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We live in times where the food supply can be hazardous to our health. This recently-published article (Unsafe at Any Meal) in the NY Times is a must-read. Its written by Eric Schlosser who is the author of "Fast Food Nation" and a co-producer of the documentary "Food, Inc." This article suggests many more than we may suspect are suffering from contaminated food. Part of the problem comes froby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Curt - while I'm now in NSR as a result of ablation success, during my 8-year journey, I progressed from one event every 6 months or so to (eventually in the 8th year) every day or every other day with events lasting 20 to 27 hours. I set the ablation date as a result of what seemed to be no end to the escallation of events concomitant with the failure of flecainide to work. That all chby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Johnny - you need to calculate what the "whatever else" quantity might be as an estimate for your total daily potassium intake... as well as what might be in your food in the form of sodium chloride (salt)... Your supplement is quite low for potassium and your food intake may fall quite short of the recommended 4700 mg daily intake of potassium. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George - thanks and sorry. A more accurate name would be as you suggest in remission. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Welcome, DrSi - My experience with flecainide was that until I optimized my intracellular stores of magnesium and potassium, I experienced escallating events in both frequency and duration... to the point where I had AF every day or every other day, often lasting 20 hours or more. Once I really pushed the supplement dosing, I had no further AF. I then tried to wean off the flecainide but was nby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Subtitle: A nutritional approach to healing: How addictions, cravings, overeating lead to imbalances in electrolytes, neurotransmitters, obesity, anxiety, depression. This topic is relevant because it provides more insight into reasons why some afibbers may have difficulty reaching the tissue compliance status outlined in The Strategy Observational Report because individuals who are severelby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - I agree with your observations as well. It maybe impossible to determine exactly what gene expression is not perfect and it will undoubtedly vary from one individual to another. In some cases, the flaw will make it so some of us tend to waste magnesium (as an example), others, potassium and others will have a gene expression for a tendency in another area that may indirectly affect deby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Johnny - the real issue is what is what is your intracellular level of magnesium so it can operate the sodium/potassium pump... and also what is your dietary intake of potassium. If both potassium and magnesium are optimal, then your sodium issue should not be the main concern insofar as initiating an afib event. I'm sending you my recent Observational Report on electrolytes for review.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - extra... rather 'optimal' magnesium intracellularly is always a good thing. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mark - it does involved the "tissue compliance issue" of the cardiac tissue discussed in The Strategy report.... for sure. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Could excess sugar and salt and low magesium and potassium be the main reasons so many people have afib now? I know the serious exercisers don't have the poor eating problems, but they do have the electrolyte issues. And then there are the digestive issues...(for me, burping was a huge trigger). Yes - Barb - that is the idea presented in The Strategy... this using up of critical nutrientsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sue - artificial sweeteners are known excitotoxins and should be avoided by afibbers...so the alternative is to find a product that is just plain psyllium or some other fiber if that is what's needed. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom and all.... it is always necessary to spread out supplement dosing throughout the day and even save some for bedtime so the absorption takes place slowly and over the extended time period. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dave - I agree with Carol. If nothing else, contact the OSHA people because those in the hospital who are ignoring OSHA protocols are putting other employees at risk and obviously, the patients as well. I hope you don't have any long-lasting or serious residuals from your brief exposure. A longer stay there might be deadly. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George... one website said it was ionic magnesium chloride. Another said: Magnesium has a strong, bitter salt taste. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike for the tired pumps... you need to refer to The Strategy and understand that magnesium is just the initial step in getting the energy to the pumps so all works well. It's the whole system of Metabolic Cardiology which is why I titled it the way I did. When you have the mitochondrial dysfunction issues, it becomes even more of a struggle to get it all working in harmony once again. Witby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Tom - as we say, everyone is an experiment of one and if you can tolerate more magnesium by adding 2 bananas, that's fine, but if you continue to have afib, you may not be actually increasing the IC stores which is the point of the whole thing process in the first place. Too much sugar - in this case fruit sugar - will require both magnesium and potassium to metabolize. In essence, youby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - there is plenty of backup by magnesium experts about the serum versus IC levels... so why not just be mute for a while, get the IM injections frequently as long as he is cooperative, and then retest after 3 - 4 months.... even 6 months. If your IC levels increase as predicted... that will be proof. However, if you are a significant waster, then you may need much longer than that time pby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Linda - have you tried the Saccharomyces boulardii.... which is specific to C diff infections and very effective? It's different from the typical probiotic. Do a google search for that name and read about the success stories. Don't delay, C.diff can be deadly. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
May - I'm sending you by email my latest report which covers magnesium dosing and other afib issues. You may have tried to increased to 600 mg too soon in your regimen. If you have been on the magnesium for several weeks, you can definitely start adding small amounts of potassium. In addition to the Metamucil having sugar... some of the artificial colorings in some of the products maby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jill - No - just be sure you take the NSK-SD designation of nattokinase (the enzyme) and if you have regularly occurring afib, you'll need to dose 100 mg every 8 hours... so 3 times a day. If your afib is only once every couple of months or so, then you can get by with 200 mg daily. The best preventive is to know your fibrinogen level....if it's high or out of range on the high sideby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello Linda - I do remember you. Sorry your mini maze didn't work but do hope Dr. Natale can find the bad actors and put them down once and for all. Once that is behind you, you can start a good focus on healthy eating and exercise so you will gradually lose weight, permanently. I wish you the best. We will all send you positive energy thoughts next week. Let us know how you are once yoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting stuff! Since it worked and many people die from C.diff, it will be had to argue against at least trying it. Good find, George. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - well, obviously, anything that is going to deliver the magnesium and facilitate the sodium/potassium pump function is going to make the difference. As I commented to Hans... perhaps the smaller particle size (if valid) allows enough through the absorption sites to make a difference. I'm just musing. Since you have taken the IM injections, though, it doesn't really mean your sby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - I feel the same way, but in some cases as in CoQ10, they are saying the nano-particles deliver the nutrient more effectively.... same with colloidal silver. ("they say" ) I'm wondering if the angstrom particle size works better in people who have plugged or blocked intestinal villi? Villi in the case of Candida overgrowth are blocked and nutrient absorption is inhibited..by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - Long ago, Erling clued me in on the genetic inheritance from the mother regarding the mitochondrial DNA.... and we speculated I had inherted some of her many problems. I believe I am a magnesium waster as well... although I manage to stabilize fairly well now that I have been at repletion for so long... but... if I get a wee bit negligent, I'll have that AF breakthrough...so it is eby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - it would seem that this form is extremely fast acting or has fast absorption... as evidence by the settling down of ectopy quickly.... what is not known - at least yet - is if this form stays in the tissue and would provide a consistently optimal IC level. The citrate form is highly absorbable but it doesn't remain in the tissue long... as evidenced by the bowel activity at higherby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Claire - you may do very well by taking a whole capsule at bedtime consistently and then adding more as directed in the ramp-up fashion throughout the day over a period of weeks. Kekep reading and posting. We ar all here to help and support you. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise, I've used Imodium on and off on occasion and have not had an afib problem. I agree with Hans about the probiotic solution. Most often, that's the true cure. The big caution with any of these bulking agents is that they add coloring and flavoring and artificial sweeteners...which definitely could trigger afib... read the labels very carefully. Moderate doses of L-glutby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jill - yes, I've been cardioverted and that does not preclude self-converting with the PIP method. I've not waited to see if I would convert without meds. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM