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Brian - if you can find a doctor or chiropractor in your area who uses Metagenics products in their practice, this brand is excellent - it's called Mag Glycinate. The Albion chelate is very similar to the Metagenics which is also a chelated version and is also patented. Just be sure that any product you buy does not have other minerals along with it - like calcium....as as Ella says, kelp.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm sure it is unsettling to experience these fast beats. Nothing gets our attention more than a racing, irregular heart beat. Why not ask your doctor to wear a holter monitor for several days? Would this be a possibility? Then from that, they can determine what types of ectopic activity you have. Also consider that rapid heart rate or palpitations can come from anxiety or panic attackby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bobot - Since my PVI ablation, I have worn a holter monitor for 48 hours to determine just what you are questioning....only I called it stealth AF. I requested it because I had the one AF event after ablation that required cardioversion....and I was worried that I was having stealth AF and my EP agreed to order the monitor. The results indicated no AF, but I do have some residual PVCs or venby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mike - I don't "say" it---it's in the literature. My advice would be to listen to your body. If you feel well and function well with the regimen you follow, then, it works for you. My personal experience with lack of stomach acid was that I had GERD. My adding digestive enzymes that contained lots of Pancreatin and all the other enzymes needed PLUS betaine HCl which coby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don - My heart rate after ablation remains about 72 - 78 during the day and falls to around 65 - 68 in the evening with sedentary activity - like reading. In the early months after ablation, it was always close to 80 bpm. I don't think it ever went high for any period of time except for the one arrhythmia event I had at day 103 which required cardioversion. After that it has come downby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Isabelle - the diagnostic is a fasting glucose and insulin blood draw for a baseline. You eat a meal (not drink the glucose liquid) and then have draws (post prandial) at 30 minutes, one hour, 2 hours, 3 hours and 4 hours to see the pattern of both the glucose and insulin levels. I'm working up a post on insulin resistance and will be publishing it fairly soon. Stay tuned. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
A few posts back, someone mentioned restless leg syndrome....here's an article about handling the nutritional deficiencies that cause the syndrome. Restless Legs Syndrome by Melvyn R. Werbach, MD This syndrome is marked by an unpleasant crawling or aching sensation in the lower legs, between the knee and the ankle, often accompanied by restlessness in other parts of the body, especially in thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
LITERATURE REVIEW AND COMMENT by Alan R. Gaby, M.D. Townsend Letter - June 2002 Issue #186 Treatment with hydrochloric acid Gastric analysis with histamine stimulation was performed on 40 patients with chronic urticaria. Approximately 65% of the patients had either hypochlorhydria or achlorhydria. Of the patients with reduced acid output, 65% obtained almost complete or partial relief ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
In case anyone is still eating or buying cereal.... Dont be misled about the new cereal products which promise to deliver whole grains to your breakfast table. This edited article from Health Science Institute. ..."You may have heard the news a couple of weeks ago that General Mills will start using whole grain in cereal products for kids. Over the next three months, Lucky Charms, Triby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Glenn - I just noted a comment about selenium helping to resolve many cases of long standing candidiasis. This clip was in the Townsend Letter - May 2004 and was about information published in Keep Hope Alive's Journal of Immunity (Spring 2003). The author, Mark Konlee, urges people to include Brazil nuts and seafood in their diets due to the rich selenium content. Selenium is the essby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - certainly - if Candida produces inflammation.... then it can elevate CRP.... even a minor infection can raise CRP. So, we could probably connect the dots and say that the inflammation also fostered the likely-hood of AF. As Glenn questions.... the trick is to keep Candida at bay. When we were discussing the Candida issue a while back, I mentioned I had killed mine by using Metagby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hak - Congratulations on your success story. That's really great news! Also, thanks for telling us of another EP contact with plenty of experience for those people on the west coast. Enjoy the rest of your life in NSR. Live with passion! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dean - I treated for rosacea for a number of years until I learned it came from lack of stomach acid. Strange how this works. Mine's gone now that I use additional HCl with meals. I understand your dilemma.....for you, it's a Catch 22! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Stan - Can you see a pattern to this symptom of light headedness? Why not do a chart as to when it occurs....activity at the time....what was your status as to food intake. My immediate suspicion is either low blood sugar or as Marian says, low blood pressure. Are you dizzy or just lightheaded? If you are dizzy as well, you might want to consider an inner ear evaluation by an ENT speciby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Judy - restless leg syndrome - usually has to do with deficiencies in both magnesium and potassium. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Adrian - that's good news. It is extremely important to keep a strong immune system going. Looks as if you have accomplished that. Keep up the good work. Best regards, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kevin - the very minimum should be eight, 8-oz glasses of water a day and it should be water that is processed to remove the purification chemicals....as in reverse osmosis water. If you do perspire a great deal, there is no question in my mind that you are losing electrolytes.... this includes all of them, sodium,potassium, magnesium and calcium. When low in essential electrolytes, one is aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Judy and Doug - My first thought would be any activity that brings about any degree of perspiration should also be accompanied with additional or prophylactic hydration and the replacement of the essential electrolytes - especially potassium. Michael Murray, ND, in his his discussion about daily potassium intake says that people who exercise heavily and lose potassium through perspiration nby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve - earlier this year, I posted this for another person.... Author: Jackie (---.58.50.253.Dial1.Cleveland1.Level3.net) Date: 03-11-04 14:19 Here's what was said about this drug in the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Journal - Supplement - entitled Managing Atrial Fibrillation Quoted directly Amiodarone Actions Amiodarone was developed as an antianginal drug but was later found to have aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Unseen Epidemic: The Linked Syndromes of Achlorhydria and Atrophic Gastritis by Dr. Nigel Plummer (PhD - microbiologist) Interesting article in Townsend Letter about lack of stomach acid. Here are a few excerpts: Conclusion and Summary ·Atrophic gastritis affects 20-30% of the adult population ·Incidence increases with age ·Atrophic gastritis is highly associated with Helicobacter pylorby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Howie - Thanks for the tip. I plan on staying out of the hospital from now on! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Doug - I'd ask your doctor to explain what determined his understanding of the lower percentages..... ie, are the patients ablated still on medication?Are they still having arrhythmia? And last.... I'd want to know the count of how many saw which electrophysiologist. I think there are at least six EP's doing ablations at the CCF. Perhaps some are more skilled than others??? Iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Comments about the Flu Shot Shortage and Warning about FluMist Alternative Dont be too concerned if you cant get a flu shot this year I always forgo a flu shot because I keep my immune system healthy and I also dont want the contents of a flu shot in my blood stream Jackie (and just remember, flu shots only cover a few strains all the other strains are still out there as potentials)by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Michael - Thank you. I'm equally grateful for the support and knowledge offered by participants on this forum. A collective collaboration of brain power coupled with experiential testimonials is invaluable. We all can see a piece of ourselves and our own situation in each testimonial offered. What we glean from this is often the missing piece to our puzzle. Thank you for participatingby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kevin - I'm coming in late here with comments - I agree with Hans that if you decide to go for ablation, check out France first. Seems to be a much more reasonable fee for excellent treatment. New Zealand to Cleveland (Dr. Natale) sounds like a very expensive way to go. Don't be disappointed with CoQ10.... it has never been suggested that it stops AF; only that it is a good supplemenby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Reported by Joseph Mercola, DO....this week's newsletter.... Splenda Celebrates Fifth Anniversary This year marked the fifth anniversary of Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, also known as sucralose. Since it was first made available in 1999 via the Internet, Splenda has been given the title of the number one branded sweetener in the United States, finding its way into nearly 20 percent ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy - when I come across a pdf file that won't cooperate with my limited computer expertise...I just copy the the whole pdf file to a Word document and then edit what I want out of the Word document. Takes time, but if I really need that portion, that's what I do. Don't ask me to explain - I'm self taught - enough to publish my newsletter on the computer and print it heby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
PeggyM - I, too, am older than I used to be! Note the last line of this excerpt I've pasted here. You might enjoy going to Dr. Ravnskoff's article - in case you missed it when I posted before. He says cholesterol in the older populations is protective. (He's the author of the book, The Cholesterol Myth) Jackie Here's the start of his article: The Benefits of High Cholesterol By Ufby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - that's great news....and to think you nearly threw in the towel and went for ablation. I'm pleased you stuck it out. Congratulations! Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Ray - welcome. As a start, I'd suggest you use the search tab here and begin reading about the success many of us have had with the use of supplemental magnesium glycinate and food-based potassium intake.... ie, one source being low sodium V-8. I've had an ablation and while I always took the magnesium, I found that increasing the potassium made all the difference in the ectopiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM