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Murray - brown bagging it seems extreme, but many afibbers have actually resorted to that just to be absolutely sure of what they eat. You can also eat at home ahead of time and then just pick at the food choices... or have just the salad using caution with the dressing... ask for oil and vinegar or oil and lemon or just eat very minor amounts of the prepared dressing. Always ask for dressingby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - My condolences. Very sorry for your loss. Certainly, you have an extraordinary stress burden. There are a few natural remedies that help blunt the effects of stress... you may be able to find them locally at a healthfood store. Bach Flower Rescue Remedy - is a liquid homeopathic that's calming and the amino acid.. and ... L-theanine is something many of us rely upon. I have some reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Norm - In this case, boring is great! and Healthy, too. Be diligent and patient. Intracellular magnesium can take a long time to replete. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gregg - What's your daily intake from magnesium supplements? What form? Mg glycinate? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
If anyone you know has had tick bite exposure or suffered from Lyme Disease… this is an important heads up….Just be aware of the potential reaction as time goes on.by Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Jill - a heavy meal with wine and desert is difficult for many people... glad you have learned to avoid..Afibbers are especially vulnerable to each component... separately. It's often useful to add a good digestive enzyme that includes betaine hydrochloride because many people suffer from lack of stomach acid rather than too much. This causes digestion problems and can eventually cause foby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Gregory - if you have access to a naturopathic physician for your mother, that's definitely a good starting point. Testing can be done to determine what's deficient and causing the various symptoms. You won't make that type of progress with conventional medicine. Your mother is about my age and I'm very sorry that she's not able to be enjoying life. Many older women aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Norm - You may eat lots of potassium-containing foods which is great, but unless you have actually documented your sodium intake as well and calculated your approximate ratio between the two, you may be weighted too heavily with hidden sodium. If you don't eat any processed, packaged, or commercially prepared foods which are typically loaded with salt, then you probably aren't at riskby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - was the dental problem involving tissue or bone? How did the dentist determine which a/b to prescribe? You'll have to do some heroics to replace the good bowel flora by using one of the high-dose probiotics - 50 billion a day is a good start. Using the S.boulardii along with it helps but it isn't going to replace the entire spectrum that was wiped out by the antibiotics.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good work, Hans! Buster's response was perfect!!! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Toby - I experienced some breakthrough AF four years post ablation and attributed it to my becoming lax in keeping up with the critical electrolytes that support the heart energy that facilitates NSR. The observational report (The Strategy) I wrote as a result of reversing the breakthroughs should be of interest to you. Electrolytes are the key to maintaining NSR and many heart doctors donby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise - First, let me comment that the point of my mentioning my treatments for ANS balancing was to emphasize that those with ongoing stress, tend to have high sympathetic tone which is found to be conducive to promoting arrhythmia. Anything we can do to balance the ANS will be helpful not only to total body health, but will help our heart stability as well. Regarding what I do for Earthby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Charge transfer in the living matrix. Oschman JL. Abstract The living matrix is defined as the continuous molecular fabric of the organism, consisting of fascia, the other connective tissues, extracellular matrices, integrins, cytoskeletons, nuclear matrices and DNA. The extracellular, cellular and nuclear biopolymers or ground substances constitute a body-wide reservoir of charge that can mby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Nov;13(9):955-67. Can electrons act as antioxidants? A review and commentary. Oschman JL. Abstract A previous study demonstrated that connecting the human body to the earth during sleep (earthing) normalizes the daily cortisol rhythm and improves sleep. A variety of other benefits were reported, including reductions in pain and inflammation. Subsequent studieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adding to the list of relevant quotes: "Energy is all there is." --Einstein "When you change your energy, over time, the body has to respond. This is enormously empowering. It flies in the face of conventional wisdom where we believe that treating illness requires something from the outside -- such as a drug or sugical procedure. Energy Healing is an inside job." Cby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise - The link Mike gave is useful as it references other work. I'll post more shortly on my own experiences. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the plasma total homocysteine level in patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and to investigate the effect of different risk factors on plasma levels. Ninety-three-patients with VTE and 37-control participants diagnosed with other than VTE were included in the study. Plasma homocysteine levels and the factors affecting plasma homocysteine levelby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Jill - when you say digestion... do you mean specifically breaking down food in the stomach or do you mean intestinal issues? Many people have intestinal dysbiosis which is managed through the use of probiotics. Several people here have reported amazing improvement with specific probiotics. If it's a breakdown of food in the stomach, then digestive enzymes and betaine hydrochloride are uby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Cindy - wise choice to eliminate the Asian foods that contain the soy and fish sauces because the sodium content is extremely high. Just remember as Rling points out that while potassium is the key to NSR.... in order for that to work properly (the Na/K pumps), you must have optimal intracellular levels of magnesium in place or the extra potassium just makes things worse. It's difficult toby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Michael - the lasix depletes the critcal electrolytes needed for maintaining NSR. Can she be switched to a potassium-sparing diuretic? The best source of vitamin D is not Cod Liver oil... In order to get enough D in a dose of Cod Liver Oil, you'll also be getting too much vitamin A...so the recommendation is a quality vitamin D3 capsule which is the cholecalciferol form.. It can take doby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Norm – Check out this information on measuring CRP in people with arthritis. This does not mean you should ignore the AF/inflammation connection-- just that your numbers may be skewed because of the arthritis. Inflammation is definitely of concern and not just because of AF. Be sure to read the links Hans has provided. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Mike and Erling for your acknowledgement and contributions. What’s most interesting on a level that everyone can understand and utilize is Earthing to calm the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and the connection to the heart. Since everyone seems to be on stress overload these days, Earthing or grounding is an extremely useful remedy. The shift from sympathetic tone (stress) to parasymby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jill - juicing can be extremely healthy. Depends on what you juice. Organic vegetables are useful. Adding much in the way of fruit is not. Juicing proponents emphasize the property of alkalizing which is definitely healthy. Jackieby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
MIchael - Welcome. Your nutritional approach certainly makes sense and offers the least amount of adverse affects compared to arrhythmia drugs, especially the last resort drug, Amiodarone. You may not have discovered the special report links... Afib Resources and Conference Rooms at the top of the page (yellow boxes) - Loads of important information there. The Strategy is an observationalby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - Regarding safe eating for diabetics-- there is an abundance of online advice offered as authoritative but which is blatantly incorrect and outright dangerous for those who have diabetes or those with insulin resistance. One needs to be very familiar with the subject of the diabetic process to spot the bad information. Much of the advice on carbohydrate intake is not effective in arrestinby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Final Frontier – Energy Healing ……Reversing Atrial Fibrillation It’s all about energy. How we produce it; how we keep it; and how we lose it. The body is functionally electric. We are composed of electric fields. Heart energy maintains Normal Sinus Rhythm. Energy = Voltage. “Science tells us that the body is one dynamic conductor of electrical impulses…or in the words of biophysby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - The doctors who are actually helping patients reverse diabetes and get off medications indicate that you have to limit the carb intake. This is just another topic that has yet to catch up with Functional Medicine approaches. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Murray - It's a Catch 22 being diabetic and on a diuretic as well as Tikosyn. I am severely critical of a medical system that prescribes these drugs and yet seems to have no clue about the consequences of the resulting low potassium and how difficult it is for a diabetic on medication to do the balancing. It's a common story. High carbs lsuch as dried beans are not useful for diabeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise... in the book, Encyclopedia of Nutritional Supplements (Michael T. Murray, ND), it says that "There is no RDA for boron. A daily intake of 1.5 milligrams to 3.0 mg is safe and probably more than adequate. Under Dosage Range, it says... In order to guarantee adequate boron levels, supplementing the diet with a daily dose of 3 to 9 milligrams is indicated, especially in individuaby Jackie - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Cindy - you could consider using Taurine at night. It is known to lower elevated blood pressure but not lower normal Bp. There is a report in the Afib Resources section "What About Taurine?" that you should read so you know all the Taurine details. Also, be sure you are you very mindful of all the possible sources of sodium intake from foods that are not whole and fresh. If you aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM