Thank you, Jackie, for posting this terrific tribute to Dr. Alan Gaby's scientifically grounded nutritional approach to medicine. Coming from his patient Bernard Kleiman, MD, then "chief of otolaryngology at a local hospital, and past president of the Baltimore County Medical Society", it really says a lot. An excerpt: "Dr. Gaby administered a series of weekly, intravenouby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Mike - I never had a "course" of IV magnesium, but did have one Mg sulphate IV while in the ER about midway in my six year AF "career". I had brought along an article showing that IV Mg might convert one to NSR, so the very obliging doctor gave it a try. In my case it didn't work, but I did learn that it's a very simple, not unpleasent treatment. Possibly a hospiby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Taken from: The Magnesium Factor by Mildred S. Seelig MD, MPH, and Andrea Rosanoff, Ph.D. Appendix A: Magnesium Questionnaire "Use this questionnaire to help you assess your probable magnesium status. It is not rigorously scientific, but it is a guide that will aid you in identifying factors in your life that may be affecting your magnesium status. In conjunction with any cardiovascular riby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Belinda - Please pardon my slowness in replying. Jackie in her post has affirmed the reliability of RBC testing for Mg. Your number is exactly midrange, but it would be good to have it higher -- "the higher the better", within the established limit of course. Mg has so many diverse functions within the cells, for example being cofactor in energy production and in synthesis of proteiby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, Validity of the word "healing" must be relative to whatever condition brought on the afib to begin with. A 'working hypothesis' for me says afib was brought on by a degree of atrial muscle tissue fibrosis caused by many years of increasing magnesium deficiency (from drinking low magnesium/high calcium Denver water for 10 years?). For the reason why I should think tby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
'The Magnesium Factor' by Drs. Seelig and Rosanoff details the huge health consequences of dietary calcium excess when combined with dietary magnesium deficiency. It is known that Ca and Mg contents in one's water will strongly influence the total dietary intake ratio between the two minerals. A table in the book shows Ca and Mg content for water in various U.S. cities. For Denver, where I live,by Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Magnesium Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Disease (1980) Early Roots of Cardiovascular, Skeletal, and Renal Abnormalities Mildred S. Seelig, MD, MPH, FACN. The Dennison Library at University of Colorado Medical School became my haunt as I searched for knowledge following onset of afib. Often I felt as if I was being led by the hand through its vast collection of journals and books to be shby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi all. I'm blessed, for sure. I had moved to Denver Colorado about 5 years before noticing irregular heartbeats (palpitations) in the late '80s. By early 1990 palpitations had become bothersome to the point that a complete cardio work-up was performed, including a 'thallium stress test', all results being negative. October of '95 saw the first "main event" wheby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Deja vu is about my outrage. I realize it has been percolating in me since I first discovered the reason for my afib in 1996 via Dr. Mildred Seelig's 1980 book 'Magnesium Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Disease' and my 'Board Certified Cardiologist' turned out to be arrogantly clueless about it. It gained steam when we began this heavy focus on Mg and Mg deficiency, particularly when Jackie posby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Magnesium Factor - Most important health book ever!!!!!, September 29, 2004 By George Eby " (cure for com... (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews Drs. Seelig and Rosanoff have pinpointed THE LETHAL FLAW in American nutrition and medicine, that being chronic, culturally-induced magnesium deficiency. Magnesium deficiency/calcium excess causes 90% of all lethal heart attacks, and causby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
"Back to the basics" is a great way to say it, Jackie, and thank you for posting PC's extremely informative article. Also, I very much appreciate your introduction to it. The information is of great importance for anyone with this AF affliction - indeed for anyone, period. I wish to respond to the magnesium aspect, since I believe it to be fundamental. Magnesium deficiency was, wiby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hello, Hans! It was quite a shock (but a nice one) to see my "journey" posted. Reading it now has been a bit like opening a time capsule, seeing things I had forgotten. I'm gratefully recalling your help in making my writing coherent. There are things I would now say differently, but I was even more ignorant then. Those "three questions" were never answered. Probably I still can't, but since muby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Fran, Isn't it a great system? Dairy powers make money pushing calcium, drug powers make money blocking it, but pity the poor consumer... You and I, we finally saw through the medical/pharmaceutical/corporate scam and got healed before it was too late. Best wishes to you and yours, Fran! Erlingby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Pam: There is a wealth of information re: interplay of calcium and magnesium (both divalent cations, Ca++ and Mg++) with potassium (K+) regulation and arrhythmia. For information specific to cardiac excitation, here are a few statements you might find relevant: -- "High blood levels of Ca increase risk of arrhythmias, and enhance blood coagulability." Mildred S. Seelig, MD, MPH,by Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol -- Your so welcome, hope it helps. I pay no attention to calcium besides just staying mostly away from dairy -- the exceptions being a small amount of cheese and occasional yogurt. Calcium is a bi-valent cation like magnesium, Ca++ and Mg++, so they compete for binding sites -- magnesium is called natures physiologic calcium blocker. Calcium is rich in vegetables -- the calcium loaded skeby Erling - AFIBBERS FORUM