Yes - what about magnesium and potassium? If you haven't read The Strategy, here's the link: Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great report, Tom. Congratulations! You deserve a lot of credit for listening to your body and finding the solution unique to your biochemistry. I can appreciate the commitment you've devoted to this. Thanks for posting your success story. Long may you enjoy good health in NSR. Happy New Year! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Matt - how long have you been doing a supplement protocol? What is your typical diet? Alcohol? Diet anything? What about salty food intake? Lots we need to know in order to help you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Fibrosis can be thought of as scarring. It can be a protective mechanism but has detrimental effects. Inflammation is a cause of fibrosis in various parts of the body including inside the heart. Fibrosis can be eliminated and prevented. In the Conference Room Session #24 (Cardiac Fibrotic Remodelling), the various causes of fibrosis in heart tissue as a result of atrial fibrillation were revby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Matt - when do the majority of your events begin? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Matt - after you have read the links George provided, I'd consider doing an assessment of your daily dietary intake of various foods and beverages to see what needs improvement since most afibbers have, at the very least, a magnesium deficiency. If this is the cse, you may find that even an ablation won't hold because it doesn't correct the deficiencies. We have some suggestionsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Murray - Last February, there were some threads running on Exatest... go back to the BB session before this current one... You should do a search to call up the many opinions on Exatest. Here's one link where the costs at that point in time were outlined. There have been people in Canada who have tried to get Extests and apparently it's not possible to transmit across the border.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - You asked how long before the risk goes away. There would be no way of knowing if you had formed a clot and for that reason, at least here at Cleveland Clinic Electrophysiology, they want you to have a cardioversion if you are in AF that approaches the 48-hour duration mark and you are not on a blood thinner. If a clot does form in the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) which is where overby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Afib, when one has elevated fibrinogen or viscous (thick) blood, places the afibber at risk for clot formation when the afib is of long duration. Since the blood in the atrium is not cleared out completely or efficiently, it can tend to form a clot, especially when thick-- thus the comment about churning blood can form a clot.... The risk comes when the afib stops and the clot might then be reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Drew - Erling recently did several excellent posts on Lyme and using mesosilver. Do a search to locate them. Since Lyme can stay with you for years, it would be worth consideration. As for the ferritin...Following clip is from the old Red Flags as Markers post My Functional Medicine MD likes ferritin to be around 50. The easiest way to lower it is to donate blood. If they refuse it for someby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Larry - inappropriate production of both hormones, cortisol and adrenaline, may enter into this and it occurs with disruptions of adrenal function or the various stages of adrenal fatigue leading to adrenal burnout. Sometimes the driver is hypoglycemia which can occur in the wee hours because the body's response is an adrenaline surge meant to get you moving and get glucose into the bodby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - I'm not sure I understand your point about the book referencing only those with underlying heart disorders.... Obviously, both the underlying and 'lone' afibber are undoubtedly low in magnesium and can benefit from supplementing. The fact that stress depletes magnesium is well documented by all of the magnesium researchers. Whether one chooses to group those highly motiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Excellent point, Erling. My FM MD says that these formal syndromes may not be present in individuals who, though the aging process, begin to have what she calls 'leaky kidneys',,,, leaking to a minor degree overall, but may be something that would be significant in an afibber. I suspect that while my kidney function tests are normal, I have some electrolyte wasting which may accountby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Especially interesting on this topic of stressed and driven individuals is the affect of the stress response on the body. As defined by Hans Selye, the flight or fight response is intended to provide the extra adrenaline primitive man needed to escape the 'sabre tooth tiger' where in he would outrun the threat or be eaten. Modern day man is in continual 'threat' modeby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sheila - it certainly could be irritation, but you should definitely be in contact with your EP as quickly as possible just to let him know your symptoms. I hope this passes quickly for you. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Belated Merry Christmas wishes to everyone. Computer virus slowed down my good intentions. Up and running again. My best to everyone for a Healthy and Happy New Year in NSR! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pasquale - check the threads Erling referenced. Lots of very important reading there. The iron absorption issues and vitamin C are linked to those with the genetic problem of malabsorption of iron or hemochromatosis. Unless you have that disorder, most individuals can tolerate fairly large daily doses of vitamin C. My intake is conservative and is between 2000 and 5000 daily - dependby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jeff - you are definitely correct in that warning. Many years ago, my father was found to have an an abdominal aneurysm and he was placed in the hospital immediately because the vascular surgeon said that if it ruptures out of the hospital, you will die. If it ruptures in the hospital, you have a 50:50 chance of survival depending on how quickly they can get you on the table. They used a stby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Liz - do you 'get' the part about "the A group secreted more adrenaline that the less-tense B group. The A group had a light increase in plasma magnesium, but a more significant decrease in red blood cell magnesium, suggesting that adrenaline mobilized magnesium from cells to blood plasma." ??? That's the main focus of the post... those stressed lose magnesium due toby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Reasons for magnesium deficiency have been discussed in many other posts including the Magnesium Absorption post in the Afib Resources section.. I recently was clarifying some of the potential causes of arrhythmia for an afibber and in so doing, read excerpts from The Magnesium Factor (Seeling & Rosanoff) Chapter 7. Here are some of the highlights for the benefit of new readers who may notby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Matt- Thanks and Merry Christmas to you, too. As Erling so aptly explained, sodium competes with potassium and wins.... especially if your stores of potassium are very low-- putting you in what I'd term a fragile state and very vulnerable to an upset by a sodium-laden meal. AF under those circumstances is virtually guaranteed. It can be a difficult discipline, but if you want to remainby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thomas - among many other nutrients, vitamin C is well-known to be anti-inflammatory. For you, it could be just that simplistic... put out the fire in your heart (and system) and the afib isn't likely to be stimulated. This is basic nutritional information. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Murray - when H1N1 hit last year, the doctors who were treating patients with high dose D3 were giving 50,000IU and up daily for 3 days to kill the virus. There were weekly teleconferences on this topic that were very informative. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jack - hang in there. You just have to tinker with various supplements to see how much of what works best for you. Yes, sugar is bad on many levels... eliminate it now. At the very least, it helps deplete magnesium and your heart cells desperately need magnesium. Glad you converted; now the plan is to help you become stabilized in NSR. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
In addition to optimizing IC magnesium, in some cases migraines are mechanical (structural) in origin manipulations at the axis level which involves the first cervical vertibra (C1) has been found to bring relief to certain types of migraines that may not be driven by mineral deficiency or hormonal imbalances. This is a chiropractic adjustment. Its important to find one experienced in this aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Murray -Since you are "into" this research, try looking up contraindications for beta blockers and diabetes...especially metoprolol. There may be a better drug for your heart and still be compatible with diabetes. I know that metaprolol caused my (temporary) insulin resistance and for a diabetic who needs all the insulin they can produce, it may be a significant issue for you. I presby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don't know. What can I say? One published study by Silver and group - maybe she was suspect of that study? I have no way of knowing. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Anne - Here's what you need to know about nattokinase....you need to take 3 doses a day, every 8 hours, to make sure there is 24-hour coverage if you are an active afibber. This would equal 6000FUs as each 100 mg capsule usually yields 2000FU/capsule. Reliable brand: Jarrow NattoMax, Source Naturals, Allergy Research. Check Hans website - they have good products at discounted prices.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jack - it's advisable not to use any supplement that contains aspartate or asporotate or similar looking words. We recommend the amino acid chelated form (Albion patent) of magnesium glycinate. The excitatory property of the aspartate version may be a problem for afibbers. Check your multi vitamin as well to see if they list the varous forms of the individual nutrients and look for the aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nutrients that help with blood vessel integrity include vitamins C, E, quercetin, bilberry, grape seed extract. Vitamin C is a powerful anti-oxidant, which acts to neutralize the potentially harmful effects of free-radicals. Free-radicals are the product of oxidation within the body and are thought to be responsible for aging and degeneration of tissues, including blood vessels. Vitamin C is reqby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM