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It was one of the avenues I approached. I was fit when I got afib. However, I used to wake up hot and sweaty at 3AM. This was also a common time for me to go into afib. I don't have before and afters, however. I got my first afib in 2004 and had a 2 1/2 month episode in the first 4 months. My remission program includes electrolytes, limiting long duration activity to Zone 2 and flecainide on demand to convert when I do go into afib. This has been successful as after the 2.5 month episode, most years my afib burden is around 0.02%, though 2012 was higher as was 2021 (around 0.45%).
I first started playing with a glucometer in 2006. An at home oral glucose tolerance test had a max at 180 mg/dL, so per Dr. Joseph Kraft's data, not stellar. I think at 2 hours I was maybe 60 mg/dL, so an overshoot of the insulin. I've been working on improving since. In 2007, my A1c was 5.2%. I keto adapted in 2009. My last fasting insulin was in Dec 2019 at 2 uIU/mL, which has been common for me since I started testing it in 2015. In January 2022, I wore a continuous glucose monitor for 14 days. I averaged 89 mg/dL, which correlates with an A1c of 4.7% (I've targeted < 5.0%). After paying attention, I haven't woken up hot and sweaty since at least 2009.
Paying attention to metabolic function is something I'm laser focussed on, but I simultaneously have done many other things. What I mentioned as my basic afib remission program is something that worked initially and has continued to work. Hence I can't point to any one action for success I've had keeping afib at bay. In 2012, also a bad year, I learned that calcium in my diet over 400-500 mg/day was contraindicated. I don't know if my relatively bad year in 2021 was due to vaccinations, a diet change which included more calcium, electrolyte
changes or something else.