Ectopy and Eating I have read many things about eating/drinking/SVT/Afib. Is that primarily a vagus nerve connection/dysfunction? I've been noticing that my bigeminy/PACs/have been much more disturbing/symptomatic immediately after eating/drinking, even just ice water... https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196145#msg-196145 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:09:36 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196209#msg-196209 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196209#msg-196209 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 05 Jun 2024 04:13:01 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196203#msg-196203 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196203#msg-196203
Incidentally, and I demonstrated this on myself over the winter to my satisfaction (and pleasant surprise) that if you happen to have indigestion, acidic burps, or reflux after meals, take the apple cider! The way it works, and I know it's counter-intuitive to bathe your irritated esophagus with acidic vinegar (!!!), the raised acidity help to close off the opened pyloric valve. During reflux, the pyloric valve has not responded...yet...maybe never after that meal, and this allows regurgitation which can cause ulceration and erosion. Washing down a tbsp of apple cider vinegar, which is at least twice the acidity of cooking vinegar, will shut of the pyloric valve in due course, almost immediately. I tried this at least three different times over the winter, and was very pleased to find that it cleaned up the disorder (that evening) in minutes.]]> gloaming AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:08:22 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196201#msg-196201 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196201#msg-196201 I've noticed that moderate exercise after meal (a walk or quiet bicycling) often prevents this issue. Conversely, resting after meal is a really bad idea.
No matter what I eat, unless it's a really small meal, being reasonably active while digesting helps a lot.
It seems logical for people having "vagal" afib. Resting or digesting (or both) create conditions for ectopics or afib.]]> Pompon AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:45:52 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196197#msg-196197 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196197#msg-196197 Akkermansia mucinophila. It eats mucus. Lots of positive stuff about it.I just posted a Youtube video on the general health forum. Just one of many about it.]]> Todd AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:26:05 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196192#msg-196192 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196192#msg-196192 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:23:48 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196190#msg-196190 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196190#msg-196190
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I have read many things about eating/drinking/SVT/Afib. Is that primarily a vagus nerve connection/dysfunction? I've been noticing that my bigeminy/PACs/have been much more disturbing/symptomatic immediately after eating/drinking, even just ice water...

My experience is that when I'm over consuming calcium (for me), things that were never a trigger before can become one. Same with episodes with no apparent triggers. Icy or cold drinks became a trigger for me in 2012 with too much Ca and went away when I reduced my consumption. The time immediately following a sexual orgasm also became a trigger - heart rate elevates and then drops dramatically. It was the drop, which would be vagal, that was the trigger. That also fortunately went away as a trigger when Ca intake was reduced. Interestingly it seemed to be the drop that was the issue. Also, when orgasm was a trigger, if I immediately sat or stood up, creating a sympathetic impulse to increase my heart rate, I could commonly ward off an episode (fortunately have a supportive partner). Today my sleeping heart rate can average in the low 40's and spend time in the 30's as well, without issue.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:52:42 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196156#msg-196156 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196156#msg-196156 johnnyS AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 06:35:52 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196155#msg-196155 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196155#msg-196155 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:05:59 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196154#msg-196154 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196154#msg-196154 johnnyS AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:56:33 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196151#msg-196151 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196151#msg-196151 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:52:56 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196150#msg-196150 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196150#msg-196150
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immediately after eating/drinking, even just ice water...

Ice water or other icy drinks are a known trigger for some people. Maybe try avoiding them and see if it makes a difference?]]> Daisy AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:29:38 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196149#msg-196149 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196149#msg-196149 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:27:06 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196146#msg-196146 Re: Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196146#msg-196146 lot of discussion of vagus nerve involvement here. You're by no means alone in finding that eating and drinking affect your afib.]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:04:30 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196145#msg-196145 Ectopy and Eating https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,196145,196145#msg-196145 MeganMN AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 31 May 2024 23:57:35 +0000