Stephen - Don't forget that if your body has the tendency to produce thick, sticky blood typically from a large amount of oxidative stress and inflammatory factors which include diet, then that is always in play behind the scenes. The clotting problem arises because those underlying factors are not routinely addressed by the special tests beyond INR or Pro times. You have to ask or insiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Chuck - Thousands of safe and successful ablations as a track record is better than several hundred. I'd want to know how many, if any, strokes or tamponades or other compliations occured in the EPs history. I'd also want to know how many repeat ablations are typical until the patient is stabilized in NSR. We've seen reports of people having 4, 5, 6 ablations with the same EP aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise - the magnesium oil from the Ancient Sea Beds works very well for sore and injured muscles. Delivers magnesium right to that area. Many people find it useful at bedtime for restless leg syndrome. Earlier in another post, you mentioned Magnesium malate. The malic acid in that form does wonders for sore muscles as well. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - have you been able to have your kidney function assessment yet? Iatrogenia - the extended release potassium is potassium chloride and many people find that form very irritating to the stomach. With all your sensitivities, I'd be very cautious. The gluconate, citrate, or bicarbonate forms of potassium are much better tolerated. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise - When it comes to nutritional supplements, everyone responds slightly differently. Magnesium report was based on typical findings by Dr. Mason in her practice which she offered as general guidelines. The key factor for optimizing magnesium lies in the focus on magnesium's ability to come out of the blood stream and pass into the cell's interior. This ability ...as mentionby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Once again, Afib is a systemic malfunction or multiple, systemic malfunctions that manifest as electrical conduction interference. in heart cells. Determining the influencing factors is the challenge and one that is rarely if ever addressed in the world of cardiology or electrophysiology other than to ablate the areas of electrical conduction errors. Thinking should be in terms of ‘systemic’by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - the most important issue with a cancer patient is maintaining an alkaline pH. Cancer thrives in an acidic environment. Therefore, assessing the result of intake from drugs, supplements and foods as to whether they metabolize to acid or alkaline ash becomes critical and it's often not something that is included in cancer treatment protocols. I certainly wish both you and Doug theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peter - some salt intake is a necessity to help keep adrenals functional. As you learned, finding out how much is the key issue. Dr. Moore doesn't say no salt.. .but he proves that an overabundance of salt compared to potassium intake interrupts and overwhelms. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Nancy for posting reinforcement and confirmation for what we've known for a long time and is promoted by Integrative Cardiologists. The nutrients mentioned in this report parallel that of The Strategy and serve to emphasize that the heart needs the basic nutritional elements for proper function and they all work together for complete, functional synergy in the body. Drugs don'tby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thermography has been used in Ohio since 2005 which is when I had my first. Check here: Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - can you verify that you copied the words... magnesium hypochlorite? We prefer just the pure magnesium hydroxide and not with the added preservative which would be the hypochlorite designation. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Tom - That's great news. It's been a long road getting there and I'm just delighted to see your post. Enjoy life in blessed NSR. Nothing compares. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy - Last year, my NutrEval metabolic profile evaluations indicated I needed a bit of help with methylation. I had always used the B Supreme and the Homocysteine Supreme but we added the others for increased impact. They are all DFH. but there are other brands that work well too as long as the forms are the same. For the L-5 MTHF...I use 3 - 4 capsules a day. I'll receive my latby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lance - when using the powder and as mentioned... depending on the powder, itself, as obviously the larger crystals would require a bit more than smaller crystals finely compacted.... You'll need slightly less than 1 teaspoon for a liter of seltzer . And for the 2 liters of seltzer, just slightly less than 2 teaspoons of powder. Erling uses a pharmacy scale for accuracy and heby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Iatrogenia…. I’ve learned over time and experience that if my serum level of potassium happen to be measured at the time I’m having AF, it will typically be around 4.1 and often lower. I’ve learned that I must keep my levels at or around 4.5 – 4.7 to ensure NSR. The science behind the potassium relationship to AF is discussed in great depth in CR 72. The minimum requirement for potassiumby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lance - That’s a great product. I’ve used it for a long time and my FM MD has me add more of the L-5MTHF (the good form of folate) so that I get milligrams rather than micrograms of folate. I use the Homocysteine Supreme in addition to their B complex plus the sublingual B12 Lozenges… 5,000 mcg of methylcobalamin and take extra TMG as well. I take all before noon so I it doesn't affectby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shannon - thanks for the thermography reminder. It slipped my mind that I had eliminated mammography a number of years ago when thermography became available. It's the only way to go as far as I'm concerned. And it's not just for breast health exams. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam - that's wonderful news. The benefits of coconut oil are significant. It's said when cholesterol is elevated, it's for a reason because cholesterol is the building block of so many processes including hormones and something must be lacking. . That's why lowering with statins causes so many adverse side effects - no one smart would use them. Jackieby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Iatrogenia - do an 'advanced' search here for the topic Red Flags to Beat the Odds... it's an old post that gives the markers we should monitor to stay healthy. They are not routinely ordered and you have to work with a practitioner of advanced medicine or convince the one you have that you'd like to have these done. I'm in a rush or I'd do it right now. Jackiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, Nancy - TMG is in my B protocols, I've used it for years with no sensitivities or problems whatsoever. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry Barb - I had intended to post and was side-tracked. I’m offering my personal opinion on your mammogram question.. If you are going to worry or obsess about not having it… then by all means, have it. Stress does a lot of harm and you don’t need that on top of the ablation stress. However, if you have read about mammograms causing more breast cancer than prevented as the annualby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry for the delay. I find most often people are only aware of what’s emphasized in the news or at the doctor’s office …calcium as it relates to osteoporosis. So far, arrhythmias aren’t commonly mentioned but there’s no shortage of bone spurs and hypertension. Afibbers are obviously more concerned about mineral intake and imbalances. No commentary on health by optimizing nutrition iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have several comments and will post soon; hopefully, yet today. Jackie.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - Glad to read you are doing so well... You're on the right track. If you can add in some of George's tips, that will serve you well and healthily, too. Keep us posted on your progress. Best, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - if you haven't had a recent kidney function test, that might be in order. Sometimes, as we age, the kidney's lose just slightly their ability to 'hang on to the appropriate amounts of electrolytes.' The basic labs are a good start but it may be necessary to do one that involves a 24-hour urine collection to evaluate what's processed including hormones such as alby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - Your successes confirm what many have been advising for a long time about the importance of low carb and high fat intake... right fats, of course. (and eating 'clean' foods). This supports the science on the benefits of and critical necessity for keeping cellular membranes healthy and allows for healthy membrane repair. It also goes along with the increasing focus on wardby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Stephen - In 2008, I submitted a post that was a nearly-verbatim report on Coenzyme Q10 which was the topic of a teleconference interview with the top US CoQ10 scientist/researcher, William V. Judy, PhD. On the warfarin interference – he said this… It’s been shown in England (St. Mary’s Hospital) that neither Co10 nor vitamin E interferes with the clotting processes. We have hundreds oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Tom - Good to hear from you....but sorry about the heart activity. Definitely too much potassium (just as too little) can cause arrhythmias... especially in the case of high potassium along with low magnesium - inside the cells where it isn't easily measured. A recent Exatest results indicated that my intracellular potassium was low which probably accounted for some of my previby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - a lot will depend on your markers. Neprinol was out back when I began the search for an effective fibrinolytic. What I learned is that for my purposes which was to make sure that the tendency for fibrin to become elevated was best managed by the pure Nattokinase in a consistent, optimal dose (2,000 fibrinolytic units) 3 times a day for 24-hour coverage. That saw me through the rugged timby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The bowel tolerance issue depends on multiple factors. First and very important is the form of magnesium... the magnesium glycinate which is an amino acid chelate meaning the magnesium is bound to a protein is least likely to cause bowel tolerance issues as it is a highly usable form.....whereas... magnesium citrate, which is used as a laxative, would have a more rapid bowel intolerance leveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM