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Quotewindyshores Thanks all! I have seen three cardiologists. I had a CHADS score of 1 until I turned 65. None of the docs at this point are pushing blood thinners, though this episode in the past week is MUCH closer to the last one. Until now, my episodes were every 3 years, then once a year. My blood pressure runs low normally. So I don't take daily meds. I tried some diltiazem thisby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteanneh I see, so is there a relationship between glucose tolerance and clogged arteries? Total cholesterol is relatively meaningless. Glucose tolerance without checking insulin response over a few hours can be misleading. Anyway, just my 2 cents. Dr Bernstein says so unless i completely misunderstood what he says in his book. Best check for yourself, it's also an interesting read (atby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Total cholesterol is relatively meaningless. Glucose tolerance without checking insulin response over a few hours can be misleading. Anyway, just my 2 cents.by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Why eliminate avocados/nuts/oils (as long as they are natural/cold pressed and not rancid bearing omega3 to 6 ratio in mind as well) Have you checked your glucose tolerance at least your first phase insulin response???by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Looks like a good compromise would be a caveat by the moderators included in Steve's post. Not trying to be a SA, the forum isn't a democracy, is it? Nevertheless it is an immensely helpful resource and of great comfort and hope for new afibbers - at least it was for me, For myself, i don't care where posts end up because i look at all new posts.by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
A quick search shows that it has not come up here? Note the last paragraph (take home message)by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Appreciate the update, Steve! Thank you! I find the N1 experiences very helpful! Looking at your diet i think that mine is not dissimilar except for the chocolate - my only addiction i have to work on. Maybe, hopefully, once i fine-tune my diet i'll be able to drop the 50mg Flec/day. Have been AF free for one year + but do have some what feels and look like double beats and missed beats.by Joe - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Wasn't the case with me last year. The GP looked at the peaks' spacing between the Rs and told me that i was in afib. I saw a good P wave and thought that i was not in afib - just irregular. Anyhow, she prescribed Eliqus straight away. Later that day she called back and told me that i was not in afib (pathologist or someone else who interprets ECGs agreed with me). I had a cold virusby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotehwkmn05 Liz, great point, not just with afib, but all conditions. Not that Im against treatment, but at times it seems the experts get lost in their quest for the latest and greatest med and devote little time to researching the cause. There are quite a few researchers who are looking for causes. Dr David Sinclair and his team is just one group who look beyond whack a mole treatments (as hby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Does your drinking water come through copper pipes? If yes, i'm not so sure a copper deficiency would occur. However, copper/zinc ratio might be a problem?by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm a bit weary about the supplement claims. Nevertheless it's interesting but way to expensive for my budget to experiment;. $US 4,500 + software lease. As an aside, is it true that supplements in the US only have to comply with food standards and not with pharmaceutical grade standards? Won't dismiss it as pie in the sky because what we eat does have an effect on our body funby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hmm, any independent trail on this? Taking a few supplements and going carnivore (that's what i sounds like) fixes heart valve problems???? Wonder what Dr Joel Kahn would think? One plus is that it won't hurt - no radiation or other intervention. Shouldn't be difficult to build a heart sound recorder if you know electronics?by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Eating low carb allegedly helps many people to reduce/stop GERD according to Ivor Cummins (Fat Emperor)by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Best you can do is optimize your diet for your genotype. Enough sleep, mange stress, exercise normally - all the usual things. Keep your blood glucose level steady under 100, Dr Bernstein says 83 (4.6mmol/l)is optimal. Anticoagulation if you have frequent and long episodes - consult your EP. Anyhow, that's what i try to do. Find it a bit difficult to achieve the Bernstein blood glucose levby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Indeed extreme values. Suspect many Doctors would get very worried with these numbers?by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Jackie! FWIW, i don't supplement with potassium but i do take Mg regularly throughout the dayby Joe - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Seems to me intake of whole foods (including healthy fats to keep a good Omega 3/Omega 6 ratio) that keep your blood sugar level to as close as possible to 83mg/dl (Dr Bernstein, presumably he knows what he's talking about since he will be Type I for 75 years by next year) and protein balance slightly positive.by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elizabeth, i did not get the impression that S.K. Norton was saying that. What i did take away is that often what we think is THE proper diet is not necessarily good for an individual (as you noticed with potassium). That's one reason why i listen to all comers. Short of a proper and thorough Mendelian Randomization study backed up by a double blind randomized, usually lengthy, control triaby Joe - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Wonder if anybody is able to join the dots? It got my attention when it was mentioned that oxalate levels (or the inability to deal with them?) can/does result in potassium wasting (among other things). A familiar theme in AF posts.by Joe - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Smackman, your back pain goes away when you sleep on an A/C electric blanket?by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alternating current does induce some sort of charge into our body by an electric blanket. Has it got any effect on our own electrical system???? Love to see some good studies!by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotepgrove1 pgrove, how much flec are you taking? I take 50 mg only at b'time. So far so good. Hey Joe, He has prescribed 50mg BID at this point. I haven't started taking them yet as the pharmacy my insurance asks me to use is mail order and the meds probably won't get here until Wednesday. How long have you been on your 50mg at bedtime regimen? Has it been effective forby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
pgrove, how much flec are you taking? I take 50 mg only at b'time. So far so good.by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the link Anti-Fib! No wonder i'm so unclear as to my trigger(s). QuoteIn fact, we recorded heart failure, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and hypertension in as many patients having the vagal form of the arrhythmia as in patients with adrenergic AF. Seems that the wise thing to do if one wants to improve odds of AF minimization is taking care/reversing CV diseaseby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you Carey, that explains it well why they stick with NOAC or warfarin!by Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM
Anti-Afib i've been wondering as well - why don't they test the clotting factors/viscosity etc of one's blood prior to prescribing anti-coagulants. I know they go by calculating the score but we all differ as well as having different dietary and exercise habits. My answer is that it is simpler to do herd treatments and it covers the practitioner. As the saying goes: One canby Joe - AFIBBERS FORUM