Hydration is important, and my RN wife is always reminding me to drink water after getting up in the morning. Helps keep the heartbeat regular (and the wife happy).
I have AFib and drink upwards of a gallon of water a day. I'm supposed to take metropol twice a day but I never remember the evening dose. I keep my weight under control by occasional fasting. Also have a reasonably healthy diet. I'm 77.
My hat's off to Dr. Mandrola who could be making millions by doing cardiac procedures alone, but honors his Hippocratic Oath enough to stand by what really helps people, reserving the application of cardiac procedures for truly appropriate applications. Thank you! Thank You!! THANK YOU!!! for staying true to your calling!
Thank you, Dr. McDougall, I have observed this in my own self and considered whether a total make-over of my lifstyle would not help a ton. YOU have encouraged me to proceed down this path on my AFIB journey.
Ihave a fib and I had a heart attack needed 2stents . I recovered well after my hear attack and excercised every day .but then I was diagnosed with a fib but my doc told me not to excercise but this stressed me out and now I have put weight on and I feel uncomfortable. After listening to this doc and reading your comments, I think I will start exercising again , my doc is not very nice and very abrupt but I go along with it because I thought she new best ..
I wish Dr Mandrola was in the U.K. His advice is excellent. Lifestyle and diet are key to helping AFIB. Doctors here just prescribe drugs without ever suggesting changing to a healthy diet.
I had 5 SA nodes in my heart. An electrophysiology Physician ,after many decades and many MDs and Dx., found the problem. He took out 2, the 3rd one was to close to a another so he left it. I have problems occasionally but it's so much better now. Thank you for the information.
I am 73 had my Pfizer COVID-19 Booster Vaccination when 72 in October 2021, I was perfectly fit, working full time, showing potential tenants around properties, I was playing walking football 2 to 3 times a week, swimming at every opportunity and totally involved in my 3 grandchildren’s lives. Immediately after having the vaccination, started having breathing breathlessness which was diagnosed as AF. It was totally life changing, off work ill as I struggle with stairs, I can swim breath stroke but struggle with walking any distance or playing football with even my grandchildren. I have changed my diet accordingly, smaller portions, stopped drinking just to try and help my condition. Thank you Doctor for this advice also.
@@blueskygal255 it really is beyond belief what they have done for money, Pfizer in my case have pulled off the largest fraud, scam, con in the history of the world in my opinion. I am awaiting the results of a recent MRI scan I had, but I am going to be honest, I am not sure if the damage I believe resulting in have the life changing Pfizer vaccines in particular the third one called in the UK Booster Jab, can ever be healed.
I wish I had a doctor like this caring Doctor. I have bad side effects with the meds that I have to take. When I explain these to my doctor, they put fear on me telling me if I don’t take them the consequence is a stroke.
If your doctor has put you on statins for high cholesterol, stop taking them, they are poison and most people cannot tolerate them. Your doctor will hate you, but he's not the one suffering, your body is. Change your diet instead.
Several years ago i was diagnosed with non valvular Afib. I do not like taking meds but the doctor got in my face in a fearful way and said "do you want to have a stroke? If not you better take this Xarelto. I have always been health concious, excercising and eating well. Before A fib was diagnosed with high blood pressure. All of this started when i was going through alot of stress when i was going through my adult sons heroin addiction which has continued till about a year ago.
@@sherylquine9148 Stress. Yes, and no one can tell me that Sress doesn't play a major role in some cases of AFib. First episode of AFib was 2 years ago after sister died of cancer. Started feeling very lousy about a month before first AFib. Very nervous stomach and jumpy. My nervous system was Shot, and I became anxious and depressed. And everyday noises that have never bothered me before had me constantly flinching all of a sudden!! (Here's hoping your situation has improved some these days!😊)
From someone who has had ablation surgery you don't want to go there. It was very successfully performed by Dr. Elizabeth Noll at Sharp Healthcare but it's no fun to say the least.. I've had extreme anxiety most of my life and developed type 2 diabetes in 1998. I've controlled it pretty well rarely exceeding 7.0 but it's still a factor. Sleep quality has been negatively impacted by the anxiety and the tinnitus that I have. Doctor I wish more physicians thought like you. One factor in my favor is that I'm quite active which reminds me that I need to get back on my bike. Thank you sir.
I have Long QT Syndrome type 2 . Although not a lifestyle fault , since diagnosis I take good care with diet and exercise. And have a great doctor who has put me on medication.
Thank you so much for this video, it had helped me a lot and given me hope. I have started a few months ago just having plant based. Food with fish twice a week and about three eggs a week. I have lost about 14 pounds. My BMI is down to 24. I have paroxysmal AFib about once a month. I am on beta blockers but not blood thinners yet. My blood pressure could be better, it’s usually 130/60. ( with meds). Anyway I walk at least an hour everyday and will keep trying to get better. Many thanks really helped my metal health.
I have holiday heart. If I don’t drink pedialyte after a night of drinking I can get a fib. Alcohol is the only thing that has caused episodes. I’ve actually been able to make an episode go away before just by meditating.
Hmmm I have never smoked, rarely drank never been over weight. Ate Med diet since I was in my 20s. Very little salt. No sleep apnea, no diabetes, thyroid fine. Still got afib at age 71. Am now 78. Did have high BP in my 50s. but it's been fine since age 68. I have always been into exercise. Hiked, swam mostly outdoors, cycled etc. At age 76 also had unstable angina. I seem to be an a anamonaly as far as afib goes. Had 3 stents put in, no more angina. Now scheduled for cardioversion.
Could be your low salt intake? I had my dr telling me no salt for years. But he never checked my sodium levels until they bottomed out. Once he got on board with sodium should be allowed, he didn't check my potassium or magnesium. Guess what, yup very low levels.
How do you do it if the AFib is from the COVID booster shot? Two weeks after getting the shot, it felt like I was having a heart attack over and over. Those extremely serious symptoms went away after a couple of days, but the serious AFib continued. I might have had a mild case of AFib, but now I have it is serous. A recent 2-week EKG showed 11075 Supraventricular Tachycardia runs occurred. I'm on a blood thinner and several heart medications. So tell me why it started 2 weeks after getting the COVID booster. I eat well, sleep with a CPAP machine (1.9 events/hour), exercise 4 days a week, not obese, and don't drink or smoke. So why are my doctors telling me that it has nothing to do with the COVID booster shot?
The boosters are bad news. I have spoken with too many people that have had bad experiences with them. The threat of Covid, for most of us, has long passed.
Afib is a mitigate a necessary to prevent heart stop beating. Tht's why its not fatal. After peaing several huge pouch of AFib pea, the body satisfied, it will resume sinus.
LOVE this. I was just diagnosed with afib by my PC. Finally got in to see a cardiologist and she said to lose weight and get exercise. Drink a lot of water. So that is the cure. My stroke factor is low, like 1 on the determination chart, so no blood thinners, thankfully. I was skeptical, but I'm not going to argue with a top doctor that knows far, far better than I do. Once I let it sink in, I am so incredibly happy this isn't a life sentence of heart disease and there is a way to fix it, most likely. HUGE relief. And I need to lose weight so this will get me moving, I don't want a shortened life or bad health into my old age.
Once you have atrial fibrillation (AS or AFib), you have it for life. It is widely accepted in the medical community as a progressive disorder. It can be delayed greatly with medications and lifestyle changes, including loss of weight, getting...AND USING....(this is key, and where some patients don't succeed due to its intrusive nature, or what they tell themselves is intrusive)...a CPAP machine if they have sleep apnea (almost everyone has apnea that gets worse over time and as age piles some extra pounds on). Alcohol is bad, so is too much caffeine (over 50 mg per day). But what I really wanted people to know is that when, and not if...drugs cease to work and lose their effectiveness, and you're still thinner than you were, and you're using your CPAP machine...AF will still be slowly creeping back into your life before too many years, even months. This is very typical. At some point, and you should do it before your AF becomes persistent or permanent, consult an electrophysiologist and get in line for a catheter ablation. This mechanical fix can give you your life back. Risks are very low, but if AF goes into permanency, your heart will age more quickly and may end up in heart failure. There's a lot more to say, but that part is what you need to get thinking seriously about managing your AF effectively.
Yup I have to have catheter ablation with mine. I have made several changes to my diet and drink water no sodas or juice low sugar or sugar free when ai can. I was advised to lose weight. I'm just happy I didn't gain 25# on the mend cocktail they have me on 7# weight difference since diag in February. I do plan on doing more exercise after surgery. I walk but I get wiped out easily. It's hot here. Which don't help AFib.
I had my heart checked in late 2007 and it was fine. I then went out and bought a free-standing heavy duty punching bag and did an exhausting workout on it consisting of five 3 minute rounds. I would also walk just over two miles a day and swim for 15 minutes. However, in 2012 I was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation by my regular doctor who put me on 50 mg of Metoprolol a day and Warfarin. However, after I was examined by a cardiologist two months later I was taken off of the Warfarin and told by the Cardiologist that neither he nor any of the other Cardiologists wanted me on it. He then told me to wait three days after stopping the Warfarin and then start taking just one low dose 81 mg baby aspirin a night before bed and to continue with the Metoprolol---which he eventually cut down to just 25 mg a day. Anyway, I was 65 years old in 2007 so I think it was the over-exercising that got me. Also, before I forget, I should mention that my Cardiologist recommended a vegetarian diet. So I told him I would make the switch with the stipulation that I would still eat meat and turkey but only at special family gatherings such as Thanksgiving and Christmas and that I would still eat Sashimi (Raw Fish) once or twice a month. My Cardiologist agreed and said that was fine.
I was an endurance athlete in the 1970’s and 80’s, competing in x-country ski racing, distance running and cycling. Virtually every guy I competed against in those years has developed Afib. When I went into Afib, I could barely function. I had all the symptoms of heart failure and it was intolerable. Cardioversion worked for a while and was followed by ablation. That worked for 8 months. Cardioversion brought me back into sinus rhythm, but two weeks later I was back in Afib. Then they hospitalized me to induct me on difetilide which, so far, has kept me out of Afib. I hesitate to even mention this, but my first episode of Afib was 3 days after my 2nd Moderna Covid19 booster. It may have been coincidence, but I switched to Pfizer for my 3rd bivalent booster and had zero problems. The reasoning is that though there may have been some risk from the vaccine, Covid was FAR more likely to result in an arrhythmia than the vaccine!
Now that is the most interesting comment to me. To develop a fib after such a life caught my attention. And the Pfizer would be suspect to me. Hope you get it sorted out.
At 4:35, you unwittingly use "It just doesn't help the atrial fibrillation" which sounds like it "JUST DOESN'T HELP" when the clear phraseology wouldve been, "IT NOT ONLY HELPS"
For me my only one time i had afib was 10 years ago and the trigger was alcohol intake, i immediately stopped drinking any type of alcohol even in very small quantities and i never had another episode since then. I also only drink decaffeinated drinks because i know caffeine trigger it.
My pharmacy has been getting coupons for eliquis for me. The price comes down to $30 for a three month supply. They've been doing this for over a year now. Other it's $250 for a three month supply.
Thanks much Dr. Mandrola! I've had familial AFib for 40 years (had an ICD for 10 due to heart failure) and depend mostly on diet/lifestyle and baby aspirin currently for my treatment! Haven't told my cardiologist yet that I stopped my digoxin last year.
Did you ever go on blood thinners. I’m 52 and just diagnosed with afib. I’m very healthy and exercise. I went on blood thinner until I can see cardiovascular do. In a week. Thanks
@@dougcoleburn1579 No, the doctor asked me if I wanted to and I said no. He said because I was healthy, I was at a low risk for a stroke. My afib has been very infrequent and I can get it to stop within a minute so far.
Hydration is key in my case. So long as I don't get dehydrated, I don't seem to go into A-Fib. I exercise and I'm very keen on good nutrition and sleep schedules. Thanks for reinforcing my beliefs
I gave up all grains, all sugars, and all high carb fruits and vegetables. I walk 8,000 steps per day. I fast 23 hours a day. I eat protein, a little fat and low carb vegetables. My hypertension is normal now with 1/4 the meds as before, my blood glucose is now completely normal with no meds, and I haven’t had an a-fib episode in months. I take sodium and potassium supplements. My weight: 200->134.
So good to see a doctor who is slanted toward the prevention of illness in a natural, easy-to-manage way, rather than just prescribing meds. We need a million more like him.
@@MsElke11 Imagine, for just a moment, that there aren't any viruses! If there are say viruses, what are they? Dead debri from DNA. Yes, DEAD. How can something dead affect our health so negatively? It can't. There's a lot of information out there and I would invite all who are reading this to go on Odysee and look up for the love of viruses. Have we been lied to all this time and we didn't realize it? God Bless.
I have said for years ....that every patient needs to do a previous 4 week food log.... to show the in office nutritionist, and their practitioner when they arrive for their yearly physical. Holistic focus. I am also a retired nurse.
I have Afib and will be having a heart ablation procedure soon. I am wondering if this will help. I am under so much stress. I hate the medication. It made me gain weight so I have put it n God's hands. Please pray for me.+++
I am not obese, but I do not have a thyroid. I went into AFib from stress from an auto accident. I discovered 2 tbsp ACV to 8 ounces of water. Then I started taking self package pills of Cayenne pepper with food. It stops AFib within minutes. Lastly, The only thing I take now is L-Arginine 500 mg daily. I haven't had an AFib episode in years!! I am also a regular user of Calm magnesium. Hope this helps someone. No, not a Dr. but I read a lot!
I'm 82 with afib, among other things.. In my case, there's absolutely no doubt that regular exercise keeps the afib at bay and makes life better in general. That said, it still requires constant diligence to maintain the active lifestyle. The best advice I ever heard on the topic is "When you take care of your animal, your animal takes care of you". That is so true, yet so hard to do.
My mom is 88 and has had it forever. I remember in the 70s when I was a teenager she had these palpitations but I think it was a fib. She also went through 25 years of a bad diet from 1994 until 2020 just eating so much garbage and gaining so much weight, I have been going through all of this with her with her heart doctor over the last three years and they’re putting her through so much stuff and she just she’s tired. She doesn’t want to do it should be 89 in July.
@@joew9392 Not if you do a LCHF diet. I did & even reversed my afib. Not a joke. Watch David H Diamond videos. He is not a cardiologist, but he explains the problem.
I am 82 had ad fib for well over 20 years. Went to the doctor who put me on Wafarin and am now on Xralto, if I remember to take it. I'm still alive, exercise every day and, apart from having one kidney, 2 stents, high blood pressure, I feel perfectly fit. Probably drop dead tomorrow but thems the breaks.
Xarelto To many Bad things about it. IT WILL THIN YOUR BLOOD. I got off of it few years ago. My brother past while on it My step dad past away while on it Only as news up date Arnold Palmer remember him. Did a Google on him Settlement reached in lawsuits over Xarelto blood thinner apnews.com/fa78dddfa7f04414996bcd1618aef5ac
Finally! Thank you. Yes, diet and lifestyle. Reduce stress. In an otherwise healthy heart, specifically, afib is not a disease of the heart. It is an autonomic nervous system problem that affects the heart. One would not treat Parkinson's as a hand problem when the hands tremble, right? No. Would they do hand surgery in a Parkinson's patient to stop the hands from trembling? No. But this is what they do in regular Cardiology with ablation and even pacemaker insertion. They treat healthy heart Afib by working on the heart. Wrong. That’s barbaric, misconceived, usually not very effective according to research, and can seriously shorten the lifespan of the patient. That makes zero sense. Moreover, in the for-profit medical system in the United States, being branded with a heart problem is to render a person uninsurable or highly expensive to insure. Doctors and medical billing and coders brand you with heart disease if you have Afib. That’s tantamount to an injustice. Nervous system specialists are starting to focus on Afib as originating in the hypothalamus in the brain, part of the command center for the ANS. Because we are starting to discover the complexity of communication between the heart, organs and brain, especially by way of the vagus nerve, locating the origin of the afib may be very complex. DLC; Albuquerque, NM; 18 January, 2019.
Changing your diet and lifestyle is definitely a preferable solution, but it doesn't help with everyone. It would only help temporarily for me and the afib would always end up creeping back worse than before. I'm having a cryoablation done in the next couple weeks and the statistics are showing it to be extremely effective right now. Nowhere near as risky as the burning option, which is known to be less effective as well. I'm in the UK and it's all being covered by the NHS, so it's not like I'm being pushed into this procedure for profit. They've got an extremely high success rate and I'm pretty hopeful. I wish diet and lifestyle was enough!
@@ellenmcquilkin I ended up having to have a regular ablation due to the difficult location of the anomaly (something about it being too close to the node). It worked perfectly for around 2 months but then I started having tachycardia again after exercise, so it must have healed better than it was supposed to! (The scarring is supposed to block off that electrical route). I was scheduled to have another ablation last month but it was disrupted by the coronavirus measures, so who knows when I'm getting it done now!
i gotta tell yall, for me, my doctor tried everything. and nothing worked. turned out, i had a mineral/electrolyte imbalance. and i lift weights 6 days a week so i sweat a lot (which excretes more electrolytes and salt). i also drank nearly a gallon of water a day, further “thinning out” my salt and electrolytes. so my cure was drinking less water and taking Himalayan mineral salt (i also use redmond ancient salt). i put the salt in my coffee, sports drinks and coconut water. not a single palpation since. and i can sleep again. prior to this i literally called 911 out to my house 3 times, thinking i was having a heart attack. maybe ask your docs about salt and electrolyte imbalances.
Medical professionals in North America tend to make their practice rtand out and different from other countries including European countries by making simple problems more complicated than they really are, and therefore, make people who have problems think that they need medical expert's advice. They like to prescribe medications because of many reasons...be the middle sale persons for pharmaceutical companies and eat kickbacks, make patients have to come back for follow up, or their meds won't be refilled. They claim they are evidence-based practice and do not aceept medical degrees from other countries. But what the wvidence-based practice is just some clinical trials sampled small groups if people and tend to spread out to cover age, sex, and geographic areas so that their researches can be called"representative." So many things they do in America, such as flu shots, especially mandatory for health care workers(where is the freedom?), HPV vaccines for teens are not seen commonly in Europe. Are those people so much different than Americans? Of course not. The only different is that America is one of the three countries in the world that allows TV commercials for drugs. If you watch those commercials, listen carefully, you'll find you have every sigle one of those problems they describe. To make small simple things more complex, it forms a culture of "seeing doctor to prevent disease or treat disease." Same thing vets. Wow!! This country now drug so many people and it's not enough. They want to drug animals,too. Big pharma lobby the politicians and doctors to drug their own people. The most popular drugs are opioid and psych meds...and you wonder why so many people in this country have dementia? Since when the dementia numbers start clibming up? I bet every single dollar I have, it started from when psych meds become popular. Those meds work on altering neurotransmitters in your brain. Tell me it has nothing to do with dementia? I so do not believe it. Of course, no medical professionals will dare do such research because the results will be tossed by the big pharms.
I got A-fib shortly after I turned 60. I was fit, exercised regularly, proper diet. Diltiazem controlled my afib no amount of exercise, diet would have changed my situation. Got atrial flutter at 63. Had to get cardioverted almost monthly. Because I had lone A-fib/A-flutter I was an excellent candidate to undergo a catheter ablation that resolved my irregular heartbeats. FYI. In retrospect I believe that placing my PC on my chest while I was in bed was the impetus to all of my heart issues.
@@karlaelvis9815 Yes it did. I am AFIB free for almost 10 years. I still take diltiazem and metoprolol for HBP and insurance for any possible AFIB or FLUTTER return. Good luck.
Yes at 72 last year I found out I had A fib/A-flutter and the meds didn't keep it down so they gave me the conversion that lasted maybe a month and went back into the A-flutter so they gave me an ablation and it lasted 4 months till I got Covid again and it came back. Doc thinks its because of the covid. So they did another conversion but didn't take at all. Had a bad reaction to Flecainide that night and next day was still in the 120bpm range. So now they want do another Ablation. Been on Xarelto the whole time and for awhile on Metroprolol but hate the way that makes me feel so now back on diltiasem. Will try some of these other approaches and see if it can correct it before the next Ablation.
I have had AFIB for almost 4 years. I have been doing low carb for a little over a year and have lost 60 pounds. I limit drinking and exercise regularly. While I am in it most of the time I have almost no symptoms or discomfort. My condition seems to be getting better as time goes by so anecdotally speaking diet has worked to improve my life. Thanks for what you do Doctor
Seems to be working for me. I went on a low carb diet, reducing my blood sugar and insulin resistance. Insulin is very inflammatory, and inflammation has to distort the heart and cause irregular heart beats. I'm only doing it a few weeks but so far no AFIB, and I don't fee my heart fluttering like it's about to go into AFIB.
I had an afib attack 2 years ago and I figured that I need to lose weight and improve my diet and so I went on a plant based diet with no oil, sugar, meat, or flour and lost 100 pounds. I sleep better and I excerise daily and I am not taking any medications and I have not had any problems with my heart arythmia since and I am 70 years old.
Here's another perspective. I had raging AF over a year ago. A C-Reactive Protein test, measure of inflammation, was 11.67 where the "normal range" is 1 to 3 and healthy/optimal is below 1. I was labeled as at a "very high risk of a cardiovascular event" and in fact had an episode where I passed out completely without ANY warning. That's why I had the CRP test. I started doing "Time Restricted Eating" (DO NOT EAT BEYOND SUNDOWN is key because even eating healthy food in the PM causes inflammation) and Intermittent Fasting (a few 2-3 day water only fasts). I repeated the CRP test 8 months later and my CRP was 0.05 (NOT a typo. The doctor's office had never EVER seen such a low score or anything close to it. My AF for the most part went away completely for quite a while. I still have a few minor episodes when I get emotional or when I grossly over-eat during my limited eating window - which is now a window of 3 to 4 hours per day. I have noticed a relationship between these few AF's and when I play golf. In 2008 I was diagnosed by a PHysical Therapist as having an unusually over-developed left side. She suspected I worked in a physically left-side demanding job. No. But I by then had played golf, sometimes competitively, for 50 years. She concluded that was the cause. Then I recently learned that physical things can cause AF such as over-eating which can extend the stomach further into the diaphram which can push on the heart. I firmly believe that IF/TRE radically affected me to the positive in less than one month and wish I had re-taken the CRP test much earlier to prove it. I say this because within the first month, a sore I had for 15 years due to severe frost-bite healed for the first time in 15 years (not a typo). It was replaced with a blood-blister looking covering which was in less than 2 weeks replaced with beautiful new (baby-like) skin. A year and a half later, it is still healed. Viewers look up IF, TRE and autophagy (a healing process triggered when one fasts long enough). It will require like this doctor recommends eating and lifestyle changes but they are not hard especially if one transitions over a number of months. I am literally a new person thanks to IF/TRE.
Thank you for your detailed post! I also practice IF and TRE. Nope, it hasn't helped my AFib much but it did clear a bad rash I'd had for over 4 Frigging Years! I have not done extended fasting however. I do not drink or smoke and I am not overweight. However, I underwent aggressive chemotherapy treatments a few years ago. I'm sure it probably had an influence in my developing Afib. Hopefully, continued IF with TRE will soon help with my AFib issues. But for now I must rely on medication.
You and me sound very similar brother. I’ve had AF for years but I’ve never been to a doctor about it. I learn to control it, basically through diet and exercise and I can’t emphasise what a powerful tool intermittent fasting is. Youre spot on about the overeating, guaranteed if I overeat I’ll get it. other trigger factors include alcohol, caffeine and stress as I have an anxiety disorder. It does also seem to be an electrolyte component to it because sometimes if I get it, I take an electrolyte powder which seems to makes it go away quickly. I would never say don’t go and see a doctor to anyone. That was my choice and some people might say it was a stupid one, but I didn’t want end up on warfarin.
@@Gealaiche There are much newer blood thinners available today that don't require constant blood tests or any food restrictions. I am on xarelto which is a powerful blood thinner. Because our risk of stroke goes Way Up with AFIB. Been on xarelto for almost 5 years now and never have had any problems so far. I Absolutely Hate having Afib!!#UGH😓
I got AF, went to the cardiologist who described very expensive new medicines. Discussed it with my house doctor, and decided not to take them. But... I raised the dose of AD Zoloft one day before. Had a lot of heart instabilities, all kinds of rithm problems. Lowered Zoloft: problems gone. But the doctors do not believe it has anything to do with it.
I had paroxistical AF, stop it with Propaphenone, pill in the pocket, 300 mg each two days. I had it just after eat, dinner, and start to sleep, only horizontal position. at rest. not working, at gym o walking...
When I was diagnosed I had a bmi of 18% , sleep 8 hours a night, ate a healthy organic diet with zero fast food, I dont smoke and do not drink alcohol. At the time I had an active life style, little stress. Since being on the meds to control my arrhythmia and heart rate nothing in my lifestyle and diet has changed, except I have gained weight and now have a bmi of 25%. I guess I am one the ones that has no known cause for my afib. but the meds have ruined my skinny former self. Hopefully to get of them very soon as I am 1 month post ablation.
I hope your ablation is successful. My ago. Started when I was in my mid forties. Healthy diet always, exercise, etc etc everything this good dr said. No difference. Finally had ablation in 2009 and 2012. That lasted 8 years. Then last year with all the bushfires here in Australia, then the covid thing, it was back. I had an ablation in August 2020, cardioversion in December, another ablation in December (cardioversion lasted 36 hours) then in May 2021….it was back. Another cardioversion….didn’t hold, another ablation, fixed! Then had the watchman implant. All good till October 2021….then out of the blue, just after vacuuming, there it was again, only flutter this time with SVT. Another ablation planned for next week. My electrophysiologist is probably the best in the country. He said what is happening is very unusual, and it seems my atrium is very prone to it. He is hoping this is a breakthrough from the mitral isthmus that he did last time, and it hasn’t found yet another new path. We are delaying a pacemaker for as long as possible. My sister and mother both had afib. It seems to be a genetic issue. So it’s not always diet lifestyle etc. I have tried everything. meditation, magnesium etc etc. seems my heart has a mind of its own. This will probably be the last try though, over it!
@@muffyk6356 I also have excellent lifestyle per recommendations in video. Yet I am also experiencing afib and Bradycardia. It would be great to compare notes.
Tyramine from plants also.... Some foods are naturally higher in tyramine. Tyramine levels also increase when food is aged or fermented. Foods higher in tyramine may need to be omitted or limited. Fermented foods (kimchi, sauerkraut, tofu), aged bananas, avocado, grapes, citrus fruits, raw onion can make afib and migrains. These foods contain tyramine, which increases the release of norepinephrine.
Check for dehydration and stress in your life. Vitamin E helps a lot, but check with your doctor first, as it is not recommended with blood thinners. Dehydration can also contribute to clots and blockages over time, just like a dirty stream that cannot carry debris and therefore gets deposited. A book called "Your Body's Many Cries for Water" by Dr. Batmanghelidj is priceless.
True! I was going through multiple cardiac tests, including implanted loop recorder when I read about the effects of zinc. Added to my diet the day the recorder was implanted. Not one event since then except on one occasion which adverse reaction to a prescribed medication.
I cut alot on my diet. Sugar, cows milk, bread with gluten in it. Soda juices candies chips..chicken or fish is good. Vegetables fruits. Also is good. I eat peanut butter sometimes. Almond pancakes I eat too. Brown rice. Once or twice a month I will take a piece of chocolate. Exercise. Organic if u can if not then it's ok. Water. Yes I feel better when I fast sometimes. You have to know your body. I used to love food. Pizzas cakes candies sodas etc for years. I don't anymore. Think it is this way. You want to eat junk and have fun or you want to be able to do things without fatigue irregular heartbeat. And be sleeping most of the day. You decide.
Chicken and fish are just as high in cholesterol and fats, plus nitrosamines when cooked. Go completely plant based and only have those once or twice a year.
Great advice to change lifestyle by adhering to an exericise regime etc. And on the dietary front, a Medeterranian diet with lots of extra virgin olive oil will greatly help to round things off: I have been taking 1 tablespoon 3 x daily of evoo for a long time now and am going really well. Afib disappeared quickly along my journey of dietary changes. I have to add that I have been on a Med diet for some 40 years, but when I commenced taking the 3 tablespoons of evoo daily on top of that, this really did the trick. Have not been on any pharma drugs since a few weeks after starting this process. I am now 80 years old, and exercising daily for 40 minutes and have been for 52 years. Thanks doc for being aware of, and and supporting exercise, lifestyle and diet as a way out of this problem, and away from nasty pharma drugs.
Hello Mike, I want inquire further on evoo for further evidence beyond conditional feeling. Please know I am simply looking for more than a few testimonials. 2 years back I tried 1/2 tablespoons of Coconut Oil daily for mental improvement. It caused my Cholesterol to jump 40 points. Returned normal after stopping. So if you can direct me to further studies I would appreciate it.
@@afmorris5939 Apart from the above that I have already outlined, to be specific, I have to say that I also do the Wim Hof method of breathing and cold showers. As I have already stated, I have had no afib problems at all. My resting pulse is usually around 70 with a nice even beat, and blood pressure 120s over the 80s.
Dear Dr., please look at Insulin Resistance. High blood pressure? Look at insulin resistance. Don’t look at glucose. Look at insulin. How? Post prandial insulin assay test. Stop looking at symptoms. Atrial fib is another symptom of chronic hyperinsulinemia. Check also chronic magnesium and potassium low levels. Will a blood test reveal this? Nope Got sleep problems? Look at chronically high insulin. We need to stop looking at symptoms and start looking at root causation
This seems to be my experience with all my doctors - prescribe more and more pills and do nothing to find the underlying cause. I am having to to that myself.
As soon as AFIB presented, I went on an IF program, and changing my diet. I still am on .25 of Metropolol, hoping that can be removed eventually. I was in the ER Wednesday May 4th with a bad episode. I made a SEVERE mistake in drinking a large glass of iced tea. UGH......I am now on blood thinners. Praying this goes away.
Caffeine is a big Afib trigger for me. And dehydration. I cut out sugar because I noticed that can trigger them too. I drink that Dr Berg electrolyte water if I have an episode and it clears it up by 15-20 minutes. Keep it by my bed and just constantly replenish my electrolytes and keeps the Afib in check.
Dr. Mandrola took care of my mother in the early 2000's. He put a pacemaker in, and has an excellent reputation. Take his advice because he's a great Doc.
Pacemakers are a joke. Keep away. I was advised to have a pacemaker years ago. They do nothing for irregular heartbeat no matter what the "experts" say. People I knew at the golf club had them and are now dead. I'm 82 with adfib , irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, two stents and one kidney, still play golf every week walking and am still fit. Moderation in all things whether it's food or exercise and keep away from doctors until absolutely necessary.
Due to extreme stress I was diagnosed with afib. A duel chamber pacemaker, ablation, and 7.5 years later, I manage everything through a mostly vegan diet.
Unfortunately diet and lifestyle didn’t work in my mothers case. She did have to get a pace maker and ablation. She does not however take medication for the arrhythmia or blood thinners. She did follow a high raw high carb diet and exceeded but her Afib did not get better but each year a little worse so she finally had to seek medical assistance
WOW. 35 years is a long time to be dealing with AFib. I have had it for only about 5 years and I Wish my doctor would Please schedule me for an Ablation. I'm truly Sick of having to deal with AFib!!😐
I supposedly had afib but my cardiologist was an ass... she wanted to thread me up with a cardiac ablation, burn out part of my heart (which thought filled me with horror) but I got her to compromise with putting a device in my chest to monitor my heart rhythms, which I left in there for a couple of years until I had it pulled out (during the pandemic- ugh) dumping her too like a bad habit; the device never recorded a single incidence of afib in 2+ years. It only found supraventricular tachycardia, which I live with by lowering my heart rate myself, using acupressure. I cannot tell you how many doctors have screwed me up; the line would stretch around the block. If you can, stay away from them. I try never to see them; I take no drugs for anything (Aleve every now and again for migraines). No metabolic disease; I don't drink, I'm gluten free, no fried foods or coffee. I'm almost 71 & do qigong every day & lift weights; I'm never sick, praise God. STAY AWAY FROM SAWBONES is my motto. PS- Most people have no idea what they're on about (doctors most certainly), but that probably includes me; embrace humility (it's probably well earned).
Odd. I’m probably one of the healthiest eaters and most practical exercisers around. But unfortunately my A-Fib flares up just when I’m feeling amazing from eating healthier and exercising. I stopped running 10 years ago because of A-Fib. Started lifting weights and gained about 35 lbs and hated being heavy but it’s the only exercise that doesn’t give me A-Fib flare ups. Of course now that Im back to my old weight and getting fit and feeling younger from running again, my A-Fib is flaring up. Just stopped a halfway through my easy 5 mile run because it felt like my heart exploded in my chest. My resting heart rate dropped from 120 down to 48 in 5 minutes so I know I hadn’t overexerted myself. Now I’m thinking I really should just go back to walking and just weightlifting or I’ll drop dead on a jog one day.
I am none of the things he listed and had a fib for years, ending up with 10 - 12 hour episodes every day or two. Went to a professor who only does ablutions and he said I needed one the next week. The best thing I ever did as haven’t had an episode since
Here's a simple solution... Magnesium Glycinate Lysinate Chelated. ICD's are necessary in some cases, but as most Doctors know it's a money maker. A large portion of heart issue are caused my metabolic issues. Talk to your Doctor about non evasive options and do your own research. Electrical issues can be managed without EP studies or pacer management. I diagnosed my Mom with EP issues. I ordered the Doctor to put my Mom on Dilantin. The Cardiologist thought I was crazy, but she didn't know that a specially timed dose of Dilantin can "reboot the heart"...To her amazement, it worked. Her QT intervals "reset in normal range". In closing, talk to Doctors and do research. PS. I have not found one Doctor in Arizona that knows what IPMN is...Sad. Eastern Europe has some of the best medicine in the world and America is so behind and I think it due to $$$.
I got diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in 2012. Since then I was in hospital at least every six months because of it. In 2017 while in hospital for something else a nurse noticed that I kept my cell phone in a breast pocket and had done so since the advent of smart phones. She told me to stop because she thought it was the cause of the atrial fibrillation. I listened to her and have never had a problem with it since.
Doctors need to help provide the environment in which these things can be attained and balanced. Telling someone something doesn't overcome what got them to that point, and everyone needs support and encouragement.
Potassium and Magnesium are critical for brain and heart function. Just water is not enough. The human body needs 4,700 mg of potassium a day. Getting quality electrolytes is a necessity. PEDIALYTE ADVANCED CARE is a good place to start!
I drink Pedialyte Advanced Care straight, over ice. I keep it in an insulated water bottle in the door of my refrigerator. I drink it through out the day. I am 76 yrs old. I believe it increases my cognitive function.
I have had afib off and on through the years. If it comes around now it will follow a rapid heartbeat, then it will get out of sync. My solution is to get my heart rate up, take deep breaths, and hold my jugular vein while holding my breath. Don’t pass out tho! Try this a couple times. Main thing is to getting it back in sync and getting the heart working. Go for a run or do heavy lifting, just get the heart working. Do this till it gets back in sync. If all else fails, try a really hot bath. Get the water hot, real hot, hot as you can stand it. Get in the tub and add more hot water. Get a book and read, take your mind off the heart rate.
I was diagnosed with afib 15 years ago and being told I had a genetic condition to which none of my family have this. I have found I get this after eating food, I'm thinking the chemicals in food could be causing this so I gave up most processed foods, made alot of my own sauces, biscuits etc. I now don't have problems since strictly eating fruit and veg, seafood and I have limited red meat.
I thought that would’ve never been a problem over exercising. However, I can attest to the fact I believe that is exactly what happened I would get on the treadmill and literally want to die on the treadmill, knowing it probably was possible to do that but during a stress test it’s spiked who would’ve thought too much exercise can cause heart problems when it supposed to be helpful
It’s all about being happy ... 99% of illness is caused by unbalance between soul - spirit - mind - body. Medication is helping with symptoms but is not treating and healing the main roots of the cause. Everything is possible to heal. Loving yourself, feeling joy in everything, living life fully and fearfully, humbleness and love for everything because life is beautiful and is a lot to be thankful for ... ❤️ Be always positive and open your heart fully .... 🌞
I cured myself of a severe heart attack that came within seconds of suffocating me to death. I also had 6 years of atrial fibrillation. 1988-1993. And again in 1999 because I had too many raisins. I did it with Macrobiotics and ginger compresses on my intestines. It’s 2021 and I’m now days away from 66 years old and am riding my bicycle 100 miles a week.
I am a 77 year old retired ER physician and I am a rabid advocate of the health benefits of cycling. It truly works miracles and as an example I can still do 4 minute 19 second on the USAA Cycling 5 minute TT (a 4% average upgrade at 6300 foot elevation in Colorado Springs). I weigh low 170 pounds. I can't believe how good I still feel thanks to cycling BUT one area doctors never discuss (and this is huge) is alcohol and the heart. Alcohol is a potent cardiomyotoxin (meaning it is toxic to the heart muscle and causes heart muscle inflammation) but this is dose related. When I was in training I had a 23 year old die from his excessive alcohol intake causing congestive heart failure. In the ER I would see young people come in with an arrhythmia over the holidays due to excessive alcohol (thus the title "Holiday Heart"). As one gets older the risk of Atrial Fibrillation goes up logarithmically and AF can be exercise induced. AF causation is multifactorial and these precipitators make it much more likely during a ride: dehydration, low potassium, hypothermia (even drinking a smoothie can bring it on!), lack of sleep, too much caffeine, thyroid excess, and others. But no one ever seems to bring up the subject of excessive alcohol prior and the risk of AF. I love a nice red wine and this leaves me conflicted but I have found that half a bottle 2-3 days a week seems to not precipitate AF so one does not need to totally do without. My take home message to all us geriatric cycling advocates is keep all those precipitators to a minimum including alcohol and you can continue to partake of the Fountain of Youth and not need what most doctors would recommend: blood thinners or cardiac ablation! Also, watch your heart monitor (Garmin or whatever) like a hawk and when your rate starts getting in the upper ranges just back off to keep it out of trouble. Very high rate from exertion can bring on AF.
Thank you doctor absolutely brilliant informative content, I don’t cycle but I swim a lot, always have done and doing breath stroke it fits in with this breathing problems I have which are still under investigation, I had a echocardiogram which was inconclusive, so I have recently had a MRI scan and I am awaiting results. Doctor your information is invaluable to the layman so thank you and would you consider putting it on RU-vid. Can I ask a very personal question did you have the vaccines and if so which one and how many? What is cardiac ablation please? I don’t smoke never have, have a drink or two nothing to heavy I am over weight, but lost 4K 8.8 lbs of late. Would just love to be able to play football like I did previously with my grandchildren and get back to playing my walking football again, love the football love the guys. One of the guys is giving me a fit bit on Friday, as my high blood pressure as recently become low blood pressure. Our NHS throughout have been fantastic, I would also love to get back to work a few days a week, in between daily children and grandchildren pick ups and drop offs etc.
I have afib - started as a student. I now think the direct cause of the afib was excessive drinking. I was drinking far more than what is recommended nowadays (14 units a week or something like that; I was on about that much a day while at college - in the evenings).
@@brianevans2819 Still there. Didn't know I had it until (after a perforated ulcer op) it was recorded as 'fast' . It was there for years. I still get a drink or two, but no more excessive boozing!
