Tom - yes we do need a bit. Check some of the recent posts on using sea salt. <; Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Joyce - this confirms it isn't my imagination. I'm very sensitive to chemicals - fumes included. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - a properly prepared tooth and placed amalgam does hold for a very long time and they don't actually leak until the amalgam starts to crumble (becomes oxidized and brittle) or the tooth structure starts to erode around the margin where the amalgam meets tooth structure. However, if the preparation is suboptimal, decay gets under and around amalgams (or any other material) quiteby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Hans - I'm going to be targeting exactly what you mention. It's disturbing to me that even organic seeds will be banned since I do organic gardening myself. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - We all had amalgam fillings, initially, and until maybe the past 10-15 years had mercury/amalgam fillings placed because they are economical and they do function relatively well. The tooth colored fillings (composite) or the "big bucks" porcelain crowns or gold crowns are the only other options. (or have extraction) The composites are bonded to the tooth and last a very loby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Garry Gordon, MD, sent this message to his readers and included some reader responses. Let's hope this is defeated. Jackie Message: We need to help kill this proposed legislation! Wow, can you believe that they are trying to pass a bill REQUIRING use of CHEMICALS on all cultivated soils to protect the public. It seems that the sponsors husband is on Monsantos payroll; no surprise. Read oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Big Pharma is probably really steamed over this report.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Andrea - No and I don't intend to. Please read the posts below this one on statins and big business for Big Pharma. Also be aware of side effects of statin drugs. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gordon True and this isnt new news that statins can lower inflammation. There is no question that high levels of CRP places us at high risk as does a high homocysteine and ferritin. The critical question is whether it is really necessary to use such a potent drug that has such detrimental side effects? Undoubtedly Dr. Mercola shares the same views as most enlightened physicians. Neurosurgeoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - you don't mention your age or if you have any underlying health conditions that require the use of warfarin/Coumadin. Very often, patients are given warfarin when then really don't require it (the docs seem to want to stick to some CYA protocol) and since long-term use of warfarin can have some nasty side effects, it's important not to use it until you absolutely must. Ifby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark - many say that the caveman really didn't have all that much meat because often kills were seasonal (migration) and sometimes few and far between so they made do with roots, berries, nuts, plants, occasional honey find, eggs in nests and occasionally, birds. Many variations of the 'take' on Paleo eating exist. Primarily, the main issue is no grains, no dairy and no manufactuby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - just look in the mirror at your fillings...they they appear to be either a dark almost black color or a silvery color, those are mercury/amalgam fillings.... 50% mercury blended with other metals like 35% silver, some tin and copper. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tish, that certainly is an incredible story. Thanks for posting in such detail. I certainly hope that is the end of all your woes, expecially, afib. Best to you, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rob - I recall reading that in some cases this is caused by orthostatic hypotension....and the vagal response that comes from a change in blood pressure.... And also read about symptoms of micturation syncope that might not actually happen in your case but you get some symptoms close to that condition. If Bp lowers enough and quickly enough, you'll get that fluctuation in HR as well as iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - Glad to see this post. I had no doubt the procedure would go easily and well. Rest up. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Omega-3 Oils Slash Prostate Cancer Risk The omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish could slash the risk of developing prostate cancer almost in half. The fish oil also reversed the deadly effect of a gene known to increase the risk of developing an aggressive inherited form of prostate cancer. Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco compared the diets of 466 men diagnosedby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - my functional medicine MD says the current findings indicate that niacin, even in the preferred form of inositol hexaniacinate, seems to be ineffective in lowering cholesterol levels to any significant degree. Remember, cholesterol, itself is not the enemy. Inflammation is what we should all be battling along with the other risk factors - elevated homocysteine, ferritin, C-reactive prby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Janet - as you know, we always say that everyone responds differently to various supplements. I was vagal and took fairly large doses daily of Omega 3's as directed by by functional medicine MD to keep the blood platelets slippery (anti-thrombotic). It's also highly anti-inflammatory. I never found it to promote afib. You won't know until you experiment and see how it reactby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mine also was driving but not on the freeway. I recall two instances that are about equal...the driving event where I became short of breath and dizzy.... and being alone in a hotel room out of town early-on in my afib career. I was unaccustomed to being calm and riding out an event. It was very frightening. My 'cool' during events came later on. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elena - I agree with Hans. I'd have an ablation before having some foreign item implanted in my body.... and this case history is a good reason why. Since the Watchman doesn't correct the afib, and afib tends to worsen with time, I'd think it is a far better choice to just go for the ablation. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well, William, actually... No... the references come from functional medicine researchers and physicians who aren't vegetarians but do work with with patients who have inflammation issues. But, as you say, I doubt if they have studied a cohort of individuals who consume only raw meat to see if there is still the same outcome. The high n-6 content in non-grass fed beef would not change, tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another Blow to Magic Bullet Drugs: Statins Impair Brains by Sherry Baker, Health Sciences Editor (NaturalNews) Statin drugs can reduce soaring cholesterol levels, according to countless ads touting these supposed "wonder" drugs, that means they are brimming with health benefits because they lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. The problem is a host of side effects from eyeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes - Marion - a potassium bicarbonate product would be ideal. Check this: I carry these for emergency use should I eat out and find the food tastes too salty. I love this product and it would also work nicely for gastric distress since the bicarb is neuralizing. It's inexpensive and a bottle lasts a long time. Otherwise as a potassium source, I go for the NOW potassium gluconate thaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah - Moderation is always the key. The problem with red meat consumption is that unless it is truly grass-fed, open range and the steer has never been fed any grain during the lifespan, the fat in that meat is more Omega 6 rather than the good Omega 3's that are produced from total grass feeding. Omega 6s produce arachidonic acid which is inflammatory in nature. We dont need to do anyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pam - it's die off, most likely...especially the itching. Hang in there! If you have a significant Candida overgrowth, it can take quite a bit of time to clear out of your system.... but it will be worth it! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Smitty - you can't go wrong with Dr. Natale. I'd sign up for a consult in either Austin or San Francisco. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Okay - I was thinking you added it to the jerky as some of the pemican recipes say they add some type of rendered fat and berries and let that dry to a chunk or bar type thing. Now I understand your method! Thanks. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Smitty - I, too, was given sotalol as a first drug when I began my AF journey. It seems cardiologists who are not really knoweldgeable in treating arrhythmias like to try that as a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to afib. I changed cardiologists to one who did specialize in arrhythmia but still was given a beta blocker (metoprolol). Eventually, I found this website and learned abouby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dwight - I've had a successful ablation and I am just puzzled by the advice you are given about 'staying in AF during the healing process.' My EP did not want me in AF at all post-ablation and said if I did go into for any length of time, I'd have to be cardioverted. The prolonged afib tends to continue the electrical remodelling process which is exactly what the ablationby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM