I was first diagnosed with afib 35 years ago. When it occurred I went to the ER and it resolved on its own. Afib is a chronic problem that comes and goes and, almost always, gets worse as time goes by. When it occurred I was very athletic, a runner mostly, and a high carb consumer. I now think that those two things were contributory to the problem. That said, I think there may be many causes for the condition.
Today, I'm 70 something and except for aspirin daily, I take no other medication. I take many of the supplements you discuss. Except for afib I have no other chronic conditions. I've been prescribed everything you can think of by many Cardiologists. It has now been many years since I've seen any doctor... I've walked away from it all. I've never had intervention, cardio version or any kind of electrical intervention.
So here's some history. For the first ten years or so my afib would come and go without any identifying pattern. Then I realized I was in afib longer than I was not. Then I was permanent... Then, occasionally I would come out for a few weeks then back to long term afib. My current afib has been constant for the last 18 months.
My afib does NOT interfere with my physical activity in ANY WAY.
Here's my message. For the last 12 or so years I've been very low carb. Long periods of ketosis has, in my opinion, has changed my health completely. I've always been low sugar and very low seed oils and I think that is important too. My LDL is through the roof but my HDL is over 100! ( My nutrition is obviously high fat and LDL carries that energy and THAT is why it's high - think about it). So that's it. Read a lot and question everything. Here's to your good health!
The first two places to go if you have most any heart problems, if you are still able to get around and aren't in acute pain, are 1) to a good corrective chiropractor, to determine if your rhythm irregularities are being caused by nerves being irritated as they exit the spinal column (caused by postural issues that need to be corrected), and 2) your local infusion lab for a quick magnesium fix. Better to get the magnesium fix before you (really, really) need it (most of us need it and don't know it). Transdermal magnesium (magnesium oil) is the fastest way to get levels up short of an IV.
The Standard of Care is designed in such a way to increase the odds that you will end up in a crisis and will need treatment in the ER. And like you said, once you are in there, and they smear their fear-porn all over your already frightened and stressed out pysche, there is no way you'll get informed consent for what they will do to you.
After 50 years as an adult where I've had few successes with mainstream medicine, I've slowly discovered how most everything outside of trauma care is bogus and grossly overpriced. It was good to see you take aim at the holiest of the holy - cardiologists. That said, there are lots of white hats out there - Thomas Levy, Malcolm Kendrick, Peter McCollough, Steven Sinatra, plus others I've forgotten, and still more who have yet to show up on my radar.
You caught it or already knew it. If you have crushing chest pain or severe shortness of breath, better go to a hospital sooner than later after you have lost half your heart muscle. Don't fool yourself that a chiro can help you then.
If there truly was something called preventive medicine, everyone would see a chiropractor to screen for structural deviations that could lead to organ impairment, especially those that could lead to heart issues, sleep apnea and other issues that arise in the thoracic spine. What is currently termed by allopathic medicine as 'preventive medicine' is actually early victim identification: the search for an early payday and the change to practice their barbarism on someone young enough to have a better chance of surviving its ill effects.
I took a standard route for help with my severe ventricular arrhythmias (which can lead to sudden cardiac arrest - first symptom: death) - I started with a visit to a doc-in-the-box (we were traveling) to put a name on the problem, and then saw a cardiologist. I was clearly on the edge of the bell curve, as that man (with at least 40 years experience) was having great difficulty in putting me in one of the categories that 95% of his patients would fall into. And despite my issue being urgent (though I was in no panic), the best he could do was to schedule me for a treadmill and Holter monitor two months out! I was told the route to the head of the line was through the ER. That is standard of care - no triage for care outside of the ER. Anyone unwilling to go that route is made to wait in the hope that a crisis will precipitate and they will either end up in the ER or on a slab in the morgue.
The only worthwhile part of the talk with the cardio was that he gushed about the new EKG devices that were hitting the market (in 2018). I got one, in order to have better information to share with the next doc that I believed I would inevitably see. But the first time I used it, it became obvious to me that the problem was postural - I had a nice, normal heart rhythm until I looked down at the tiny screen, at which point things instantly went haywire.
Dr. Google's top recommendation was a video on heart disease by Dr. John Bergman, and he nailed my problem in the first two minutes of the video - a right hand curve in my upper thoracic spine, caused by an accident 8 years earlier. I found a local chiro and was out of trouble in 10 days and the problem was completely corrected within three months.
Of course today, that video is virtually nowhere to be found - buried by the misinformation algorithms that Big Pharma has paid Google to create and utilize.
I'm no expert on heart attacks. I've not had one (at least one that I was aware of, or that motivated me to go to the ER - one brother says his doc told him that he'd had a couple he never knew about, the other brother had a couple of massive heart attacks that he has survived by 16 years). So I'm not certain if heart muscle truly dies, or if most of it goes into hibernation as Dr. Steven Sinatra claims in his book, The Sinatra Solution. In it, he claims that heart failure is reversible when the heart is given proper nutrition to wake up the hibernating muscles. Which makes sense to me, as the power that creates the human body, heals the human body. It has to be possible for anyone with enough vital energy remaining in their body for the heart to heal.
Thanks for your input. My confidence in postural and adjustment modifications by chiros is less than yours. The theory that this is the totality of medical care is ridiculous. Isolated ventricular ectopy, if that was what you had, can be a malignant sign of many things, and cardiologists seldom look at underlying causes. If I were you, I would look in my mouth; see Judas Dentistry. If you want the best care. No one has his hands around the whole healthcare elephant. This reply is not medical care.
I doubt any chiro would tell you that they practice the totality of medical care, since Allopathic medicine has been trying to claim a monopoly on medicine for over a century. They are well fenced in regarding what they legally can do to help a patient. Dr. John Bergman has offices in Long Beach, CA and Tijuana. The Tijuana clinic includes allopaths that offer treatments not allowed in this country. His practice is perhaps the closest that I know of that is closing in on the totality of medical care, and I suspect they don't do acute trauma or emergency care (the allopathic wheelhouse).
But my point in seeing a chiro first is that no allopaths (and likely few osteopaths) are trained to look at the spine as a potential cause of serious organ problems. That's their wheelhouse, with correcting issues causing pain and/or numbness close behind.
A year or so prior to having my heart issues, I saw a biologic (Huggins Protocol) dentist because I'd lost part of one tooth and EVERY tooth in my mouth was cracked. That was after a lifetime of good dental hygiene. At the time, I was brushing and flossing three times per day and had been for a couple of decades (and only a bit less often for decades prior to that). The techs were amazed that someone in their sixties had zero gum problems. The dentist had no clue why all my teeth were cracked. She crowned the broken tooth and one cracked tooth on that side. I had all my mercury fillings on that side removed at that time. I was supposed to come back for four more crowns and the rest of the mercury.
Then the heart issue occurred. I was having some very serious lactic acid build up caused by the racing, erratic heartbeat. I'd spend an hour or more each night trying to figure out how to calm things down, often with at least some success. The trend was definitely headed in the wrong direction until I started seeing the chiro.
A couple of years later, I returned to the dentist, interested in finishing up the mercury removal and having recently learned about cavitations. At that time, NONE of my teeth were cracked - they all healed on their own after the heart crisis resolved - my body had been stealing minerals from my teeth to keep my heart going. The Triage Theory of Disease in action - the body prioritizing short term survival over long term needs. I could live without teeth, but not without a heart!
So, I had no mercury fillings in my mouth, and all my cavitations have been treated. I guess an infection can cause an arrhythmia, though I doubt one as bad as those I would experience from time to time.
There's an entire book written about what had happened to me, called The Haywire Heart. About elite athletes (mainly runners and cyclists) who mysteriously keel over dead every now and then. It's co-written by an electrophysiologist, who was clueless about the structural component. His therapy of choice was to roll the dice on ablation - killing part of the heart muscle to "solve" the problem. But at least he was honest about:
The number of attempts often needed to eliminate the symptom,
The chances that an athlete would subsequently lose their ability to compete, and
The chances that an athlete wouldn't survive the treatment.
When dental abscesses are removed, cancers are often healed—in my wife's case, amyloidosis. If you look at the back first, you miss the all-important first step of any natural medicine evaluation—the mouth.
Best single reference: Gammal's The Garbage Collector. Second best: Judas De\ntistry. Until you have read that, you can't intelligently comment on ruined healthcare
I think in essence we're making the same point - that siloed healthcare misses some very obvious causes. Because the cause of disease isn't even a consideration. Except in trauma care, where it's obvious that the bullet wound is causing the symptoms. And even there you will get patched up without regard for how fascial planes are disrupted, which can result in degraded health down the road. I've read neither of the books you recommend, but after more than two decadesof reading passionately on a range of healthcare topics it's hard not to recognize the patterns of failure in insurance-based healthcare. Though it has also been obvious from decades of my own experiences and of those of people I've cared deeply about. How many docs of any flavor would have known why I had a mouthful of cracked teeth? My biologic dentist was clueless, and didn't seem all that interested when I shared my story at our last visit. In hindsight, it's obvious - my body was in crisis, though outwardly I looked exceptionally healthy for my age.
Great post- Jan is one smart lady! I make a shower scrub with 10 pt Epsom salt, water, 1 pt coconut oil and essential oil. Mix the Epsom salt with just enough water to the consistency of sand add essential oil and melt the coconut oil and add that. Mix up and store in a container. Rub it all over your body - scrub into the joints and even the face. Best to have a stool in the shower- then shower. Warning it can make the bath slippery. Thanks
They usually have it in a roll on 3 oz - but the purity is is listed as 99% and 90% by volume. I've never had a problem with using it on my joints - but I would recommend something with higher purity to be on the safe side.
Have you ever looked into Emu oil? IMHO, that is some potent stuff for wound healing, eczema and general skin care. Perhaps it functions like groundhog grease which use to be a common remedy in Appalachia.
Rx is deadly. The natural nutrient Rutin is both clot preventing and clot dissolving. The powder form is widely available. I take a quarter- to half- teaspoon daily. Never had a problem and I'm OLD 😀
I can't get over the idea that medicine is upside down, inside out. For every disease, malfunction or illness, there must be reasons that they occur. Modern medicine very seldom queries for the answer. Something is always happening inside the body that causes a mishap or condition or sometimes the more obvious occurs where an external force causes problems. Medicine has no concern about what causes disease. All they have are tests, more tests, procedures, surgeries and the ultimate in care; DRUGS of every specification and promise and forever!
About 3 years ago, I had a mild heart attack, or so they tell me. No damage was done to the heart. There had to be a reason or reasons for this event to occur. Whatever caused this to happen, the process was in motion at some point earlier in time and for specific reasons. Doctors do not want to know and don't care anyway. They are all about the money, power and prestige. Otherwise at least a few would have the guts to say enough fake medicine is enough.
The cardiologist concluded that I had a hearth attack, then did a stress test but didn't tell me or explain what the results were. He told me it wasn't normal and that I needed to get into surgery right away for a catherization and stent(s). Also start on several heart drugs. Rack 'em, pack 'em and stack 'em. That how it felt.
I did not do anything and have taken on the task of doctoring myself with more natural remedies. I am not going back to the doctor unless there is an emergency. After doing lots of research, I concluded that whatever the doctors did, there was no proof it would be any better than doing nothing. I might as well have the local witch-doctor on speed dial...it's all the same. Voodoo guesswork and incantations to the lords of big pharma.
I’ve had several bouts of SVT over the years and although it’s not afib, it’s still a heart rhythm issue so has a bit in common?I wonder if berberine and taurine would help afib sufferers as much as they’ve helped me? I thought I’d mention them just in case. Also I want to second another person in the comments who mentioned strophanthus. Tom Cowan has a video called “The Heart is Not A Pump and Strophanthus”. I believe that’s the title anyway. It’s quite illuminating and might be a good resource for anyone with heart issues of any kind.
From the website of Dr Tom Cowan on Strophanthus. From an African plant the active ingredient of Oubain has been used in Germany and Switzerland for decades for tonifying the heart, resolving A-Fib, resolving congestive heart failure symptoms, and has other health benefits as well. https://drtomcowan.com/pages/strophanthus
99% of all cardiologists have never heard of this remedy.
As for magnesium and its benefits for the entire body; absolutely correct. Using magnesium topically AND internally will ensure its effectiveness.
One can easily make their own magneisum "oil" by combining a cup of magnesium flakes with a cup of distlled water. Adding a tablespoon of DMSO will enhance the topical mixture into the body. If adding DMSO, use a glass spray bottle only.
An 80 year old male friend of mine was diagnosed with A-Fib and lower ventrical hypertrophy in January. After one month taking strophanthus capsules, all was resolved and his blood pressure returned to what it was in his 20s ... 115 over 75. Not saying it will work that quickly for everyone either but it's worth a try instead of loading up on blood thinning drugs and having stents and pace makers inserted.
Trad medicine has its place. I have two friends who had severe MIs in the past month. Both had angioplasty; one had treatment within 2 hours and now has an ejection fraction of 79 percent--excellent. The other one waited and has 40 percent. She will improve but had more damage. Read the last part of this post to understand more.
I tend to look at the studies suggesting Omega e FAs, especially the bioavailable DHA/EPA, are problematic for AF with a jaundiced eye. First of all, fish oil has been considered anti-inflammatory, as well as anti-arrhythmic in numerous reviews and primary studies, and simply reviewing the basic metabolic pathway for fatty acids suggests as much. Second, since AF itself poses clot/stroke risk, isn't the inclusion of anti-thrombotic food or supplement sources going to decreers that risk?
As far back as 2007, in Cardiovascular Research, Volume 73, Issue 2, January 2007, Pages 316–325, the authors of "Pro- and antiarrhythmic properties of a diet rich in fish oil" wrote: DART-2 reported that fish oil supplementation resulted in an increase in cardiac death in patients with angina pectoris [6]. Moreover, in patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) fish oil supplementation resulted in a pro-arrhythmic response [7]. Two other trials reported that fish oil supplementation in patients with ICDs did not result in a pro- or antiarrhythmic response [8,9]. A systematic review concluded that additional intake of ω3-PUFAs does not have clear effects on mortality and cardiovascular events [10]. The reduction in cardiovascular mortality by ω3-PUFAs may be limited to a population subgroup (e.g. patients with myocardial infarction and with heart failure) [10]. Indeed, fish oil supplementation reduced sudden cardiac death in post myocardial infarction patients [4] while an increased risk of cardiac death was observed in patients with angina pectoris [3,6]. This may be related to different mechanisms of the prevailing arrhythmia in these population subgroups. Arrhythmias in heart failure are induced by triggered activity [11,12], while those in acute myocardial ischemia are caused by reentry [13].
It should be pointed out the the DART 1 study gave great marks to fish oil, and DART 2 "fixed" that with negative studies. Are we simply dealing with data manipulation again?
I'd be interested to know if you have a take on tying off the appendage during an open heart procedure? Also, the watchman device to occlude the appendage? I'm assuming this is a last resort after cardioversion and meds.
Hub has a rare condition, that the Cardio termed Pre-Beat, it causes pain between the shoulder blades. In all the EKGs he's had in 25+ years every 6 months, it was never detected. His primary was the one who finally caught it. 1\2 pill extra it seems to have stopped, but for how long is a question at 83 in July?
As a Hypothroyid patient, my heart rate is faster than normal, with occasional sharp short chest pain. The congential Enlarged Heart with a small Mitrial Valve leak, is more of a worry. Not one doctor bothered to inform me I had one, till this new primary. Withholding information is not a good way to keep patients informed. IT makes me spitting mad.
You must learn as much as you can these days; it's hard even for me with my background. Hormone Secrets has a great thyroid section that I would read if I were you.
I did, hormones either the regular or biosimilar HATE my GI tract. Which is in horrible shape, now adding gallbladder issues to the others. That the trip to Physio revealed last year. No answer to how that will be treated. I don't want a 6th AB surgery. I have to watch the gastro issues my hub goes through because he submitted tamely to Gallbladder surgery. And NO crappy Mesh for the small hernia that was found on the MRI, but not the ultrasound. Both left/right pain under the floating ribs.
testosterone cream needs no GI tract and is often used in isolation because it breaks down to estrogen. Get from Anazao compounding pharm but needs rx. Get that from worldlinkmedical.com doctor.
I even tried Black Cohosh and Wild Yam, which had the same GI results. I don't want to live on Nexium. Which I've been able to reduce from 40 mg to 20 mg. The other GERD meds are on the reaction list. Red Rice Yeast didn't help.
-Andrea Natale, MD | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist in Thousand Oaks, CA
The father of ablation, I guess. In case you ever want to have the very best, he comes to Thousand Oaks for a few days every month. Do your homework re him, and call and get an appt. This was done without a referral.
- Kardia 6-Lead EKG thing. This personal device is extremely cost effective. It will give a decent amount of info 24/7. The reliability of info is quite high.
I was first diagnosed with afib 35 years ago. When it occurred I went to the ER and it resolved on its own. Afib is a chronic problem that comes and goes and, almost always, gets worse as time goes by. When it occurred I was very athletic, a runner mostly, and a high carb consumer. I now think that those two things were contributory to the problem. That said, I think there may be many causes for the condition.
Today, I'm 70 something and except for aspirin daily, I take no other medication. I take many of the supplements you discuss. Except for afib I have no other chronic conditions. I've been prescribed everything you can think of by many Cardiologists. It has now been many years since I've seen any doctor... I've walked away from it all. I've never had intervention, cardio version or any kind of electrical intervention.
So here's some history. For the first ten years or so my afib would come and go without any identifying pattern. Then I realized I was in afib longer than I was not. Then I was permanent... Then, occasionally I would come out for a few weeks then back to long term afib. My current afib has been constant for the last 18 months.
My afib does NOT interfere with my physical activity in ANY WAY.
Here's my message. For the last 12 or so years I've been very low carb. Long periods of ketosis has, in my opinion, has changed my health completely. I've always been low sugar and very low seed oils and I think that is important too. My LDL is through the roof but my HDL is over 100! ( My nutrition is obviously high fat and LDL carries that energy and THAT is why it's high - think about it). So that's it. Read a lot and question everything. Here's to your good health!
Oh... How did the Borax experiment turn out?
If I were you, I would be on one of those blood thinners See the numbers in the post. You don't want a stroke. Get a cardiologist and be pollite.
I took Borax for a few weeks, and now intermittently My friends say the sexual effects take many months to kick in and to continue. I'm hoping ha
Can you tell me why you have confidence in these medications?
Please read the statistics about their use in the article; I understand your general lack of faith, however.
The first two places to go if you have most any heart problems, if you are still able to get around and aren't in acute pain, are 1) to a good corrective chiropractor, to determine if your rhythm irregularities are being caused by nerves being irritated as they exit the spinal column (caused by postural issues that need to be corrected), and 2) your local infusion lab for a quick magnesium fix. Better to get the magnesium fix before you (really, really) need it (most of us need it and don't know it). Transdermal magnesium (magnesium oil) is the fastest way to get levels up short of an IV.
The Standard of Care is designed in such a way to increase the odds that you will end up in a crisis and will need treatment in the ER. And like you said, once you are in there, and they smear their fear-porn all over your already frightened and stressed out pysche, there is no way you'll get informed consent for what they will do to you.
After 50 years as an adult where I've had few successes with mainstream medicine, I've slowly discovered how most everything outside of trauma care is bogus and grossly overpriced. It was good to see you take aim at the holiest of the holy - cardiologists. That said, there are lots of white hats out there - Thomas Levy, Malcolm Kendrick, Peter McCollough, Steven Sinatra, plus others I've forgotten, and still more who have yet to show up on my radar.
You caught it or already knew it. If you have crushing chest pain or severe shortness of breath, better go to a hospital sooner than later after you have lost half your heart muscle. Don't fool yourself that a chiro can help you then.
If there truly was something called preventive medicine, everyone would see a chiropractor to screen for structural deviations that could lead to organ impairment, especially those that could lead to heart issues, sleep apnea and other issues that arise in the thoracic spine. What is currently termed by allopathic medicine as 'preventive medicine' is actually early victim identification: the search for an early payday and the change to practice their barbarism on someone young enough to have a better chance of surviving its ill effects.
I took a standard route for help with my severe ventricular arrhythmias (which can lead to sudden cardiac arrest - first symptom: death) - I started with a visit to a doc-in-the-box (we were traveling) to put a name on the problem, and then saw a cardiologist. I was clearly on the edge of the bell curve, as that man (with at least 40 years experience) was having great difficulty in putting me in one of the categories that 95% of his patients would fall into. And despite my issue being urgent (though I was in no panic), the best he could do was to schedule me for a treadmill and Holter monitor two months out! I was told the route to the head of the line was through the ER. That is standard of care - no triage for care outside of the ER. Anyone unwilling to go that route is made to wait in the hope that a crisis will precipitate and they will either end up in the ER or on a slab in the morgue.
The only worthwhile part of the talk with the cardio was that he gushed about the new EKG devices that were hitting the market (in 2018). I got one, in order to have better information to share with the next doc that I believed I would inevitably see. But the first time I used it, it became obvious to me that the problem was postural - I had a nice, normal heart rhythm until I looked down at the tiny screen, at which point things instantly went haywire.
Dr. Google's top recommendation was a video on heart disease by Dr. John Bergman, and he nailed my problem in the first two minutes of the video - a right hand curve in my upper thoracic spine, caused by an accident 8 years earlier. I found a local chiro and was out of trouble in 10 days and the problem was completely corrected within three months.
Of course today, that video is virtually nowhere to be found - buried by the misinformation algorithms that Big Pharma has paid Google to create and utilize.
I'm no expert on heart attacks. I've not had one (at least one that I was aware of, or that motivated me to go to the ER - one brother says his doc told him that he'd had a couple he never knew about, the other brother had a couple of massive heart attacks that he has survived by 16 years). So I'm not certain if heart muscle truly dies, or if most of it goes into hibernation as Dr. Steven Sinatra claims in his book, The Sinatra Solution. In it, he claims that heart failure is reversible when the heart is given proper nutrition to wake up the hibernating muscles. Which makes sense to me, as the power that creates the human body, heals the human body. It has to be possible for anyone with enough vital energy remaining in their body for the heart to heal.
Thanks for your input. My confidence in postural and adjustment modifications by chiros is less than yours. The theory that this is the totality of medical care is ridiculous. Isolated ventricular ectopy, if that was what you had, can be a malignant sign of many things, and cardiologists seldom look at underlying causes. If I were you, I would look in my mouth; see Judas Dentistry. If you want the best care. No one has his hands around the whole healthcare elephant. This reply is not medical care.
I doubt any chiro would tell you that they practice the totality of medical care, since Allopathic medicine has been trying to claim a monopoly on medicine for over a century. They are well fenced in regarding what they legally can do to help a patient. Dr. John Bergman has offices in Long Beach, CA and Tijuana. The Tijuana clinic includes allopaths that offer treatments not allowed in this country. His practice is perhaps the closest that I know of that is closing in on the totality of medical care, and I suspect they don't do acute trauma or emergency care (the allopathic wheelhouse).
But my point in seeing a chiro first is that no allopaths (and likely few osteopaths) are trained to look at the spine as a potential cause of serious organ problems. That's their wheelhouse, with correcting issues causing pain and/or numbness close behind.
A year or so prior to having my heart issues, I saw a biologic (Huggins Protocol) dentist because I'd lost part of one tooth and EVERY tooth in my mouth was cracked. That was after a lifetime of good dental hygiene. At the time, I was brushing and flossing three times per day and had been for a couple of decades (and only a bit less often for decades prior to that). The techs were amazed that someone in their sixties had zero gum problems. The dentist had no clue why all my teeth were cracked. She crowned the broken tooth and one cracked tooth on that side. I had all my mercury fillings on that side removed at that time. I was supposed to come back for four more crowns and the rest of the mercury.
Then the heart issue occurred. I was having some very serious lactic acid build up caused by the racing, erratic heartbeat. I'd spend an hour or more each night trying to figure out how to calm things down, often with at least some success. The trend was definitely headed in the wrong direction until I started seeing the chiro.
A couple of years later, I returned to the dentist, interested in finishing up the mercury removal and having recently learned about cavitations. At that time, NONE of my teeth were cracked - they all healed on their own after the heart crisis resolved - my body had been stealing minerals from my teeth to keep my heart going. The Triage Theory of Disease in action - the body prioritizing short term survival over long term needs. I could live without teeth, but not without a heart!
So, I had no mercury fillings in my mouth, and all my cavitations have been treated. I guess an infection can cause an arrhythmia, though I doubt one as bad as those I would experience from time to time.
There's an entire book written about what had happened to me, called The Haywire Heart. About elite athletes (mainly runners and cyclists) who mysteriously keel over dead every now and then. It's co-written by an electrophysiologist, who was clueless about the structural component. His therapy of choice was to roll the dice on ablation - killing part of the heart muscle to "solve" the problem. But at least he was honest about:
The number of attempts often needed to eliminate the symptom,
The chances that an athlete would subsequently lose their ability to compete, and
The chances that an athlete wouldn't survive the treatment.
Great story and comment.
When dental abscesses are removed, cancers are often healed—in my wife's case, amyloidosis. If you look at the back first, you miss the all-important first step of any natural medicine evaluation—the mouth.
Best single reference: Gammal's The Garbage Collector. Second best: Judas De\ntistry. Until you have read that, you can't intelligently comment on ruined healthcare
I think in essence we're making the same point - that siloed healthcare misses some very obvious causes. Because the cause of disease isn't even a consideration. Except in trauma care, where it's obvious that the bullet wound is causing the symptoms. And even there you will get patched up without regard for how fascial planes are disrupted, which can result in degraded health down the road. I've read neither of the books you recommend, but after more than two decadesof reading passionately on a range of healthcare topics it's hard not to recognize the patterns of failure in insurance-based healthcare. Though it has also been obvious from decades of my own experiences and of those of people I've cared deeply about. How many docs of any flavor would have known why I had a mouthful of cracked teeth? My biologic dentist was clueless, and didn't seem all that interested when I shared my story at our last visit. In hindsight, it's obvious - my body was in crisis, though outwardly I looked exceptionally healthy for my age.
Great post- Jan is one smart lady! I make a shower scrub with 10 pt Epsom salt, water, 1 pt coconut oil and essential oil. Mix the Epsom salt with just enough water to the consistency of sand add essential oil and melt the coconut oil and add that. Mix up and store in a container. Rub it all over your body - scrub into the joints and even the face. Best to have a stool in the shower- then shower. Warning it can make the bath slippery. Thanks
If I were you I would not forget the DMSO. read my post
Been using it for years - but not with the scrub . I use a roll on from farm supply . The recipe for the Epsom salt scrub is from Dr. Darrell Wolfe .
Jewell, are there any specifics I should ask for when buying DMSO at a farm store? Thanks.
read my post on DMSO
They usually have it in a roll on 3 oz - but the purity is is listed as 99% and 90% by volume. I've never had a problem with using it on my joints - but I would recommend something with higher purity to be on the safe side.
I would only consider 99,995 percent pure for myself.
Have you ever looked into Emu oil? IMHO, that is some potent stuff for wound healing, eczema and general skin care. Perhaps it functions like groundhog grease which use to be a common remedy in Appalachia.
fantastic
Rx is deadly. The natural nutrient Rutin is both clot preventing and clot dissolving. The powder form is widely available. I take a quarter- to half- teaspoon daily. Never had a problem and I'm OLD 😀
I can't get over the idea that medicine is upside down, inside out. For every disease, malfunction or illness, there must be reasons that they occur. Modern medicine very seldom queries for the answer. Something is always happening inside the body that causes a mishap or condition or sometimes the more obvious occurs where an external force causes problems. Medicine has no concern about what causes disease. All they have are tests, more tests, procedures, surgeries and the ultimate in care; DRUGS of every specification and promise and forever!
About 3 years ago, I had a mild heart attack, or so they tell me. No damage was done to the heart. There had to be a reason or reasons for this event to occur. Whatever caused this to happen, the process was in motion at some point earlier in time and for specific reasons. Doctors do not want to know and don't care anyway. They are all about the money, power and prestige. Otherwise at least a few would have the guts to say enough fake medicine is enough.
The cardiologist concluded that I had a hearth attack, then did a stress test but didn't tell me or explain what the results were. He told me it wasn't normal and that I needed to get into surgery right away for a catherization and stent(s). Also start on several heart drugs. Rack 'em, pack 'em and stack 'em. That how it felt.
I did not do anything and have taken on the task of doctoring myself with more natural remedies. I am not going back to the doctor unless there is an emergency. After doing lots of research, I concluded that whatever the doctors did, there was no proof it would be any better than doing nothing. I might as well have the local witch-doctor on speed dial...it's all the same. Voodoo guesswork and incantations to the lords of big pharma.
Great comment and spot on. Read Butchered by Healthcare to learn more.
I’ve had several bouts of SVT over the years and although it’s not afib, it’s still a heart rhythm issue so has a bit in common?I wonder if berberine and taurine would help afib sufferers as much as they’ve helped me? I thought I’d mention them just in case. Also I want to second another person in the comments who mentioned strophanthus. Tom Cowan has a video called “The Heart is Not A Pump and Strophanthus”. I believe that’s the title anyway. It’s quite illuminating and might be a good resource for anyone with heart issues of any kind.
From the website of Dr Tom Cowan on Strophanthus. From an African plant the active ingredient of Oubain has been used in Germany and Switzerland for decades for tonifying the heart, resolving A-Fib, resolving congestive heart failure symptoms, and has other health benefits as well. https://drtomcowan.com/pages/strophanthus
99% of all cardiologists have never heard of this remedy.
As for magnesium and its benefits for the entire body; absolutely correct. Using magnesium topically AND internally will ensure its effectiveness.
One can easily make their own magneisum "oil" by combining a cup of magnesium flakes with a cup of distlled water. Adding a tablespoon of DMSO will enhance the topical mixture into the body. If adding DMSO, use a glass spray bottle only.
An 80 year old male friend of mine was diagnosed with A-Fib and lower ventrical hypertrophy in January. After one month taking strophanthus capsules, all was resolved and his blood pressure returned to what it was in his 20s ... 115 over 75. Not saying it will work that quickly for everyone either but it's worth a try instead of loading up on blood thinning drugs and having stents and pace makers inserted.
Yes! Strophanthus is really an amazing medicine! Thanks for mentioning it here!
Trad medicine has its place. I have two friends who had severe MIs in the past month. Both had angioplasty; one had treatment within 2 hours and now has an ejection fraction of 79 percent--excellent. The other one waited and has 40 percent. She will improve but had more damage. Read the last part of this post to understand more.
I tend to look at the studies suggesting Omega e FAs, especially the bioavailable DHA/EPA, are problematic for AF with a jaundiced eye. First of all, fish oil has been considered anti-inflammatory, as well as anti-arrhythmic in numerous reviews and primary studies, and simply reviewing the basic metabolic pathway for fatty acids suggests as much. Second, since AF itself poses clot/stroke risk, isn't the inclusion of anti-thrombotic food or supplement sources going to decreers that risk?
As far back as 2007, in Cardiovascular Research, Volume 73, Issue 2, January 2007, Pages 316–325, the authors of "Pro- and antiarrhythmic properties of a diet rich in fish oil" wrote: DART-2 reported that fish oil supplementation resulted in an increase in cardiac death in patients with angina pectoris [6]. Moreover, in patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) fish oil supplementation resulted in a pro-arrhythmic response [7]. Two other trials reported that fish oil supplementation in patients with ICDs did not result in a pro- or antiarrhythmic response [8,9]. A systematic review concluded that additional intake of ω3-PUFAs does not have clear effects on mortality and cardiovascular events [10]. The reduction in cardiovascular mortality by ω3-PUFAs may be limited to a population subgroup (e.g. patients with myocardial infarction and with heart failure) [10]. Indeed, fish oil supplementation reduced sudden cardiac death in post myocardial infarction patients [4] while an increased risk of cardiac death was observed in patients with angina pectoris [3,6]. This may be related to different mechanisms of the prevailing arrhythmia in these population subgroups. Arrhythmias in heart failure are induced by triggered activity [11,12], while those in acute myocardial ischemia are caused by reentry [13].
It should be pointed out the the DART 1 study gave great marks to fish oil, and DART 2 "fixed" that with negative studies. Are we simply dealing with data manipulation again?
Can't tell, can we? It's dystopian.
Fish oil has always led to AF in my case. I no longer take it as it caused such a dramatic increase in AF.
If I were you, I would slather on that magnesium and DMSO
Do AMA-approved medical school graduates ever hear about the natural anticoagulant, vitamin K1?
Being low carb and few veggies Boron is a concern... As far as all those FDA approved anticoagulants... No thank you. No more trust.
I'd be interested to know if you have a take on tying off the appendage during an open heart procedure? Also, the watchman device to occlude the appendage? I'm assuming this is a last resort after cardioversion and meds.
sorry no idea
Caveat on Cardiologists ... for your readers. McCULLough is not your friend. Shilling products for TWC and happily pushing mRNA & related products. Shame on him. https://conspiracysarah.substack.com/p/peter-mccullough-breakthrough-inject
Edit: I 2nd the Mg orotate & glycinate - helped me very much. +1 for anecdote.
Hub has a rare condition, that the Cardio termed Pre-Beat, it causes pain between the shoulder blades. In all the EKGs he's had in 25+ years every 6 months, it was never detected. His primary was the one who finally caught it. 1\2 pill extra it seems to have stopped, but for how long is a question at 83 in July?
As a Hypothroyid patient, my heart rate is faster than normal, with occasional sharp short chest pain. The congential Enlarged Heart with a small Mitrial Valve leak, is more of a worry. Not one doctor bothered to inform me I had one, till this new primary. Withholding information is not a good way to keep patients informed. IT makes me spitting mad.
You must learn as much as you can these days; it's hard even for me with my background. Hormone Secrets has a great thyroid section that I would read if I were you.
I did, hormones either the regular or biosimilar HATE my GI tract. Which is in horrible shape, now adding gallbladder issues to the others. That the trip to Physio revealed last year. No answer to how that will be treated. I don't want a 6th AB surgery. I have to watch the gastro issues my hub goes through because he submitted tamely to Gallbladder surgery. And NO crappy Mesh for the small hernia that was found on the MRI, but not the ultrasound. Both left/right pain under the floating ribs.
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I even tried Black Cohosh and Wild Yam, which had the same GI results. I don't want to live on Nexium. Which I've been able to reduce from 40 mg to 20 mg. The other GERD meds are on the reaction list. Red Rice Yeast didn't help.
My two thumbs up to "...no man is a hero to his wife..."
Tips re Afib from experience:
-Andrea Natale, MD | Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist in Thousand Oaks, CA
The father of ablation, I guess. In case you ever want to have the very best, he comes to Thousand Oaks for a few days every month. Do your homework re him, and call and get an appt. This was done without a referral.
- Kardia 6-Lead EKG thing. This personal device is extremely cost effective. It will give a decent amount of info 24/7. The reliability of info is quite high.