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New research shows that the heart has a mini-brain—its own nervous system that controls the heartbeat - 4 months ago

Well, hopefully another piece of the afib jigsaw puzzle has been found. I always thought there was more to afib than what has been researched. Remember, they only found neurons in the gut 25yrs or so ago. Dean

Cancer as a metabolic disease, Ketto diet, Pod Cast - 5 months ago

I accidentally clicked on this YouTube video but it turned out to be the most informative and educational experience about cancer and how the Ketto diet works and its causes I have ever seen. Its long so several sessions to get the best out of it. It was put up 3 weeks ago so is recent. Dean

Re: Changed his mind about PFA - 7 months ago

Hi Joe, At least he is giving an honest opinion here! "The other reason of course is that we don’t understand AF and thus we often don’t ablate in the proper area." "We don’t know why pulmonary vein isolation works; and we don’t know why it fails. Patients ask how I know where to ablate? This question always makes me smile. Because the true answer is that we do not know. We

Re: Take away points from StopAFIB.org forum - 8 months ago

Travis - Any Asian grocery store should be able to get it. Also Asian restaurants might order it in for you. Your general grocery store might be able to order it in too. Don't know about Target or Walmart. I normally eat the organic natto and it comes in foam packets of 3 or 4 and is in the freezer section. I order 2 box's of it and store it in a large chest freezer so it lasts about

Re: Take away points from StopAFIB.org forum - 8 months ago

Interesting information. I’m a great believer in this type of research. I have been eating the Japanese fermented soybean food Natto every second day since 2004 and have been afib free since then (no ablation). Also, I have not had a cold, flue or COVID over this time. Natto is a very complex food. What part of the natto is keeping me afib free? Who knows. If you are interested in natt

Re: Hiatal hernia and a fib - 1 year ago

WindyShores and hikerjim, This is a post from 15yrs ago by Lee who is a Pediatrician. He had the same trouble and ended up having a Nissan Fundoplication surgery to fix his GERD. It is a very informative post about his journey with GERD and afib. Dean

Re: Hiatal hernia and a fib - 1 year ago

hikerjim, Many of us, including me, have suffered afib connected to the GERD, Hernia, Loose Lower Esophagus Spinctur (LES) route. Here is a post from Jackie in 2004 that will enlighten you. Dean Jackie Acid Reflux, GERD, Hiatal Hernia and Vagus Nerve Imbalance March 18, 2004 06:24AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 18,873 Once in a while researching out there in Cyberspace, I stumbl

Researchers find that targeting immune cells may help treat atrial fibrillation - 1 year ago

Researchers find that targeting immune cells may help treat atrial fibrillation Good to see more research happening to find the cause of afib in the first place rather than relying on ablations. Dean

Gastrocardiac Syndrome - 1 year ago

Many of us suspect our afib, PAC triggers are caused by different foods and stomach issues like lying on our left side etc. Finally a Cardiologist, Dr Sanjay Gupta, explains in excellent detail the anatomical relationship between the stomach, heart and palpitations and PAC's and importantly what to do about it. Even Carey will be impressed with this one... Dean

All about natto food on YouTube - 1 year ago

Excellent YouTube info on everything about natto food especially if you are a newbie wanting to try it. I have been eating it since 2005. Dean

Re: More Nattokinese - 1 year ago

G'day Joe, Nattokinase has sort of come to a dead end. Big pharma can't make money out of it as it is a "natural" product so there is no money around for large scale studies of it. We can only rely on very small scale studies and here say which is not good enough. Personally I won't touch nattokinase supplements as I don't trust the different manufactures of it.

Steve Carr update: Dietary protocol that eliminated Afib and Ectopics - 1 year ago

Steve Carr update: Dietary protocol that eliminated Afib and Ectopics You older afibbers on this forum will remember Steve Carr’s very successful dietary protocol that has eliminated his Afib and Ectopics for 8yrs. He has just updated it again and has very detailed useful information that would be of interest for any afibber trying to eliminate or reduce afib by dietary means. Dean

Re: Natto reducing platelets - 1 year ago

Hi Que I assume your talking about nattokinase supplements? I have been eating natto food since early 2005. I have eaten 50g every second day since then. I had a blood test just before I started eating natto in 2005 so I can give you a before and after look at my platelets over 18 yrs as follows: 2005…. 165…...Range 150 - 400 2021…. 163 Other blood tests over that time showed the same

Re: Nattokinase - Is it risky or wasteful? - 2 years ago

Pavan Have a look at the Japan Nattokinase Association website as they have excellent information and warnings about counterfeit Nattokinase. Dean

Gum infection may be a risk factor for heart arrhythmia - 2 years ago

Update (Amazing) : My dog eating natto for acute Lymphoma Cancer - 2 years ago

Well, it’s now 14 months since my Jack Russell dog “Tim” was given 1 to 3 months to live in September 2021. You can see the detailed 1st post bottom of this page. The vet examined him in October this year and his tumors have shrunk to less than half the original size and importantly no new tumors have formed. The vets are now totally bamboozled and shaking their heads in astonishment. One of t

Re: Antiarrhythmic drugs, what and why... - 2 years ago

Joe, Yes, there are pockets of research scientists around the world searching for the actual cause of PAF rather than treating the symptoms. Looks like they are always battling for funding. Who wants to find the cause and cure of PAF when at the moment it is such a fantastic money spinner for the medical profession and drug companies?? Professor Svetlana Reilly of Oxford Uni in England discov

Terrific new book: “The Beat of Life” - 2 years ago

Stumbled upon this new book in my local library. Published last year and written by Dr Reinhard Friedl who is a long time German Heart Surgeon. “He examined closely the latest findings in neurocardiology and psychocardiology and shares his discoveries, using riveting personal stories to illustrate the complex relationship between the heart, the brain and the psyche”. He writes about heart

Re: Vitamin D and Magnesium interaction - 2 years ago

Que, If you put "Vitamin D" into the search function in the General Health Forum above there is a wealth of knowledge. Scroll down and look for author "PC,MD". PC is the best authority on Mg coupled with Vit D. Dean

New aspects of endocrine control of AF and possibilities for clinical translation - 2 years ago

Latest interesting research (very technical though) from Oxford University. It's about time research is conducted on Endocrine dysfunction and AF. “Although features of AF remodelling are well-established and its mechanisms are partly understood, important pathways pertinent to AF arrhythmogenesis are still unidentified. The discovery of these missing pathways has the potential to lead to

Re: My dog now eating natto for acute Lymphoma Cancer - 2 years ago

Lance and Pam, I have been giving Tim the frozen natto, 15g or a heaped teaspoon full every morning. This is approx. a third of a 50g frozen pack of natto. The dogs in the research paper were all small dogs like Tim and were given 10g natto. If you have a bigger dog I suppose you would give more but as there is no research it is up to you to decide. Lance, you are lucky to access the fresh un

My dog now eating natto for acute Lymphoma Cancer - 3 years ago

Thought I would share this with you as many of you have pet dogs. My dog “Tim”, a Jack Russell X Corgi was diagnosed with terminal acute Lymphoma last September and given 1 to 3 months to live. He was too old for chemo so was put on low dose Cortisone every second day for inflammation and to make him comfortable. As I am a diligent natto eater I remembered that the Japanese regularly give n

Natto food - latest very interesting research - 3 years ago

I haven't posted for a while. For those of you like me and Colindo who regularly eat the Japanese fermented soyabean called natto this is some of the latest research into natto (the food NOT nattokinase!). Looks like Scientists are now taking natto seriously with the amount of new research. Natto is high in Polyamines like Spermidine and Spermine so looks like they are trying to increase

Re: My 3 year experience with Natto. - 3 years ago

I'm still going strong after 16 years of natto food. No afib at all since then and very few PAC'S. Just what the average person experiences. Colin and I are now convinced we have found out why natto food works for us. It dovetails in with Prof. Svetlana Reilly of Oxford Uni versity who is currently studying the effects of Calcitonin in the atria. Calcitonin is Vit K dependent and six

The Role of Calcium in the Human Heart: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility - 4 years ago

In all my years on this forum this is the best technical description of afib I have ever come across . The credit for finding this should go to poster Colindo (Colin) in New Zealand as he emailed it to me. It is written for school kids but is more relevant to “old farts” like us. It is particularly relevant to afibbers on this forum who have trouble trying to understand the relationship b

Calcium in the Pathophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure - 4 years ago

Calcium in the Pathophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Although technical this article describes all stages and causes of PAF in great detail. Enjoy! Dean

Re: Peptides like BPC-157 - 4 years ago

Lance, Don't know anything about peptide BPC-157 and I assume you won't to take it for gastrointestinal problems like reflux? I suffered for years from reflux and finally brought it under control with the Japanese fermented soy beans food called natto. It contains many different healing peptides and I believe this has put my reflux into remission. Soybean Bioactive Peptides and T

Vitamin D levels in Australians - 4 years ago

Vitamin D levels in Australians Intersting survey especially if you live in the southern states. You may need to supplement in the winter time. Victorians take note!! “In the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey 23% of Australian adults were vitamin D deficient (<50nmol/L). This included 17% who were mildly deficient (30-49 nmol/L), 6% who were moderately deficient (13-29 nmol/L) and less

Re: A new possibility for treating AF ? - 4 years ago

NotLying, I too have long suspected that a lack of autophagy is behind PAF. A bit speculative on my part but I posted this in the General Health Forum a while back: “The bioactive components in fermented soy products include the fibrinolytic enzyme, nattokinase (in natto), and polyamine. The polyamine spermidine was previously found to have cardioprotective effects, with intake associate

Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors PPIs - 4 years ago

Yes, it is alarmist and not very scientific especially when he makes statements like this: " I am equally certain that you can do everything possible to avoid CVD and still die of a stroke or heart attack. Equally, you can do everything wrong and stay CVD event free. The Gods do like to play dice with us feeble humans." I was on PPI's daily for 10yrs. Went cold turkey in 2012