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John - be persistent and insistent. If your INR is not where it needs to be, it will complicate proceeding with the ablation. Don't assume that because you don't hear from them, you're numbers are fine. Many staffers these days are overworked (and underpaid) and they just can't get it all done in one day... patients slip through the cracks...so just call and get your own iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Louise - I don't have much experience with that. It was in one of my early regimens but didn't find it as helpful or effective. Could be my biochemistry. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - if you have a craving for carbs, then address the likelihood that you have a Candida overgrowth. That clogs up the intestines and also can be responsible for burping which you've mentioned in the past as well. Killing the yeast is important because then you can repair the gut lining which would take care of leaky gut syndrome. People with leaky gut will often have elevated liver eby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Peggy - I've been following a series in the Wall Street Journal...on this topic of toxic contamination and the latest is that China is now admitting to laxity. (Gee!) The melamine issue is at the forefront and it's known that melamine is in livestock feed which means it ends up in some of the enproducts... melamine has been found in eggs and now WalMart is nervous over theirby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting.... there have been other theories brought forth from time to time about 'bugs in the heart' as well. One was chlamydia and another was mycoplasma. It certainly is possible that a microbe is responsible but in my 8 year afib journey, I never found that a cold or flu brought on an afib event. Perhaps it depends on the immune status of the individual. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - this is the sort of scenario that gets people in trouble with doctors. You go for advice; you get it; and then don't like it. Now, you have to decide if you want to try something on your own but you'll still have to be retested to check on elevated liver enzymes. Perhaps you can locate a functional medicine professional in your area who understands why drugs should not be theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Joyce - I only recommend cottage cheese in cases where people are desperate to eat something with protein. Typically, my advice is to avoid all dairy products.... Paleo eating does not include dairy. If one does eat dairy, it should be from raw sources which is difficult to find. I've directed people to some unpasteurized sources of both sheep and goat cheese but it's difficult toby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Valda - I wouldn't be so quick to take the blame for the symptoms Bill is experiencing. It well could be that his heart is still healing. Many people have reported some breakthrough at 3 months and even longer, so just wait to see what Dr. Davies has to say. If you are able to buy the homeopathic liquid called Bach Flower Rescue Remedy, it may be worth having him try that as needed dby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Christof - certainly the case you make for AGEs and fried foods are a consideration.... AGEs also form from eating anything containing sugar or foods that metabolize to glucose such as white potato, bread, pasta etc. And the cells affected would not be limited just to cardiac cells... all cells including eyes (cataracts) will be affected. Light sauteeing of foods with a healthy fat such as coconby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Christof... I do not have a link for the comment about lysine...it was in some notes and at the time, I didn't save a link. If I locate it again, I'll send it to you. Also... you should be interested in what Dr. Sherry Tenpenny has to say about the consequences of multiple vaccines given to infants and young children. She's written a book as well but you can find a good deal oby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon and all - You can trust anything on fats and oils written by Mary Enig, PhD. Mary G. Enig, Ph.D. is an expert of international renown in the field of lipid biochemistry. She has headed a number of studies on the content and effects of trans fatty acids in America and Israel, and has successfully challenged government assertions that dietary animal fat causes cancer and heart disease. Recby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Just let me correct the vitamin K in the nattokinase statement.... natto food is loaded with vitamin K2 but a good, reputable nattokinase enzyme product will have had all of the vitamin K2 removed. They consider vitamin K in a nattokinase product "an impurity." If you want vitamin K2 in the beneficial form of MK7, then a separate supplement is needed to benefit from a controlled dosby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Christof - good choice not to go for the vaccines ... much is unproven over a long period of time. While I don't like to to take drugs, there is a drug that if taken within the first day or two of a shingles outbreak, it stops the virus from replicating - dead in it's tracks and avoids the painful lesions that can occur. It's called Famvir or famciclovir.... I used it with myby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
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Christof - if you've had shingles, then you do have to be careful with the arginine. Several of us found that we'll break out with the lesions fairly quickly if you don't add lysine along with the arginine and, No...as far as I know, lysine does not cancel out the arginine effects... I've never seen that listed as a caution. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - you have to go to the Weston Price links and read what's said about the type of saturated fats.... coconut oil just 'looks' ominous but it's really a very healthy fat.... or go to Dr. Mercola and read what he says about coconut oil.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is interesting, Dick. Thanks. My previous impression of the AEfistula was that it was caused by burning through the atrial wall in the area of the esophagus...and that when this did happen, there was little to be done for successful repair. So addition to an outright breach of the heart wall by burns, overheating the tissue causes errosive lesions on the adjacent esophagus which definiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
We often discuss alcohol as being a trigger for AF and in addition, weve addressed the potential for sulfites in (inorganic) wine as also being a potential trigger. Further, reported in many healthy eating guides, grapes that are not organic (and also raisins) carry risks concerning heavy metal contamination. Heres another alert on this topic just newly released. California grapes, raisins aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - your numbers look good. If the glucose was fasting glucose, it's just a tad high. If you weren't fasting, it just reflects what you ate prior to the blood draw. The most indicative number would be a combination of both glucose and insulin after a 12-hour fast. Tri's are good. I'd focus on your liver enzymes to see what happens with those. I certainly would do reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - one major piece of evidence is that the SAD (Standard American Diet) in the US does include an overabunance of pasteurized dairy and if it were preventive, we would not see the increasing numbers of osteoporosis or the evidence of it showing up in a younger population as well. There is more to preventing osteoporosis than calcium... like vitamin D, magnesium, vitamin K2 and trace mineby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Possible explanation of why supplements dont work for some afibbers. I was going through some old health newsletters and happened upon an interesting comment by Robert J. Rowen, MD who publishes "Second Opinion." He was explaining that patients should Eat Right for Your Metabolism and Not Your Blood Type. In a review of acid/alkaline principles of pH balance, he says typically, meat, pby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am helping an afibber and in reading old files on potassium, I am reminded that there is much to know about this important electrolyte/mineral. I felt this should be shared once again. Included are several posts by Patrick Chambers, MD, former afibber, that contain really valuable information and definitely should be beneficial to new readers and a good review for those who may have forgottenby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb - The maximum dose, as I recall, is 400 mg... someone will correct me if I'm wrong. And I also recall I was told, they don't really like going over 300 mg a day in divided doses. I did take 150 mg BID for several years prior to ablation as directed by my cardiologist in conjunction with Dr. Natale at the CCF. (Back then, they did insist on a hospital admission to be sure of comby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Christof - I agree with the comments that have been offered that your sodium level is too high. Avoiding commercially-prepared foods - that's either packaged, restaurant-prepared or adding sauces with high sodium content to plain foods... you have to become aware of what eating 'plainly' means. Whole foods, cooked plainly is the quickest way to get those levels down and by addby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian - I see it, but it doesn't correlate with other potassium comments that say the sodium is dominant inside cells and will remain so in the absence or deficiency of potassium inside the cells. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - Ramping up in dosages is always wise. I would urge you to proceed slowly with the potassium dosing. Hans has stated most people do well with 3 teaspoons a day in divided doses which will yield a bit over 1500 mg a day. Coast along with that for a week or ten days and if you don't notice any improvement, then consider adding another teaspoon at a different dosing time and wait for aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thank you Wil... I appreciate your concerns over normally functioning magnesium systems... however, the majority of the population (upwards of 80%) is found to be deficient in magnesium. That's in the literature. Many afibbers here who have been correctly tested are found to be magnesium deficient and probably given the stress that that just afib alone creates, they continue to put a draby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Wil - From my files - some thoughts about magnesium being transported into cells: From the booklet Magnesium by Alan R. Gaby M.D. (also M.S. bio-chemistry), Keats Publishing, Inc., 1994, ISBN 0-87983-602-4, : "As disease progresses, cells lose their ability to function properly. Most of the cells of the body maintain a very high magnesium concentration relative to that in the blood serum. Forby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - the difference may be that cookies typically contain some fat which may help slow down the speedy absorption into the blood stream. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sheila - I did a post on that topic...see here: <; 12/15/04by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM