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William - thanks for this. It could be the fluoride content in black tea.. I'm not sure about green. I've found the caffeine content of black tea too much for me to tolerate; weak, green tea is okay, but I just play it safe and drink herbal tea. Here is some info about fluoride Toxilogical Mechanism (significant quantities of fluoride) Several proposed toxicological mechanisms. 1by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Newman - I totally agree about holding doctors responsible to do their duty and inform us of adverse side effects of drugs. No question. The PDR is written by the drug companies. I am very familiar with the contents. It is the quickest way to find out all about drug properties. My goal is to take as few prescription drugs as possible, especially when a natural alternative to a nutritional deby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rob - my opinion would be that it is a condition...unless there you have another factor considered heart disease or structural defects in the heart and then it wouldn't be called "lone" atrial fibrillation. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pam - just so you know, in my post, I did not criticize Debbi - but I took exception to the opinion in the article. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - to your question - Jackie-do you think someone who has fairly infrequent episodes of afib that last less than 12 hours, like Eva describes, really needs blood thinning? If you mean coumadin.... I would respond a resounding NO....as long as that patient profile meets the standard for warfarin administration..... that is for most everyone under age 75 - they don't need warfarin unlessby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Newman - your esophageal problems are really not off topic for this forum.... recently posted was an article on the relationship to hiatal hernia, vagus nerve irritation and afib. It all goes together. Certainly, I found that to be true since once my displaced diaphragm was corrected, I stopped the breakthrough afib. I'm sorry that you have that ongoing GERD problem. It isn't fuby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bringing forward a post by Jim W. - for information about clotting Author: Jim W. (---.bdvlnc.tds.net) Date: 06-01-03 08:51 Hi Everyone, Just thought some might like to read this very recent information I pulled from Medscape: A clinical prediction rule to identify patients with atrial fibrillation and a low risk for stroke while taking aspirin. Arch Intern Med 2003 Apr 28;163(8):936-43by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynn - Richard - Vitamin C - I use 2 grams with bioflavonoids Vitamin E - I use 400 IU of the Tocotrienol forms of Vitamin E This is conservative. My doctor says one can go up to 800 IU. On Natto - The brand I decided to try is Source Naturals which provides 1,440 fibrinolytic units of activity and they say to take one or two a day. Currently, I am just using 1 softgel. Richard - I useby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pam - I would be hesitant to recommend nattokinase for you under your valve circumstances...besides, I'm not a doctor. But, in my original Natto post -- note this you can go back to January and find it.... Blood Clotting Prevention - Consider Nattokinase Author: Jackie (---.73.194.47.Dial1.Chicago1.Level3.net) Date: 01-26-04 14:21 I quoted something of interest as follows: If a physicby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pete - Sounds as if you are set to go. Good luck. You will be amazed how great you feel in a short time after the procedure. The angels are ready and waiting. Prayers coming your way. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Eva - Welcome to the group. I agree with the other comments. If you aren't taking aspirin and doing some of the other good things to keep your blood from clumping, then please read up and begin. I do hope you have purchased Hans book. It is essential. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Richard - what you say to Newman is good advice for us all.... if one has to take a prescription drug, it pays to read the package insert very carefully. Doctors don't always take the time to warn us of all the side effects or potential dangers. Doctors receive all their continuing education from the pharmaceutical companies.....and of course, they aren't going to point out all theby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Richard . I questioned my chiropractor, Dr. Jordan, about the advisability of a surgical remedy for hiatal hernia. He asked why would anyone resort to that when it is such an easy physical manipulation. He also said, in his opinion, the surgery could open the doors for a lifetime of other complications. He recommended chiropractic adjustment and offered me the use of his director of chiropby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Faith - just coincidence, I guess. I became very interested in pH and alkalizing a couple of years ago. I found Dr. Baroody's work interesting and in addition to his book, Alkalize or Die, I also purchased the little booklet -Asparagus - because he said he had luck reversing arrhythmias with asparagus. Well, you have to understand, that as an afibber looking for a cure, I would try anythiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
RK - I can top that. Aftrer my first administration of Coumadin in the hospital - 3 day stay, and after my subsequent INR, I received a frantic call from the pharmacist overseeing the Coumadin Clinic that monitors patients.... my INR was 8.3. This was 10:30 at night. I had been to a golf outing all day and could have easily been hit by a stray shot...had it landed on my head, I'd haveby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dean - I battled rosacea for several years and spent a good deal of money with dermatologists to no avail. Then I read in a natural medicine newsletter that rosacea was caused from lack of stomach acid and tried that. Voila! Rosacea is totally gone....and has been for almost 10 years. No dermatologist ever told me that.... why would they. I came back every 2 months and spent $60 for an ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kerry - averaging it out doesn't present the true picture. The first year, I had one event. The second year maybe, four. After that they were increased and in the last year or so I had over 200 which were all intense and long lasting. That's why I felt it was a miracle that the heart was able to endure such intensity and so constantly. Before I conquered the breakthrough AF with maby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rod - that's really good news. Maybe the next check will indicate zero activation. Yes - long may it continue. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Debbi - the opinion in the article is just wrong...as often times it is when the advice comes from standard medical advice and not from a nutritionally oriented source. Whenever I take Coumadin, I never give up the fish oils and my INR is never affected - in fact, if anything, it remains on the low side where I like to keep it because of my tendency toward hematoma. Of course, Newman and Isby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike - while I was researching something else, I ran across this article and thought you might like to see the confirmation that most likely, you did have a detox rash (called Herxheimer reaction) when you were using the fibrolytic enzymes. (Hope that is alla thing of the past now.) Herxheimer reactions, also known as die-off, can vary in severity from mild to debilitating. Helping your paby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Kerry - I began AF at age 59 and had over 400 events before ablation this past November...which was 8 years later. I have no recorded structural damage to my heart - which I consider to be quite a miracle considering the duration of events - many were over 24 hours and the frequency, many were every day or everyother day and many were very turbulent events. I've been cardioverted twice.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Angela - there is a holistic gynecologist here in the US, Christiane Northrup, MD, who states that the amount of hormone women receive in the estrogen patch - if it is derived from horse urine - is overwhelmingly far more than is needed. It could very well be that the excess estrogen comounds you have been receiving have stimulated the afib. However, the lack of enough female hormone is alsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Richard - I'm seeing the chiropractor who fixed my displaced diaphragm tomorrow and I'll query him about surgical success.... see what his opinion is and the options. Let you know. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Newman - proven for me - based on research in several books and from advice from two doctors - holistic, of course. When foods aren't broken down from lack of stomach acid, they ferment in the stomach and create a host of problems. As we age, less HCl is secreted. My stomach and HH are now fine. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alternatives to Coumadin We do have options Recently, weve discussed the prescribing of warfarin ( Coumadin) for many of us who really dont want to take it. Assuming there are no risk factors such as underlying heart disease or structural defects, stroke risks such as previous heart attack or diabetes, there are natural alternatives to Coumadin. Id like to share with you what my functiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Book Review Why Stomach Acid is Good For You, - natural relief from heartburn, indigestion, reflux, GERD. by Jonathan V Wright, MD and Lane Lenard, PhD M. Evans & Company, 216 E. 49th Street, New York, New York 10017 USA Quality paperback, 208 pages, $15.95 Judging from the prevalence of ads in the media for over-the-counter relief for heartburn, indigestion, and gastroesophageal refby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
About the odor asparagus creates with urine, Dr. Baroody says this: Asparagus contains a special amino acid - Asparagine. It was the first amino acid ever discovered. (by Vauquelin and Robiquet in 1806)Chemically, L-Asparagine looks like this: H2NOCCH2CH(NH2)CO2H. Through its action, asparagine can release positive energy into the body and metabolize it to aspartic acid. This is importantby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - I understand your frustration. That's why it is up to the health consumer to become an expert in the subject of concern and take responsibility for one's own health. I've mentioned before that I was injured by two unnecessary surgeries that could have been prevented with alternative medicine intervention. I've totally committed to finding out every thing I can abouby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pam - there was a paragraph about LAA in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, July 2003 Supplement which sates: LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION, LIGATION The left atrial appendate (LAA) is the source of a large majority of the emboli associated with AF. For this reason, LAA occlusion devices are being developed that can be implanted in the cardiac catheterization laboratory to seal the Lby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sadja - Nice to hear from you again, but I'm sorry to learn you are still having AF problems. I thought I remembered once you stopped taking the supplements in capsules, you became afib free. That's the nature of this thing. Just be aware about Flecanide, though, that in time it can become pro-arrhythmic.... not that there are that many choices left, I realize. Again, I'm reaby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM