"He refers to his eating plan as a high (healthy) fat diet." I don't recall what Dr. Rosedale thought was healthy, but in my case it is almost all naturally saturated fat from meats, coconut & MCT oil, ghee or butter. A little mono saturated and some omega 3's. I try to severely limit omega 6's as they are pro-inflammatory. I strive for about 80% of my calories froby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shannon, Pretty funny. My girlfriend and I were skiing that day. It was windy and frigid (below 0 F all day) so we didn't stay till the last chair (got back in time to where we were staying to watch the last quarter and the OT!). Glad Natale's work held up for you!!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Denver, Great to hear. I recall when you got your ablation. I'm a big TRX fan myself as well as a Colo. resident. Keep it up! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gill has it. Here is the full report: Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Josiah, They now market their device as "emwave" and previously as "Freezeframer." I have one and I believe Hans does, too. I used it as a heart rate monitor, not its intended purpose (since I have high vagal tone anyway). Therefore can't comment. Essentially, you synchronize your breathing with your heart to maximize respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). This isby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb, Shannon is correct. If you know someone where it worked out, that seems great. There are also horror stories where people end up with tamponade, a new valve and a failed ablation and just missed death. It all depends upon who you happen to know. If you know somebody in the first category, you'd think this is easy, if you know someone in the second, you'd likely never get onby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve, I'm glad it is working for you! George John, I do the TRX old Military Fitness Program at the twelve week level (basically upper body one day, lower the next) over two days. It doesn't follow Body by Science exactly and I'm not sure my adaptations are optimal. My takeaways from Body by Science -BBS are (1) superslow till failure and (2) sufficient rest time tiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jill, First, I wouldn't worry about being off topic, health insurance is certainly topical to many afibbers, especially in the US. For example, I have insurance, but I'm locked into what I have because of the afib. Here is some info on Natale contact info. The first is for Austin and the second for SF Calif. Salwa Beheiry, the CA contact person has posted here from time to timeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, In the basic Body by Science routine, they utilize 5 exercises. leg press pull up push up (as the opposite of pull up, hands up, not a common pushup) press out row The idea is to do them super slow (up and down) continuously till failure in a minute or two. They use machines. The metrics are 1) time under load and 2) weight. If done properly and with enough rest, you shouldby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Nancy, I generally take 1/2 teaspoon organic powdered ginger (from the spice rack) in the morning and 1 tsp in the evening. I can vary this and add to it on occasion. Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Your brief summary would indicate an adrenergic trigger <;, since exercise seems to set off afib. In some adrenergic cases beta blockers can be appropriate and effective for adrenergic afibbers as they keep your heart rate during exercise low, and may prevent afib. Experimenting with the right dose would need to be done to minimize the effect of the BB while keeping the afib at bay. Ratby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane, Dr. John says, "Heart rhythms for which the elderly require pacemakers are normal in the trained athlete. " In the Circulation article referenced by Dr. John, They say "Athletic patients with these bradyarrhythmias are almost always asymptomatic, and profound bradycardia in the context of rest or sleep does not appear to portend a poor prognosis. Heightened parasymby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Gill, I've only been around here 8 1/2 years, but have appreciated your posts for these years and wish you continued NSR!!!! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam, As digestive issue are a trigger for many, if you are sensitive to ginger it makes sense it would not be helpful for your case. Tom, While anything is possible, I very much doubt my positive experience with ginger is due to placebo effect. I look at it as treating a specific risk factor for my afib - an overly large vagal response. My experience this year has been that afib episoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane, I'm not disputing that afib is a stroke risk. However in lone (idopathic) afibbers, the risk is correlated with their other, underlying stroke risks, not the afib. That is, a lone afibber, with no other risk for stroke has the same stroke risk as a non-afibber of this age. In one long term (25-30 year), large sample size, study in Olmsted County MN, where the Mayo Clinic is locby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Shannon, I missed your question. I'm taking organic ginger powder - sold as a spice. I'm taking 1/2 tsp in the morning and 1 tsp in the evening. I don't have a gram scale, 1 tsp taurine is 4 gr. If I assume ginger powder and the taurine powder have the same density, that would mean 6 grams ginger powder/day. I started out with a heaping dinner spoon morning & eveniby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane, I would tend disagree that the marathon runners with afib are at a significantly increased risk for stroke, unless they have other stroke risks. The data on lone afibbers are that their risk of stroke is correlated with their other stroke risks rather than just having afib. This does not mean I don't agree that moderating endurance training is wise, just not because of the strokby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Diane98683 recently posted about Dr. Mandrola's blogs and I spent a few minutes going through them. Here are some links you might find interesting. Top 10 EP stories in 2012: 10 facts about afib ablation: Lancet reviews cardiac arrhythmia: TIme to rethink the role of digioxin: Rhythm control meds: Long term endurance exercise: The most complicated disease, AF:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, I can tell you what I've done. 1) I eliminated endurance training and competition 2) am still very active, but don't emphasize endurance activity. 3) training is generally strength "super slow to failure" with some high intensity intervals (i.e. Tabata) every so often. The super slow to failure is designed to activate and fail the whole range of muscle fiberby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, Of course, I'd be delighted to! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans, I have experienced the ice cold drinks bringing on ectopics and afib. I've also experienced drinking hot water immediately to settle it down. When I tried it, I just drank hot water from the tap, not wanting to wait to heat anything else. My very slow heart rate (38-40 BPM) immediately went to normal and the ectopics ceased. On previous occasions, I successfully tried variousby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Shannon, Thanks! Yes that is what I was looking for. That is quite the experience. Your notes (and Steve's) about the complexity of persistent afib motivated to quickly consider an ablation slot at either Bordeaux or with Natale's team when I was having nightly afib converted with flec six weeks ago. Miraculously, ginger has worked to control this, so I'm again feeling comfby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have successfully (including mandatory morning testing) titrated down to just the evening dose of 1 tsp ginger. Given where I was 6 weeks ago, this is truly a remarkable, simple and low impact solution for vagal afib. Thanks again Hans!!!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Shannon, Would you please elaborate on your flec usage history prior to it becoming pro-arrhythmic. Also was it your habit to pre-treat with a BB when using it PIP? The time it became pro-arrhythmic, were you active after taking it? Thanks! Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Eddie, See: <; Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve, In addition to Shannon, George Eby has posted on testosterone and afib. Here is a link to testosterone posts on this board. My post in this thread has many links to George's posts: <; Georgeby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ian, The efficacy of the ginger continues unabated, and I continue to adhere to the morning test schedule (the interests of science have primacy!). The lack of excessive vagal response anytime as well as ectopics during morning testing give me confidence the ginger is an effective agent. For the benefit of others reading this, I want to emphasize that additionally I continue to take 2 graby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Eric, I love my Polar S810 (a prior model to the RS800CX). It has been a great tool. I recently upgraded to an Apple laptop. Haven't yet gotten the 810 to talk to the Mac, but also haven't really tried either. I still have my PC, so can use the Polar on it, if I need it. The issue was the IR interface, which has changed for the RS. My issue is using old technology on new hardwarby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike, I understand about all or nothing. I've been accused of that... I've been weight stable on my low carb plan for 3 or so years. Originally, I took off 2 1/2 stone that I'd accumulated when I played American football at university. I really enjoy having the ketones as an alternative energy source when I'm keto-adapted. I'm not always super strict diet-wby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ian, My history from 6-7 weeks ago, before I started my pre-bed flec, was no window of immunity (or perhaps 24 hours, depending upon how you look at it). I was getting afib nightly and converting with 300 mg flec. When I did a back-of-the-envelope calculations using a 12 and 24 hour half-life for the flec, I came up with an on-going serum level equivalent to 400-600 mg. Given that, andby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM