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Maryann, I follow a diet that is more restrictive than Wheat Belly, and a part of it is no grains. It did not change my afib. That being said, I am aware of a number of case studies where diet did positively impact afib. Changes by the people in these case studies have included long extended water fasting, low carb and keto diets (including one friend who reversed ~15 months of persistenby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Perhaps a PVC. See < PVC's tend to have an "ugly" QRS wave. You might experience this as a "skipped beat." Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoterocketritch Ego's should play zero part in your health care. How true, but not always the case. Have a family member with a glioblastoma brain cancer. A doc at MD Anderson in Houston is directing their care. The family recently moved to Denver and needed local docs, too. Met with a team a the University Hospital. They could not have been more supportive and were happy to executeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack There may also be a correlation between ingesting too much of anything too quickly and the need to essentially hold our breath as whatever it is we decided to swallow like we were a snake has to transit the esophagus. The quick build up of serum CO2 can also be arrhythmogenic (in addition, oddly enough, can also do the opposite). Serum CO2 does affect atrial refractoriness. My gueby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDavrosT Cheers for your responses. In terms of electrolytes, what would be sufficient? I am currently taking 200mg daily potassium, although I don't get enough natural potassium. I'm also supplementing 400mg magnesium daily. My diet is limited at the moment, as I'm having a lot of other health issues, gastro amongst them. What else can I do to replenish electrolytes thouby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Check GeorgeN's posts on his success with Keto eating. True hunger is typically driven by low blood sugar as Jackie suggests. In most people, the brain fuels 100% on glucose and when blood sugar levels drop, the brain wants fuel. This can create a sympathetic nervous system adrenaline response. This can be a trigger for some afibbers. Low blood sugar typically correlatesby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I consume 1.2g/day of DHA & 1 g/day of EPA in probably 4 g/day off fish oil and it doesn't make a difference in my afib.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you are talking about the apps that use the camera, then I like ones that show a graph of the pulse wave, so I can see what the app is interpreting. You need to have your finger over the camera & light, covering them, but not pressing too hard. One free app is < (don't know if it has an android version). It only measures for a minute, & I typically like to go longer.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Joe, There was a time about seven years ago when I was consuming excess calcium (for me) from food. I've posted about this before. Anyway, there was an 18 month period when my normally excellent afib remission protocol got a bit ragged. I became much more sensitive to various triggers. Swallowing icy cold beverages was on of those triggers. I recall helping a friend move on a hotby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon In my case, standing up abruptly from a resting position may likely cause what looks like a drop down in BP or trigger some ectopics. Laying down without transition induces ectopics. Laying down slowly does the same, but less heavily and for a short period of time. Laying down or even sitting down after meal can cause ectopics. Happily, it seems now those ectopics can't triggeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon In my experience, it is a sharp change in autonomic function that can be the trigger, not the absolute level. Might be the same with body positions? I know that some body positions (or actions) can create a vagal signal (vagal maneuver). These can be useful to some to terminate an episode with an adrenergic trigger. Most likely, for some, this vagal signal could trigger an eby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm not sure 100% that Wolfpack is correct on your being adrenergic. I say that because your exercise was intense, but the episode happened 10 to 15 minutes later. I had a period of time when I was consuming excess calcium and became much more sensitive to triggers. One of those times was the time after orgasm. So my heart rate was relatively high at orgasm, then would cascade down.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMr Norris Wondering if there is a "new" limit or what exactly triggered it. I've talked to 2 cardios and both swear that exercise has little to nothing to do with AFIB.... So the bulk of the afib population are older than 60 at first diagnosis and have comorbidities (high BP, T2 diabetes, metabolic dysfunction, heard disease...). There is a smaller subset (~20%??) who areby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey It's been available in the US for a while and has FDA approval. Not sure what the exact timeline was but I see clinical trials dating back to the early 2000s. It's main limitation at this time seems to be vessel size, meaning it's only useful for large vessel obstructions. Those are the most devastating, often leading to death or a vegetative state, so it's a bigby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here is a definition of adrenergic vs. vagal afib triggers < Here is info on af & exercise: < In my case, chronic fitness, in the form of endurance exercise was my path to afib 14.75 years ago. I'm vagal.. I had a two 1/2 month episode starting two months after my first episode. Had an EP who recommended I stay out of rhythm since my af rate was <100 (around 80 BPM). Iby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMadMax When I had more energy, I used a scale to measure my meals, and I was getting about 5,000 - 6,000 mg of potassium a day (food plus supplements), and right around 1,000 mg of sodium per day. As an experiment, I started taking in more salt, which for 48 hours made me feel so much better that I thought maybe I had found part of my recovery. It was followed by a few really bad days, sby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I do get reasonably artefact free readings from a Polar H10 strap with the Heart Rate Variability Logger app on my iPhone. The H10 & app only record rr time. However I've looked at rr vs time or transformed the rr ms into heart rate vs time (tachogram) for over 14 years now. You don't get full ECG reading, but you can see a lot (PVC's, PAC's, afib, apnea). Actually foby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Welcome jwb. A few thoughts. Detraining from endurance activity, as you have done, is a good thing IMO. So is adding taurine, as you said you are doing, to a mostly vegan diet. How is your glucose-insulin system? I ask because of people like South African Dr. Tim Noakes (author of the Lore of Running), who has run man marathons and ended up with T2. So did a friend of mine, Dr. Markby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMadMax Thank you George. Just so I understand (and I'm not going to copy you, n=1, etc.) is your 4 grams of potassium citrate roughly four times my 575mg of Potassium Gluconate that I sip during the day? Also is it similar to the Natural Calm supplement (which I find is a bowel turbocharger)? Potassium citrate does not have the same bowel issues as magnesium citrate (Naturaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekatesshadow George I made the Waller water yesterday. Is there an added benefit to the ACV mixture? For me, I require a lot of Mg++ to maintain afib remission. If I consume Waller Water, I consume the concentrate. For me the ACV is much less effort. I don't have the time chilling the the carbonated water, nor do I have to wait for it to react. The ACV reacts instantly. Thisby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike, Good luck! For others, here is the Waller Water recipe < It uses chilled carbonated water with the MoM and then lets them react to form the bicarbonate water. Here is the creator( I should note, Jackie was co-creator), Erling Waller's (Anonymous User), detailed post on the topic < Here is a post on magnesium acetate (from magnesium hydroxide & vinegar), whichby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My OTC time release potassium supplement is to dissolve 2 tsps of potassium citrate powder (about 4 g's of potassium) in about a liter of water and drink it over the course of the day. I did an Exatest over 14 years ago. From that time, I recall that the ratios were very important, not just the absolute values. I don't recall the details. My borderline low Mg++ level did convinceby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike, You probably figured I'm the only guy who'd answer this... I worked out that 29 g magnesium hydroxide powder in 12 fl oz (355 mL) is about the concentration in commercial milk of magnesia. 1 tablespoon = 0.5 fl oz. As I recall the Waller Water Magnesium Bicarb water recipe is 3 tablespoons MoM per liter. I'd make up the MoM solution rather than dumping the powderby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Gill, Your investigations to figure out what to do and who to choose is a good model for anyone. Cheers, Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecolindo I'm also grandfathered on the $10/month thing. If I weren't I'd be upset about that, too. I have never heard of grandfathered before, what does it mean. Are you happy or unhappy to pay $10.00 a month. or Do you now have to pay $10.00 a month?? Initially, they did not charge for the full service in their app. People who signed up prior to the date they startby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'd encourage him to send his info to Natale to see if they have the same opinion on ablation...by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGill Since my ablations in Bordeaux in 2003 Gill, I remember your posts stating in Aug 2004, when I joined. The 15 year durability of your ablation, especially given the relatively young technology of that time, speaks volumes about the skill of Prof. Haissaguere (now retired) and the whole Bordeaux team! You had excellent foresight to seek them out from the UK then! I also remembeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteFibbin AFib . It turns out that the you can see the variability in the pulse waveform amplitude in addition to the rate (peak to peak distance) in afib.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotekatesshadow Thanks for the response SteveCarr. Question for you and George - do y'all take AC's or daily aspirin? No OAC's. My CHA₂DS₂-VASc score is 0, any episodes are usually <2 hours, episode frequency is every 6 to 24 months and AF burden is < 0.01%. 14.5 years ago, when I had a 2.5 month episode I was put on warfarin until 3 weeks (as I recall) after the epby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM