment, so I'm sure he'll respond to your post when he gets back at his computer. He is very conversant on the potentials for both options as a result of his consults with Dr. Natale... so just stand by. I am so sorry about your unfortunate accident and I do wish youby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello John - Glad you were able to enjoy some improvement with the recommended nutritional support for a while. Couple of questions? Age? Normal weight? Activity level? Take any medications? When was the carotid stenosis diagnosis? Anything recommeded to help clean out the vessels? What are the milligram dosages of the supplements you take? Do you take magnesium glycinate? When doby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz - Some time ago, I corresponded with an afibber who is mostly controlled with the supplements we suggest, but she has hyperparathyroidism. As I recall, her doctors are watching and waiting. I'm not exactly sure for what but her calcium levels were very elevated. If your vitamin D levels are below 60-70, you may find that taking it supplementally will help balance out the numbers.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - That's unfortunte. Dark-ages thinking. Consider the topical magnesium 'gel' or 'oil' or the Epsom Salts (magnesium sulfate) as optiions to help boost magnesium accumulation which may help offset at least some calcium until you get that controlled. George N has posted on his own version of the magnesium oil from the nigari flakes which he says is most economical aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Dean - While informative, this Mercola advice leaves out the very critical factor that is the topic of CR 72…. ...which is about the importance of the ratio between potassium-to-sodium intake based on the science put forth by Richard Moore, MD PhD (biophysics) who researched that 'ratio' association relative to hypertension and is missing in this Mercola clip. Although, certby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bob - when you say, high dose aspirin... I assume you mean the 325 mg size tablet? and when you say you add nattokinase, what would be the dosage listed on the label indicated by the Fibrinolytic Unit designation? What's your total dosing of NK during an event? With an afib event of 13 hours, you "should" be safe with the aspirin and enough nattokinase, but a major concern iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - Thanks. I'm going to pursue this a bit further. Certainly, if you don't use yours, it can't be harmful, but what are you doing to block out the electropollution that comes through the walls if your area is so polluted? Scary stuff. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom - Glad you had such a positive experience. Nothing 'beats' NSR. Best to you, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron B - good for you... that's the most effective way to begin the road back to health. It makes no sense to take drugs etc and continue consuming offending substances. In the world of advanced medicine often called Functional Medicine, the rule for every new patient is to evaluate and then fix the gut first...and that includes food sensitivity testing, GI evaluations for dysbiosis, eliminby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike - You've been at this a while now and I've forgotten the details on your evalutions other than Exatest so I'm inquiring if you have had the parathyroid evaluation to rule out parathyroid malfunction or if there are benign nodules that might be related to the elevated calcium? If not, that would certainly be in order. Best to you, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I agree. You don’t have to take supplements but to get enough Omega 3’s, you’ve got to eat a generous amount of the right kind of fish every day and it can’t be fried. Either way, the body benefits greatly from having optimal amounts of these protective Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) which the body can’t produce on its own so to stay healthy, you have to eat them daily or supplement. It woulby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gus - It's best to begin by using low doses of the magnesium and ramp up a bit every few days so that you don't blow right by your bowel tolerance level and develop diarrhea which is counterproductive because then, you lose the important electrolytes you are trying to bolster. This may take several weeks or even a month or two to find your "Goldilocks" dosing. The Magnesiuby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Murray - if I can locate my old records, I'll post my results. At one time, I did have mild enlargement and then it normalized. The only drug I used was flecainide and lots of supplements. Consider that myocardial fibrosis can play a part in enlargement. (See the current Conference Room)by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Anne - I always take mine on an empty stomach. One reason is that you definitely want to take a bedtime dose that protects you from the clotting tendency during the early morning hours when concentrations of PAI 1 are low (which means a higher risk of clotting). Each 2000FUs of the nattokinase enzyme lasts around 8 hours... if you take one dose at bedtime, that should be protective during the nby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM