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QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib BTW MK4 never appears in blood serum so I am among those that suspect it doesn't do much. Some will disagree strongly. I don't know who is correct.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePoetKim Is anyone eating natto daily for its fibrinolytic/thrombolytic properties? If so, how much do you eat? Is one tablespoon daily enough to accomplish anything? Any suggestions for making it more palatable? Kim, Dean from Australia has been eating natto for ~15 years to successfully keep his afib at bay. Hear is a search of his posts on natto. You might like this post I ateby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Dean - your link was back to this thread. Please repost. Thanks Perhaps this is the link Dean was meaningby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNotLyingAboutMyAfib Goal – reduction of senescent cells/fibrosis and AF burden – possible elimination of AF? My only comment would be that my understanding of senolytics is that usage should be cyclical, not continuous. I don't know what the optimal cycle is (I've not read all your material, yet).by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb, my friend, Tom Seest, used fasting & keto to reverse remodel his ejection fraction materially, as posted in this thread I'm not sure he was completely carnivore, but was likely close. My only comment for someone thinking about trying this, is that if you aren't used to ketosis, there can be electrolyte disturbances while adapting (I experienced this). Just be aware of thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't believe he does ablations in SF. In CA, I think he does them at Thousand Oaks & Scripts. You could contact Austin for specificsby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d MSG— I did a stupid msg science experiment in 2004 about 9 times at home to test msg as a trigger. I wanted to rule out flukes if other ingredients acted as triggers. It triggered my AF each time. There was a poster here, Fran or Francis Ross in the early 2000's. MSG was her issue. Avoiding it in all its forms was her ticket to putting her 20 year afib in remission. Her sby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteggheld Dr. Weil has long suggested a simple breathing technique for relaxation, sleep and general unwinding. Yes, Weil's approach would be in the "increase parasympathetic tone" category. Basically inhale through nose for count of 4, hold for 7, exhale through the mouth with a "woosh" sound for 8. Interestingly, this article by author James Nestor (book linkedby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuotePoetKim I know it's best used right after you pop out of NSR but since I was on MulTaq I needed that to clear and I needed to eliminate two more possible suspects - vitamin K complex and MSG (an ingredient in Aromat - a meat spice concoction that finally made my steaks taste good). Is Vitamin K complex an afib trigger? I had not heard that before. Or do you just mean Vitamin K comby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Well when they give Potassium to kill convicted killers, I guess it isn't quickly urinated fast enough, couldn't help it. Ha ha ha. The IV dose of KCl for lethal injection is 100 meq. This is 7.5 grams. I've taken than much & more orally without issue. Doing it IV makes an enormous difference. Not that I'm suggesting folks take that much and whatby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe I do altered breathing when i feel the heart rhythm going 'funny'. I ask all these questions because i want to understand how it exactly applies to my problem. Your resources go a long way to do that. Thank you George! Hi Joe {edit - couldn't type on my phone}, For others benefit, would you share what you do, and when?by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteJoe Wonder if someone would be good enough to add some clarity re. AF and using this? I know George is very knowledgeable on breathing related subjects. Wonder if you could comment? Go to 18:05 for the diagram Basically, if you make inhale longer than exhale you'll get a sympathetic response. Do the reverse and you'll get a parasympathetic response. For great detail on this sby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuotePoetKim How many people here are using Modified Citrus Pectin as part of you AF-prevention and heart-rebuilding strategy? I have been reading about it online (thanks to this group!), and about the importance of inhibiting Galectin-3. The good MCP (EcoNugenics PectaSol-C) costs $154 (Canadian $) for a pound on Amazon. I don't usually spend that much on a supplement I have never triedby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon Excess potassium may be dangerous, I think. Depends on your kidney function. Well functioning kidneys will urinate any excess potassium. If you have kidney disfunction, then potassium and high serum levels can indeed be dangerous. I don't have a cite at the moment, but my understanding for supplements is the citrate form is much preferred to the chloride form, especiallby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey So it's a nerve ablation rather than an atrial ablation. QuotePompon Isn't atrial fibrillation a problem with the autonomic nervous system ? I don't say a nerve ablation would be a cure, but it seems logical treating the nerves when the problem is vagal tone. I do recall reading some afib dog studies years ago. Ablating part of the vagus nerve did stop the afib, aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d I’m a beta tester for Samsung’s Active 2 ekg watch. It’s free. George gave the AF study details.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d My flutter starts out for a couple of minutes over 200 and then drops to the 70s-high 80s which resembles a regular rhythm. You may ask why don’t I live with it instead of camping out at Los Robles hospital parking lot to be tested one day only to return the following day to rid the flutter by ECV? Simple. I am symptomatic. Doesn't really sound like you need a monitor, your sby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJohn S I use an app on my iPhone called Cardiio. I have learned to identify the trace, it is obvious when you are in NSR and like me this morning starting out in AF and progressing into flutter. Not ideal but it is a reasonable aid, and very cheap. I assume you are looking at the pulse waveform. I've noticed, using other waveform apps that use the camera & light as a plethysmby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kim, Yes, in the short term after afib starts, it does matter. Many vagal afibbers can exercise their way out of an episode. Adrenergics can use vagal maneuvers to likewise convert. If an episode has been going on for a long time, these are less likely to work. I've written about time around 2012 when I was going through a divorce and stress eating wheels of brie. It took me 14 mby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
You might read the founder of this site, Hans Larsen's, book LONE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TOWARDS A CURE also this In general, adrenergic triggers are immediate and vagal are delayed. So with respect to exercise, if you exert yourself and go into afib, then that would be an adrenergic trigger. If you go out for a long run, come back, rest and maybe wake up in afib, then would be a vagal trby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d George- remind folks that PIP is safer if they weigh more than 154 pounds. Otherwise if one is petite they run the risk of a deadly flecainide toxicity. Flecainide has such a box label. The max dose for flec is 200 mg for those under 70 kg (154#) and 300 mg for those over. This is something to discuss with your EP and clearly if you weigh a lot less than 70 kg, then the discussionby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth George there are pros and cons about mask wearing, this article is con, makes sense to me: The majority of people do not do the breath exercises which you do, so perhaps for you wearing a mask has a different outcome and it would for me and the majority of people. A lot of her examples are from wearing N95 masks. These are more restrictive and could reduce O2 and increase CO2.by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Paper reproduced here. Caveat: "Testing worked on human lung tissue in a lab. Hopefully works in humans. Often the leap from test tube to human doesn't work."by GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteElizabeth But your 20 min. test doesn't equal a person wearing the mask for 8 hrs I do a lot of playing around with breath. I disagree with this. If the SpO2 is going to change, it changes rapidly. When I wear a training mask, as I linked above, I can restrict flow and drop O2 right away. What can happen, depending on the mask, is that CO2 will accumulate, though it will reach aby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
My first take on BP is always hyperinsulinemia. Not sure if that applies to her. My systolic BP went up slightly, into the 120's, so I did a 5 day water fast in March. It did not respond. Hence several other approaches. I started training with a Zona device. Basically they noticed fighter pilots in the 1970's had lower BP after doing isometric training for G forces. This device wiby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
"Absolutely. Lower oxygen levels is one result. A 2006 study showed that reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) and/or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia) can create painful headaches for people required to wear masks all day. It should also be noted that people with asthma or hypotension are at a greater risk of stroke, cardiac arrest, or an irregular heartbeat when suffering from hypby GeorgeN - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Curious if you've tried or thought about on-demand (PIP - Pill in Pocket) rhythm med like flecainide. If it works and you tolerate, seems like it would be something you could do at the very beginning of an episode. In my case, I've done this for nearly 16 years (including converting a 2 1/2 month episode at the beginning of that period). Any more, I've titrated my afib remissionby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
There is a procedure where they ablate the AV node and put in a pacemaker, for afib. From what I know, this is very old school and not recommended. If the pacer fails, you are done, too. This does not solve the stroke problem as the atria are still in afib, just not sending their signals to the ventricles. A pacer is usually put in anybody to put a floor under the heart rate (if needed).by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Yesterday I was hooked up to a monitor. Initially they saw flutter but right before the ecv they could not read flutter until they did a 12 lead ekg. Frustrating. How can that be? If they were not 100% sure as experienced trained professionals, how can we know as laymen to be able to self monitor our heart? Hey Susan, years ago (mid 2000's), some folks here purchased their ownby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib Thanks George, also I am wondering, how does he know the ketogenic diet and fasting was responsible for the increased ejection fraction? Could have been other factors like weight loss or better rate control. Tom should answer this. I'm guessing it is the BNP, as I posted here with his data & he linked some articles in this post.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM