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2g potassium? Isn't that a bit high? That would be about 20 tablets if you are using the OTC brands. Roughly 50 mEq if I did the math right. OTC stuff is not likely extended release like the prescription KCl.
Have you discussed the KCl with the EP staff?
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Re: From 1% AF to 100% bigeminy in 1 ablation (opinions?) March 29, 2017 01:16PM |
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Jackie,
Thanks for the response, and will definitely try cutting back on the K. I can also increase magnesium, as I am not at bowel tolerance (I have great bowel tolerance for taurate and malate, less so for glycinate.
With respect to other questions:
1. I've had an Exatest, I did it early in the AF process. I was solidly in the normal range for all electrolytes.
2. I've done HS-CRP tests, they're very low (0.2 last test).
3. Multi has zero calcium. I've done extremely low calcium diets for a while with no positive results (I'm currently only getting about 300 mg of calcium a day from food, in any case.) The brand is Pure Encapsulations Multi T/D, chosen as I am not a great methylator per genetic testing.
4. I don't use artificial sweeteners and avoid pretty much all processed foods (I'm a bit of a foodie, and I cook a lot, so I'm extremely picky about quality, and tend to go organic when possible. My diet is relatively low carb (100-150g/day), and I eat fruits, nuts, green veggies literally every day, but I'm not a vegan/vegetarian nor keto diet guy. I've tried multi-day fasting and keto diets (fasting up to 4 days, keto for 2 weeks), but both of these tactics made my AF go nuts.
5. Some disambiguation of the berberine and some other test results: I'm not diabetic (my last A1C was 5.4 before berberine), and I am no stranger to ordering my own tests for myself. This is how I discovered that I had a relatively high ferritin level (460ng/ml) and went through a year and a half of blood donations to bring it down into normal range (last test was 32). My cholesterol tends to high, but with very good triglycerides. Last test was 208 total, 65 HDL, 55 tri. They tried to put me on statins a while back, I told them to pound sand.
6. Some more history: the AF started after I decided to get in shape and fix my high blood pressure (discovered when my dad thought his machine was broken.) In short, via diet and exercise, I was able to go from 208 lbs and 155/100 typical blood pressure to 165-170 lbs and 110/70 typical blood pressure without drugs. (I did take an ACE inhibitor while I was making the lifestyle changes.)
7. Iodine and berberine are hard off, and I forgot, yes, I am taking Ubiqinol 200mg/day and I've used ribose as a sweetener daily for some time (typically 1-2 teaspoons.)
Hope this helps flesh out the story a bit. I forget parts of it myself from time to time!
All the best,
Jason
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2g potassium? Isn't that a bit high? That would be about 20 tablets if you are using the OTC brands. Roughly 50 mEq if I did the math right. OTC stuff is not likely extended release like the prescription KCl.
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As for BMI, you can safely ignore what the government says. 6'0" and 170 lbs is actually kind of low. That's where I was when my AF started. You might actually be a little malnourished at those levels, which contributes to arrythmia. I've found that low blood sugar will trigger PACs in my case.
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