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Steve - - food additives, chemicals, preservatives including MSG and the hidden forms of MSG including hydrolyzed soy protein often found commercially prepared foods eaten consistently on a daily basis - anything with an artificial sweetener - or "diet" anything... including those frequently used to sweeten healthy food choices like yogurt/ diet sodas, etc. These are often hidden oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Debbie - additionally, the most valuable test for determine a tendency toward insulin resistance and ultimately, diabetes is the Hemoglobin A1C measurement. It's now being accepted that this is THE measurement. I agree with George that many physicians accept 100 as normal and truly it is not. But, if the A1C is very low, then you know you're not in trouble... quite yet with a readingby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - unfortunately, it's not really that straight forward but could be useful information, regardless. Drugs cause an acid pH. With your elevated chloride levels, it's undoubtedly much more complicated than that. An alkaline pH supports health. People who are high stress typically have acidic pH. Alkaline-ash producing food and beverages are healthy; cancer and other degeneratby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah - as posted previously in several other threads on vitamin K2 in the MK7 form..... a dose of 45 micrograms is considered optimal. More than that is not needed for efficacy and in fact, the vitamin K expert out of the Netherlands, Leon Schurgers, PhD, says there can be warfarin interference when the doses approach 100 mcg. He said in a teleconference that more than the 45 mcg is not beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just to give an idea of a nutritional supplement designed specifically to manage HCY... here's the ingredient list of that from Designs for Health... You can look for similar ingredients but be sure the form of each nutrient is the same so you get optimal results. Homocysteine Supreme (TM) Vitamin B2 (as Riboflavin-5-Phosphate) 50 mg. Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride 40 mg;(Pyridoxal-5by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Debbie - I agree with George on the glucose issue. Actually, you also need to know the fasting insulin along with the glucose since it's the insulin response that is the true indicator. The 100 is getting to be on the high side of allowable. He could be insulin resistant or on his way to becoming that. Does he tend to eat a lot of starchy, sugary carbs? Or is it mostly protein and healthby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alex - While I have great respect for a good many herbs, I don't use many myself and when I do, I only use from a highly reputable supplier who assays for purity as the warnings these days on toxic metals contaminating herbal products are high. When I was an active afibber, I was never able to use hawthorne even though it seemed to be recommended in almost every protocol for a 'natby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Debbie - check under ANP here in this CR Session:by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tim - check out Conference Room 25 Session: and read, especially, the observations offered by Leo Galland MD on the topic of magnesium deficiency and MVP. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - I've always enjoyed Dr. Whitaker's information but while bisphosphonates may be contributory, many people were getting AF long before those drugs came out and many of us with AF have never taken it. But certainly, anyone considering taking one of these drugs needs to be aware of all the potential side effects, not the least of which would be AF. Most typically, these patients witby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alex... I wasn't suggesting that you do it yourself. I was just commenting that it's very straight forward and likely that most anyone doing the collection would be able to do it correctly. Jackie.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sue - I took mine to the hospital and began them as soon as I was able to get up and move around. I had no ectopy or AF following the procedure and I attribute that to continuing to take the Essential Trio. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Richard - I had one case of flutter while on flecainide alone (no B and cardioversion was necessary. However, after that, I used just the flecainide w/o BB and managed to completely control AF events by optimizing my magnesium, potassium and taurine. If you haven't requested it, you may find my Observational Report helpful. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Selcome, Sujo.... watch your email. I'm sending a copy of my Observational Report to you which should be interesting information. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jake - I used a razor blade... not the new little blades but the old fashioned type one can use to clean paint from window glass. Then I'd just shave off a bit of the pill each day until it was down to virtually nothing. I was once told that taking 12.5 mg of toprol was virtually worthless insofar as efficacy, but I persisted and halved that as well. I did it over at least a month'sby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alex.... I did my own sample collection. It was not that difficult. It involves using a wood tongue blade and scraping the underside of the tongue to collect epithelial cells. It was not difficult at all. Instructions are provided so that the medical assistants in offices can do the collection and should have no problem doing it. I had my chiropractor order the kit since, at the time, he wasby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ken - I can truly understand your cautionary research. It's far better to overdo it than be totally trusting and ignorant. You can get hurt that way. I know I certainly was trusting and was injured as a result in other medical areas; not for afib. With AF one, I really obsessed about learning all I could so that I didn't repeat any of my former mistakes. You've had your shareby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise - It's using the GoLytely or another product called CoLyte. I've used the latter successfully for at least 4 procedures. It requires drinking a gallon or close to it, of the liquid. As I recall, the directions are light meals for a day or two and then the day before the procedure, a liquid diet and then start drinking the bowel prep in the early evening the night before theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
For those of you who are anticipating ablation once you qualify for Medicare, be very aware that while ablation has been covered in the past, there is no guarantee that the same coverage will occur after the healthcare reform rules are fully in place. Since I've been eligible for MC for a number of years now and have been vigorously following the MC changes, it appears that costs will be maby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ken - your decision to have the procedure can certainly be influenced by your success in controlling the AF symptoms by neutraceuticals and that's not something that is likely answered here by a response since we are all experiments of one. It can take six months or longer to become stabilized to such a degree that considering a procedure is not high priority. If you are really wanting aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ken - you may find that in time, as your magnesium becomes optimized so that the Na/K+ pumps can operate efficiently, your PACs also diminish providing that you have enough potassium on a continual basis. Only you will know what works in your body. Our guidelines are just generalizations; you have to do the experimenting and tweaking of dosing including timing of same. It should not matter ifby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lois - since you have proven to yourself by experimentation that you have a reaction to gluten.... or possibly even something else in restaurant food such as hidden MSG or similar components, you really have to decide that avoidance is the operative word. Don't just proceed and eat it anyway knowing you'll probably have a reaction because it's often observed that food reactions cby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle - as I have commented in many other posts, I saw three cardiologists before I found one who actually had a good working knowledge of arrhythmia. Cardiologists handle many other conditions of the heart...most prevalent that of blockage, MIs, post MI recovery, etc. For them, AF is just another heart condition, but they really don't get into it the way one who specializes in arrhythmby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dale - my experience is that the bowel preps such as the GoLytely are definitely better than most suggested. I had many colonoscopies after initially finding a polyp and once I became an afibber, anything other than GoLytely or similar set me into almost immediate AF and I had to cancel the procedure. The Gatorade is apparently a weak attempt to spare electrolytes but I'm not at all sureby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Curt - if you didn't read my thread on Blackouts you need to do that. A friend of a friend had some blackouts and then flatlined. Fortunately, he was in the hospital and they did, indeed install a pacemaker on the spot. If he had not been in the hospital, he'd be 6 feet under. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ken - in this post, I've outlined the procedure and costs... <; Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle... when in AF, yes, we do know that if the fibrillation is extremely rapid, there will be definitely less oxygen going to the brain because the blood doesn't clear out of the heart efficiently or totally. You can become short of breath for the same reason. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tibbar - your EP should be able to tell exactly if you have AF and also if there is any required pacing. If he can't, then try to find someone who understands pacing a bit better. There are some doctors who specialize only in pacing. I'm just asking because of your questions about becoming winded or light-headed. If you are pacing at that time, it could offer an explanation. Delveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Curt - that's a very nice comment. In talking with Erling over so many years, I, too loved Dr. Tantillo for his receptive and caring attitude. He and others like him are missed. In a interview with Ron Rosedale, MD, who is well known for his research into the function of leptin and insulin, he comments that what is taught in medical school is the basic 'stuff'... and it's uby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cyndie - from what these doctors indicate, the quicker you become gluten/gliaden free, the faster your antibodies will normalize. This is a lifetime commitment. They also find that along with that, there is a sensitivity to the dairy protein, casein. So, if I were in your place, I'd stop immediately and permanently. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM