Sharon - you've learned well.... sugar lowers the immune system, too. : )by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy and all - I must admit I don't have all the permissible Paleo foods memorized. I thought that soy was out. If you say not, then fine, but I am not mistaken when I say that anyone either on Coumadin or who has active afib should not be eating natto food....because of the potential effect of vitamin K content and the pro-clotting risk. The only really healthy soy food producby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dean - A healthy GI tract is the source of a fully functional immune system so your testimonial to your health absolutely supports that finding. It could also be that once the receptor sites on damaged cells are replaced with new cells, everything functions as it should and amino acids (proteins) are the building blocks Makes perfect sense to me. You are another classic example of how we areby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shaun - both dairy and gluten sensitivities may mean a lifetime avoidance of those foods. A good test would be avoiding both for a minimum of three months - six is even better. If you decide to re-introduce them - do it one at a time so you can observe reactions. Many people have to avoid these foods as a life-time commitment because they feel so much better and are disease-condition and symby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mary Ann - my reports have all been about the purified enzyme (nattokinase) that is extracted from the fermented soybean product or food called natto. Dean and a few others experimented with the natto food and found the digestive improvement helped to control afib. For people who have active afib, natto food is not recommended since it contains large amounts of vitamin K2 and K2 has a long halby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Congratulations, Lou and thanks for posting your testimonial. I agree; Dr. Natale and staff are the best. Enjoy the rest of your life Living with Passion in NSR. Healthy regards, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - Below is a post I just offered recently that addresses some of your questions. It is entirely possible that your brand of NK did not contain adequate numbers of active enzymes or that you didn't have a large enough dose circulating continually as is required. Anyone with active afib or fibrinogen levels that are high should be taking 6000 FUs nattokinase of a reliable brand in diby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - Nordic Naturals is among the very best so no worries there about purity, etc. As you say stop and see if it makes a difference...as Jim suggests in his post, it could just be where you are at this point in time with afib or it really is a trigger. Only you can figure it out for sure as we all respond differently. Omega 3's help reduce inflammation and inflammation is known to beby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Babs - if it's only one pill then why not take it and be done with it. Typically we worry about SBE if there will be invasive tissue manipulation - as in deep scaling and curettage where large amounts of bacteria from plaque can enter the blood stream and then clump on heart valves. Doing a crown involves no such invasion.....unless they intend to remodel the gingiva in a crown lengtheniby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol P - that's why I suggested you find out more about the Hemex Lab protocols...they use a mild form of heparin that doesn't cause the bleeding concerns that coumadin does. But, your doctor has to work with them to understand the protocols, testing etc. The doctors who use the Hemex method swear by it and never prescribe coumadin. If you decide not to use either coumadin or the Heby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ron - some people have reported similar experiences. Was the brand you used molecularly distilled, Pharmaceutical Grade - pure? And did you test to be sure it was fresh and not fishy smelling or tasting? Omega 3's are typically very helpful to most people; if you get along with 2 grams and have no problems, then just continue at that level. It just makes sense to do that if you canby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Judi - In my recent post on ribose, the following clip from it may be relevant here: Without ribose, tissues could not produce these life-giving compounds. Adenine nucleotides are required by heart, muscle and other tissue to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the primary source of energy used by all cells to maintain normal health and function. When the pool of adenine nucleotides is depresseby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol P - Sorry for all this on top of everything else. You could consider checking with the Hemex people who use heparin for blood thinning - they will work with your doctor so you may be able to work something out if your doctor cooperates. www.hemex.com Best regards, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think it's unrealistic to think one can "eat or drink anything they want" and stay healthy. Period ...... regardless if one has afib or something else. Lifestyle gets us into 75% of disease conditions. Sometimes people don't have anything too dramatic happen as a consequence of that lifestyle; others just coast along and drop dead. My father ate and drank anything he wanby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bill - Sounds great to me. Good job. Keep going! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The doctor that died - was Antonio Pacifico, MD and he was founder of a huge arrhythmia clinic which must be ongoing. Wouldn't be a bad idea to check it out, but it's in Houston. Another brilliant cardiologist in Texas is Peter Langsjoen, MD, in Tyler, Texas Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cynthia - Some people have problems with just coumadin and not even anything extra as an herbal or supplement. I used plenty of Omega 3 fish oil right along with the coumadin. The problem with coumadin comes when the capillaries are already friable or fragile and coumadin just makes that worse...leaking out into various areas, as you say... which brings up a concern about internal hemorrage asby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian - pick a theory is correct. Most of the time, study data can be skewed one way or the other depending on the desired bias. I'm going to be doing a report based on findings by several medical researchers that indicates exactly this. It all depends on who funded the study and the vested interests involved. One thing for sure is no one is going to come out with information that wireby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Anne - Cynthia just emailed me that she had also emailed you about your husband's history of potential kidney problems. Very sorry; I had forgotten that info from your initial post. Thankfully, Cynthia was alert and reading - so you must be very cautious about adding magnesium and potassium. I think from foods, it will be fine but you'll have to do research and go carefully. If heby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Brian - Ah yes - Halloween Candy! : ) I realize for working people eating meals and going to bed early to meet work requirements can be quite a juggle, but the issue is digestion. You can't lie down after eating much of a meal in an hour as you indiate. What you might be able to do is eat your largest meal at noon which is healthiest - and then eat a much smaller meal in the evening.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jack - Good question and I can't answer. I'm not well versed in phytochemistry. Just know that I have to avoid soy because of the anti-thyroid issues involved, but I can use plant sterols and stanols for cholesterol lowering with no contraindication concerning hypothyroidism. Sterols and sterolins help balance the immune system and normalize thyroid function. Based on that I wby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
We'll summon the angels for you on 11/9. Be sure to let us know how you are when you feel up to it. Best wishes for a safe and successful procedure. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Babs - do you have mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation? If not, there typically isn't any reason to take an antibiotic. If they are concerned about your immune system being compromised, I can't see how crown work will cause you any difficulties - they should not be invading the tissue to any significant degree and the local anesthesia injection site should be minimal. If I weby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Anne - It is a daunting task to figure out supplements. Hans has offered many options and the reasons why in his book. You can certainly begin with the magnesium as the doctor indicated he was in agreement. It's best to start with only one supplement at a time. My choice would be magnesium glycinate as it is a chelated version that is formulated not to create bowel intolerance until allby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Waking up sweating is a sure sign of a hypoglycemic attack. The calming drugs will help reduce the anxiety but will do nothing to correct the basic imbalance of your blood sugar handling process which comes from improper food consumption compounded by alcohol you mention. These drugs will just add another dimension to two the two other addictions or dependencies so keep that in mind. Good luby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - My suggestion would be to check his dietary intake for magnesium and potassium content. Many of us have found that the ectopics at night are diminished greatly or eliminated with proper repletion of electrolytes - those critical minerals for maintaining rhythm balance. It could be just as simplistic as that. If he checks out low in intake, consider magnesium glycinate and LS V8 to begby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Got it - thanks for taking time to explain it to me. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Dean - nice report and thanks for the update. One thing jumped out at me - your statement about vinegar. People who are trying to kill candida are told to avoid all vinegar because it contains a mold from the fermentation process. If you have candida overgrowth, then the ingestion of vinegar might be stimulating the yeast to grow or expand. Just a wild guess but we know in other instanceby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - that's fascinating. I never went ahead and bought the Polar monitor. How does the pattern on that compare to that which shows on the hospital monitor? or an EKG? It looks alot different than what I've seen. Maybe they aren't comparable but it certainly is graphic. Thanks for putting this up. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Russ - it's easy enough to determine that. Don't drink for a month and see what happens to afib. Drink again and then see if it's a trigger. I was sensitive to alcohol and it took me about 9 months to decide that it really was the alcohol. My first event was from alcohol, or so I thought. Then no event for about 9 months and again, alcohol did it, but during those 9 months,by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM