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David - I was on flecainide for about 4 years and it became proarrhythmic for me...so much so that my events were occurring every day or every other day and lasing often 24 - 27 hours... 4 hours in NSR and then back in arrhythmia. Life was miserable and I consulted with EP, Andrea Natale and got an ablation date 6 months out. During that time, I did heroics as a last-ditch effort in an attempby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Montos Please make a correction to the source of my notes on this topic The original report was published in Applied Nutritional Science Reports by Richard L. Shames, MD, Nutritional Management of Stress-Induced Dysfunction. (Nov 2003) and can be found here. Its worth printing the entire article for study and it does cover nutrients and herbals that assist with a recovery and maintenanceby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Larry - Smart move. My labs are run through Lab Corp.... you can call them and make a general inquiry. Quest probably does something similar. They are large labs well-established across the country. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
First paragraph is misleading Quote: There's little that individual vitamins and nutrients can do to prevent stroke, but overall healthier diets may lower the risk, an Australian researcher found. This smacks of the obvious... attributable to the study sponsors vested interests. To the contrary, there is a great deal support indicating that THE RIGHT vitamins can help prevent stroke and CV diby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elizabeth - once again... now that the world knows about Epigenetics, we are no longer held hostage to a genetic link since we are able to control or influence genetic expression. Expression is the operative word. By nutritional and other interventions we have have strong influence over the Expression. This is a major breakthrough and success stories abound. Read at Garry Gordon's websitby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - when I look at my health history, the line of reasoning you outline certainly makes sense. The parietal cells in the stomach are those reponsible for producing intrinsic factor needed for vitamin B12 absorption. I've been low on B12 on occasion and have had B12 injections in the past. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - I kept a daily log and made the associations... like hitting your finger with a hammer, it doesn't take too long to figure out the cause of pain. However, since there are so many hidden potential causes in packaged/processed foods, the overall advice on food is to eat as clean as possible... whole, fresh foods, prepared at home, and using no packaged, processed, canned foods. Organiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lesley - You may find relief with digestive enzymes - full complement variety - with every meal to help eliminate stomach issues and spare the magnesium. No choice about the the anti-rejection drugs that are hard on the system, but hopefully they are effective for you. Your're in good hands in Bordeaux... stay in touch so we know how you are. Best to you! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Monty - I'll pull out some references so you can pursue. I had cortisol imbalance and adrenal burnout. Mostly resolved but it took time and definitely continued diligence to support with nutrients/herbals, etc. I'm still working on it with the latest process of balancing the ANS. It's an amazing treatment with awesome results. I'll be back soon. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ed - yes, definitely posture can contribute. Scrunching the midsection impinges the vagus nerve. When I was an active afibber and golfer, just bending over from the waist to put a tee in the ground was often a trigger. The holistic chiropractor I was seeing at the time did an adjustment in the stomach/diaphragm area and I went from daily or every other day events to zero after about five treatmby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Hans - Geez - you'd think I'd have remembered that section in your book. Sorry. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lesley - as noted in your reference, drugs that block stomach acid frequently cause a myriad of other health problems including a risk of getting sick easier since there is no stomach acid to help kill 'bugs' that enter the stomach easily. Many nutrients require stomach acid in order to be metabolized into bioavailable forms the body can use. There is big money to be made from theseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam - I can appreciate your confusion. Since it is established that thyroid dysfunction, either hyper or hypo, can contribute to heart arrhythmia, one can make the connection... (as has been done numerous times when discussing iodine deficiency, so logically, one can make the association between AF and lack of iodine. This may be more prevalent in some than in others, but both should be ruled ouby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
When dealing with cyclical AF episodes, one must be aware of the influence of stress. As you know, there is good stress and then there is the bad, unremitting stress that eventually leads to serious imbalances including adrenal burnout. Since Ive had problems as a result of chronic stress including adrenal burnout, Ive read a large amount of commentaries and listen to teleconferences by healtby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - you are absolutely correct that everyone is unique when it comes to what is "normal" for their body and how they manage the electrolytes. I don't have any meters to go by but learned over time that I needed to keep my serum potassium at least 4.5. Having a CardyMeter would be very useful for anyone who hasn't mastered stabilizing their rhythm. There may be an influeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - I have not found that to be the case and I've used both the powder and capsules - various brands - all seems to work the same...at least for me. I prefer using the powder (actually, it's more like granular crystals) at home because that's just one less pill to swallow. When I travel, I pack capsules. Because the bulk is so crystalline, I found that I can just put a dby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - Gut Dysbiosis: Your doctor undoubtedly knows about Jeff Bland's 4R Gut repair protocol (Remove, Replace, Reinocculate, Repair).... you should be following this implicitly. Unless or until you get the gut lining healthy enough to actually allow nutrients to cross the gut lumen and get into the blood stream where it can access cells (especially your heart cells), you won't make thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jeanne - those same events were prevalent in my case until I learned that I became hypoglycemic in the early morning hours. The holistic MD I was seeing at the time was also hypoglycemic and recognized the situation immediately. He advised eating a small snack containing protein and healthy fat two hours before bedtime to ensure that the blood glucose levels didn't dip down too low and caby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom Important finding for you. In the Low T syndrome post, melatonin and its high antioxidant property was mentioned. It may be that this is just what your heart needs to stop the irritation from free radicals. Electropollution (toxic frequencies) from cell phone and other wireless use also causes a reduction in melatonin production in the pineal gland and adding some may be why you respondby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - the 'soreness' of your heart gives me some concern. I presume you have had the thalium stress test that evaluates for good blood flow to the heart? In all my many years of very intense, frequent and prolonged events, I never experienced anything I could call a 'sore' heart. As for adjusting the sympathetic nervous system to be more parasympathetic, I've been workby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Marty - I'm glad you contributed that as many afibbers have discovered that gluten is a culprit and going gluten-free allows them to remain in NSR. Not all gluten sensitivity is related to celiac disease - there is also non-celiac that cause similar problems. Frequently, it's gastric upset that occurs from gluten or other food sensitivies which is also another trigger regardless of tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - The thought was the huge amount of magnetic frequency. I didn't research it and didn't opt to risk it. Later on, I also learned about the contrast compound Gadolinium and was even more happy I didnt try the MRI.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shannon - is this considered to be in addition to measuring fibrinogen or take the place of? In the past, the hemorheology researchers have always been concerned with shear stresses relative to viscosity so this looks very interesting. It's been a long time coming. How easily will it be for most physicians to access it for their patients? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ivan - I've heard from my dental patients over the years that there is a reluctance to continue with blood thinners in the elderly and especially those prone to various types of bleeds. Of course, that's a Catch 22 when afib is a complication and of course is an obvious hindsight question in the case of your mother, unfortunately. In my research and disucssions with those who treatby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ivan - there is a lot of controversy over hair analysis as a reliable test for mineral and metal testing. Some say that what is excreted and therefore deposited in the hair is just that... what the body manages to excrete... and indicates nothing about the stores inside the cells. In in the case of magnesium, that's where it counts...inside the cells...not what's in blood/serum or hby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - I have used Biosil on and off and have never found it to be a trigger.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tibbar - In an ideal world, doctors would learn the basics of nutrition and go back to those fundamentals before relying on drugs and surgical procedures as an solution for every ailment. As you said...Wishful thinking. There's just too much revenue to be made on the latter rather than relying on nutrition to keep us healthy. That doesn't mean we can't all educate ourselves. Jby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fran always warned us about long cooking of meat proteins because of the liberated free glutamates which would be excitotoxic to cells and bad for afibbers. Might that not also be the case with cooking bones? Additionally, fluoride is a natural component of the Earth's crust so plants and grass eaten by grazing animals will naturally contain some that ends up in their muscle meat (and bones) oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This may have changed since I checked several years ago with them, but Exatest also said that if one does not have insurance, they will offer a discounted price... but only if you assure them you will not try to submit for insurance reimbursement in any manner. I also seem to recall that they said that not all insurance carriers covered it universally. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom - so sorry about your injury. About the MRI: I was once warned by a physician that having an MRI might bring on arrhythmia so I didn't have it. Not sure if that's totally valid but I wasn't willing to risk it. You may want to ask a couple cardiologists or EPs. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM