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Josiah - As you might expect, I do have comments.... I'll be away from my computer until later today so will respond either yet today or tomorrow. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gary - I'd definitely cut back on the magnesium so you are just at the soft stool stage and not anything close to loose or diarrhea. That's counterproductive as you lose electrolytes with diarrhea. I'd also cut down on the taurine. While it's safe and often very effective, you may get along very well with only 3 or 4 grams a day. You haven't mentioned your daily iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Do some reading on the amounts of potassium that Paleo man ate. It's well over 10,000 mg a day. For afibbers, and in the absence of magnesium inside the heart cells, then too much potassium can make arrhythmia worse. You absolutely need optimal levels of magnesium. Go to CR 72 and read about the function of the sodium/potassium ion pump to understand why this is so. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rick - Consider that your extra weight may be causing sleep apnea which is driving your night-time AF events. Losing the extra weight is always good whether or not you have AF. Consider also that the extra adipose tissue in the mid-section/stomach area has crowded the diaphragm so that the vagus nerve is irritated. When you bend over, that stimulates the nerve even more and could easily beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gary - The Strategy combination of supportive nutrients for the heart all work together. First and foremost, you should focus on the magnesium. You can consider adding potassium supplements to augment only what your daily food intake of potassium foods might be missing..and then.only after you have steadily increased the intracellular stores of magnesium. This is very important if you havby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
David - Just a few days ago, you were saying in the post on WW that your drinking water is very alkaline and that you thought the WW was making your system too alkaline... so if you are considering adding some amount/quantity of potassium citrate, then you may end up with the same symptoms ...as an alkaline pH is an alkaline pH. Potassium citrate is a good form of potassium and offers helpby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy – for background on this topic… read the 2007 post discussing the two forms of Co Q… (link follows) The current opinions are divided as to whether one really needs to spend the extra money on the ‘nol’ form or if the standard ubiquinone form is adequate. As quoted in the following clip, the aging process may reduce the ability to convert the 'none' to the 'nol' formby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - you may find something helpful in these that would relate to hearing loss... otherwise...do an advanced search on aldosterone... all forums, all dates ... I came up with 14 pages of results that mention the word... or type in hearing loss and see what that brings up. Several websites also with a Google search indicate treating hearing loss with aldosterone... here's one of manyby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Michael T. Murray, Naturopathic Physician (ND), has been providing information about the therapeutic benefits of nutritional supplements for thirty years. He has an online newsletter that is worth reading. This report on CoQ10 is a good reminder for all of us. If you don't know your HS CRP level, you should request the test. CoQ10 Supplementation Lowers Inflammatory Marker inby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Newbie - Don't be mislead to think that there are no side effects with herbs... there definitely can be if you are reactive to them or if you don't have good liver clearance, as examples. Or they have heavy metal contaminations from less then desirable sources. Always use small doses and ramp up carefully so that if you do notice something amiss, you know what you just took that waby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Doreen... Glad you had a good visit with Dr. Schweikert. He's really a remarkable man and an EP. Try to get back to your low carb diet and also consider eliminating permanently the gluten/wheat factor as there are just so many associations between that and inflammation and heart implications. It certainly is worth trying whether or not you finally decide on ablation. I'll beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ken - thanks for your detailed report. Your mother is certainly blessed to have such a caring son. I'm looking in our correspondence for your Exatest results and can't seem to locate...Can you either post or send to my by email? Thanks. It would be good to know the specifics because if the IC magnesium is consistently low, then potassium can't do its job of stabilizingby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Maryann - you can have your doctor phone the Exatest people, they can tell him about ordering in the kit for you. If your insurance won't cover it, they offer a discounted price for those who won't be submitting insurance claims... and I believe it is now $275. I certainly hope he is willing to go along with ordering it for you. The turnaround time is around 2 weeks so the sooneby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - I have continued to take the K2 daily... 200 mcg while on Eliquis. You can take it with warfarin with the supervision of a physician. Actually, it's important to do that because warfarin contributes to both bone loss and accumulations of calcium in soft tissues such as aorta and arterial blood vessels... so the K2 helps direct circulating calcium into bones where it belongs toby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tun - Welcome. It's known that Mitral Valve Prolapse can cause the Arrhythmia and it would be important for you to learn the extent of the MVP to determine if there is a need at this point in time for surgical repair. Where do you live in Europe? Might it be possible for you to have a consultation with at the Cardio-Thoracic Research Center in Bordeaux, France? As for the suppby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Colin for posting this which confirms what has been posted here for many years... that Cholesterol is not the enemy. We need cholesterol for many reasons - hormone production for one; brain health for another and much more.. Neurologist, David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM writes: Your Brain Needs Cholesterol Cholesterol is vitally important for brain function. While your brain reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - As I've mentioned frequently, for some reason, many afibbers and former afibbers seem to limit their daily magnesium dosage to 400 mg which almost always is not enough to keep the heart quiet. The body has many needs for magnesium and it's not just for heart cells...so if one is deficient in magnesium intake, there isn't much to be spread around to satisfy the over 35by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb - Initially after the August 2014 second ablation, I had that bout of flutter plus random PVCs that I didn't feel but did show up on the HeartTrak monitor that was sent home with me for weekly recording and transmittal. I pushed the intake of magnesium, potassium, taurine along with CoQ, carnitine and d-ribose and thought it seemed to help because when I'd do the weekly reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Smackman - as I commented previously, I think you were probably getting too much alkalinity by adding the WW to your already alkaline pH of your filtered water and your overall system could have been far too alkaline. That's not typically the case as most people tend to have acidic tissue pH. People who experience GERD often don't have enough of the proper nutrients to produce theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz - the inflammatory response to your injury is a natural body defense. Much of the inflammation discussed as being a trigger for AF is typically linked to a systemic 'silent inflammatory' situation brought about by chronic ailments. The test value of the High Sensitivity or Cardiac CRP is the one to be concerned about rather than the regular CRP which shows the natural/normal respby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Taylor I’ve heard of other people being sensitive to salad greens served in restaurants… and often because they are cleaned and rinsed in another location, then shipped to the restaurant so to maintain freshness and crispness, often other chemicals are added to achieve this. Although the practice was common at least 10 years ago, restaurants were told back then to stop using sulfites on greensby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - These are a few of many examples: It's known that a high carb diet both from starches and sugars (high glycemic load) help deplete both magnesium and potassium quickly because of the metabolic requirements to produce insulin as a result of that type of food intake. Those who are diabetic or insulin resistant have a much higher need for magnesium as well as being at risk for lowby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tim - The focus of using magnesium bicarbonate water is to provide a small and consistent amount of magnesium in a very desirable form... (bicarbonate) which is quickly and easily assimilated into cells. In the recent post on Magnesium - what's in your supplement?, this was re-emphasized. I continue to encourage readers to use the WW for adding an additional and highly beneficial form oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alex - I'm thinking that the advice has always been to take NK on an empty stomach away from meals by several hours and at bedtime when your stomach is also empty. That way the enzyme has no other competition.... just as Larry describes in his protocols. The nightly dose of a higher count is especially important to help avoid blood clots that form when the levels of the PAI-1 are the loby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's been reported that some fish oils that are not molecularly distilled still contain some residuals of toxic chemicals and also that fish oil that becomes rancid will also cause AF..... When encapsulated, it's difficult to know about rancidity without opening the capsule before consuming to detect a 'fishy' odor which signals rancidity. The liquid pure molecularlyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I presume you've all read these reports, but if not, may offer a clue for certain situations: Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The paper tape method is not to correct apnea but is just a test to see if you do wake up 'anxious' to rip off the tape in order to catch a breath because you were w/o oxygen for too long. If that happens, then you make an appointment for a sleep study. Apnea is definitely a trigger for AF and I believe Shannon reported in a post that when they ablate, they find the potentials thatby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lance - Don't you have a red flag signal that appears in the LH margin opposite the post Title that indicates new activity? Mine does and then that way, you know to look there for new comments to that particular post.... you do have to scroll back through some of the pages, though to see if something was added to an older post, although often, if it's quite old, a new post is startby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alex... As George notes, left side sleeping has been recognized as an AF trigger for some. I'm not sure if a cork is large enough to be a reminder not to rollover on one's back ... typically, a tennis ball is suggested. Prone, which is face down, is not good for your back, neck and probably also impairs breathing. Supine, which is face up, allows for the mouth to fall open as muscby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good point, " Anti".... As an example, a magnesium deficiency is known to contribute to the formation cardiac fibrosis which then interferes with proper electrical conduction between heart cells. So... correcting the underlying deficiency and with time, reversing the fibrosis could avoid ablation.... as has been found the case for those offering personal testimony with that result byby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM