Sheila - I don't recall posting a list of high content magnesium food - as they are relatively few and it's difficult to get enough Mg from food. Almonds are a good source of magnesium but have high fat content. Here's a list from magnesium expert, Paul Mason's website: As for potassium, the links Ray and Peggy offer are great sources. There is a list in the potassium pby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
James - from the original taurine post...<; Dr. Braverman's opinion on the safety/dosage of taurine: "Dr. Braverman says taurine is a well-absorbed amino acid with a low rate of side effects. Only patients with a tendency to increased stomach acidity have difficulty. Taking taurine with food, milk or milk of magnesia will alleviate the problem. Taurine should never be taken with asby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah - Natural Calm is the brand and it's distributed by various means. It's on the shelves in healthfood stores, iherb sells it as does Vitacost whose house brand is NSI. If Vitacost repackages the Natural Calm and sells it under the NSI label, then they are responsible for the purity; otherwise, the burden is the Natural Calm organization. I do recall seeing some of the NSIby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Vinny - yes indeed. Try some DGL Also consider the pain may come from gall bladder....that pain often goes to neck and between shoulder blades. Reference - Conference Room - No More Heartburn series Also the post on The Importance of Stomach Acid <; If you take PPIs or acid blockers, you probably will continue to have GERD symptoms and the conventional medicine docs won't findby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - taurine has many benefits. The most relevant here for afibbers is the first item below.... modulates heart-muscle calcium. By doing that, it helps keep us in NSR since calcium likes to dominate over magnesium. If you haven't read the original post on taurine benefits, here it is: <> Quite a few holistic news comments lately about it helping prevent atherosclerosis... from a recent poby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - since you've had ablation, why are you taking this drug? In a post on generic Toprol - this was included in the general discussion. <; Common side effects of Toprol XL as noted on its package insert, are tiredness (10%), dizziness (10%), depression (5%), diarrhea (5%), pruritus (itching) or rash (5%), shortness of breath (3%), and bradycardia (slow heart rate) (3%). I was oneby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - I should have also mentioned that while we consider 'food' as just that - food, we should remember that unless it is whole, fresh food, prepared at home, it is apt to be tainted with seasonings that are very often considered excitotoxins. This would include MSG and all of it's hidden forms. Other seasonings, preservatives or food colorings can do the same. As you have obby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
We worry about impurities in supplements, but there's a good deal more to worry about... Note this recent study report... It's entirely possible that any or all of these are influential in promoting the tendency toward afib. Jackie Study by Environmental Group Shows Toxic Chemicals End Up in Blood Samples WebMD, Kathleen Doheny Published May 4, 2009 May 1, 2009 -- Up to 48 toxic cby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - well - actually, it's most likely attributed to a food sensitivity. Try experimenting. If you typically eat a certain food at every meal, try going without it for several days and see if you still have the skipped beats. It could be one food or half a dozen or more but a sure sign of sensitivity is faster pulse and it' seems reasonable to make the ectopy part of the sensitiviby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - it's been discussed periodically in various threads and a google for flecainide interactions will bring up several accurate links as well. You can just do an on-site search here either in this session or the previous one. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nick - remember that posture can play an important role in a potential cause of ectopy or afib as a result of slouching or sitting 'scrunched' at the mid-section. If there is extra adipose tissue(fat) there, that will also serve to help crowd the diaphragm. The diaphragm is enervated by the vagus nerve which also enervates the heart. An irritated (scrunched) vagus can be a triggerby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Erling! Thank you for posting your testimonial. Glad to see your name 'in lights' here again! Your success should certainly offer both incentive and encouragement to those who are struggling with the afib journey. It does go back to the basics... magnesium and potassium optimization and some other important tweaks as well. When it works, it's a glorious achievement. Soby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
For those on Medicare - take note: Dear Readers: Medicare is up to it again, again trying to put dangerous restrictions on Vitamin D testing. Although the proposed guidelines for reimbursement are not as restrictive as Medicare's recent proposal, this proposal is restrictive none the less and, within a few months, will be adopted by your insurance company and every major insurance companyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam - I think to ensure that you get a product that is free of contaminants, you'll have to buy a professional grade or pharmaceutical grade classification and from a company that runs assays on the raw materials received in and the finished product batches before it leaves the facility. This is just one of the reasons why various groups want to restrict supplement purchase unless they aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick I too think this is a great idea. I'm tied up with a computer problem and busy saving files to backup drives... and that's giving me fits...sorry I haven't participated fully here but I love the idea and appreciate your work. (Once again theanine to the rescue; otherwise, I think I'd be in AF!!! - only half kidding) Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good observations, Trent. Preventive measures seem to be a key issue. It's often noted in various articles talking about cancer that everyone harbors cancer cells...and not just those specific for prostate cancer. The awareness message is that we should do all we can to prevent the expression or change that may occur to turn or allow the proliferation or changes in cells. The rightby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Lisa - sure you can resume nattokinase anytime. Actually, depending on your age, it's something worth considering taking as a routine measure to protect against blood that becomes too thick to help with MI or stroke risk. Many of us who are considered 'elderly - by the numbers' take it as part of our daily routine even though afib is a distant memory. The combo aspirinby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle - with age, we lose the ability to convert the vitamin D received from sunshine into a usable form in the body. I still think it's a good idea to get into sunshine when it's available, but supplementation is probably the only way to replete low levels. My own experience is that I need to take relatively high doses continually with or w/o sunshine to keep the levels up whereby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
My only experience with flutter was a week-long run which had to be cardioverted. I let the afib go for a couple of days as it seemed to be comfortable.... I had no home-aid diagnostics and my Bp cuff seemed to indicate a 'regular' - irregular beat. It was tolerable so I decided to wait it out... by day 5 I became a bit nervous and the cardiologist then insisted I show up at the ERby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Gordon - I hear you. Now all I have to do is decide what will serve me the best. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Conference Room session on using arginine... Note the precaution about if you've had chicken pox exposure in your lifetime, you increase the risk of getting shingles with too much arginine and not enough lysine along with it. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is treading on what Hans cautioned about in the other post...but you have to consider when definining 'paleo' as when did they use fire? No roasting or booiling of coffee beans before the advent of fire. Certainly when the beans were discovered they were organic as Monsanto hadn't yet arrived on the planet. Same for tea.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Johnny - as I posted previously in another post, depending on why coumadin is prescribed in the first place, it's risky to tell someone to go off it...since we are not that person's physician. In the case of many afibbers, they are started on coumadin as a shotgun approach to initially managing afib. Many doctors see it as a CYA approach to absolving their legal liability - and itby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, all.... here's the story... computer is a hybrid build by my computer science engineer son who does this because he prefers to choose various parts for reliability, etc. It's about 7 years old and runs well. (unfortunately he moved so I lost my in-house techie.) We think it might be a fan going and if so, that could be a problem to find a new one that fits an old system.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Raybock - yes - It needs to be the low sodium V8 to get the benefits of the potassium w/o cancelling that out with the added sodium. The form of potassium in the LS V8 is potassium chloride. While some people tolerate that form, it has the reputation for causing stomach irritation. With time, it apparently shows up; not always in the beginning. My personal view is the best possible way to taby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I totally agree - after all the hassles, it's a miracle I'm not back in AF. Still operational as of this moment, as you can see.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - it was from George Eby's website that I learned about taurine way back when... he was using magnesium taurate from Cardiovascular research and I tried that initially...then switched to using the magnesium glycinate and taurine separately. I believe his website has changed quite a bit, but back then, he had a huge amount of information on his story and how various supplements includby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm posting to alert those to whom I may not respond either here or by email - just in case my computer does down and I may dark for a while. I'm waiting (not so patiently) to take it in to my computer guru and am limiting use time hoping to delay a disaster. It's an old computer and may be time to upgrade. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Still is loaded with sugar... ....your choice to eat it but it's not a health food and with all that sugar, it could likely contribute to the afib syndrome via the insulin response. In small doses, though, an occasional treat probably won't kill you.... but there is some question about the type of fat and whether that's not a good choice. White chocolate: White chocolate gets its name from tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM