Atrial Fibrillation can be treated best by changing your diet and lifestyle.
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2024
- Dr. John Mandrola, MD was a recent speaker at the McDougall Advanced Study Weekend in Santa Rosa CA. for Free information about the McDougall program visit drmcdougall.com Dr. Mandrola practices cardiac electrophysiology at Baptist Health in Louisville Kentucky. This is his twentieth year of medical practice. Dr. Mandrola is also a writer. He is the chief cardiology correspondent for Medscape-a web resource for health professionals. In addition, he maintains a general health and fitness blog, Dr John M, and is active on social media, especially Twitter, where he can be found @DrJohnM.
His work has appeared in the Journal of the American Medical
Association-Internal Medicine, Atlantic.com and the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Dr. Mandrola has been a lifelong endurance athlete. He has competed as a triathlete, marathoner, masters swimmer, and cyclist. He lives in Louisville Kentucky with his wife, son, daughter, granddaughter. He is currently writing a book on exercise and heart disease. The Haywire Heart is due out in 2017.
Dr. Mandrola is a graduate of Hobart and William Smith College and the University of Connecticut Medical School. He received his Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Electrophysiology training at Indiana University. He was awarded the outstanding fellow award in his final year of training. He is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology.
Although he is a practicing doctor, Mandrola has presented original
research and been an invited speaker at major medical meetings and academic institutions. In 2015, he presented medical rounds at Yale University. His topics include atrial fibrillation, sports cardiology, end-of-life care, social media for physicians, and medical decision-making.
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So good to see a doctor who is slanted toward the prevention of illness in a natural, easy-to-manage way, rather than just prescribing meds. We need a million more like him.
The same opinion I wish to hear from doctors. If you have more resources of doctors who have practiced in this kind please share with me. Thanks.
unlike the FAUKCI cabal that is forcing us to take their VAXes
@@MsElke11 I can tell that you are uneducated. You have no clue why you don't want the vaccine other than Fauci wants you to take it. LOL
@@joereidy5732 how about heart palpitations, a frozen arm and 2 visits to the hospital after dose #2. That was a GREAT EDUCATION for me.
@@MsElke11 Imagine, for just a moment, that there aren't any viruses! If there are say viruses, what are they? Dead debri from DNA. Yes, DEAD. How can something dead affect our health so negatively? It can't. There's a lot of information out there and I would invite all who are reading this to go on Odysee and look up for the love of viruses. Have we been lied to all this time and we didn't realize it? God Bless.
Hydration is key in my case. So long as I don't get dehydrated, I don't seem to go into A-Fib.
I exercise and I'm very keen on good nutrition and sleep schedules.
Thanks for reinforcing my beliefs
Hydration is important, and my RN wife is always reminding me to drink water after getting up in the morning. Helps keep the heartbeat regular (and the wife happy).
Dehydration can be a trigger for AFIB. I can attest to that.
I really hate when men call
Their wives “the wife.” You don’t hear women calling men “the husband.” Good god, grow up, men!
i don't need to be reminded. i always want water first thing in am. and often 2 glasses.
@@cruisepaige Me too, so stupid🙄
I have AFib and drink upwards of a gallon of water a day. I'm supposed to take metropol twice a day but I never remember the evening dose. I keep my weight under control by occasional fasting. Also have a reasonably healthy diet. I'm 77.
Now this is a Doctor with good common sense and sees the importance of truly taking care of the patient.❤️
Stress....STRESS. I have AFIB and it started when we went upside down in a mortgage. Marital problems I could go on and on. Reduce stress.
I have Afib and will be having a heart ablation procedure soon. I am wondering if this will help. I am under so much stress. I hate the medication. It made me gain weight so I have put it n God's hands. Please pray for me.+++
Stress depletes minerals which then affects the heart rhythm.
@Citizenthirteen It depends the amount of stress you go through.
richard hyser yes, stress definitely caused mine
Linda Kennedy Did you have the procedure?
Every cardiologist should have a nutritionist on staff/ referral. Jeanne retired RN
I have said for years ....that every patient needs to do a previous 4 week food log.... to show the in office nutritionist, and their practitioner when they arrive for their yearly physical.
Holistic focus.
I am also a retired nurse.
Diet is the answer, you are right.
It’s all what we eat.. Since being educated I am now whole food plant base. 👍🏼
That would be great 👍 😊
I am 82 had ad fib for well over 20 years. Went to the doctor who put me on Wafarin and am now on Xralto, if I remember to take it. I'm still alive, exercise every day and, apart from having one kidney, 2 stents, high blood pressure, I feel perfectly fit. Probably drop dead tomorrow but thems the breaks.
And have one great sense of humor! ❤️
Geoff B Is your Afib constant or does it come and go?
A fib for me was too little salt. Half teaspoon in water and it stopped in 30 min. Electrolite'
imbalance.
Xarelto To many Bad things about it.
IT WILL THIN YOUR BLOOD. I got off of it few years ago. My brother past while on it My step dad past away while on it
Only as news up date
Arnold Palmer remember him.
Did a Google on him
Settlement reached in lawsuits over Xarelto blood thinner
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So great! Good on you! God speed God bless!
He has given us a very precious bit of advice: 1- improvement of diet 2- improvement of exercise 3- betterment of sleep 4- reduction of weight
Reduction of weight is the hardest one...
@@joew9392 but most important one
i wish i knew which of these i was/ am doing wrong. My heart is the weak point but I think magnesium ..and trying to see if thyroid is factor.
@@joew9392 Not if you do a LCHF diet. I did & even reversed my afib. Not a joke. Watch David H Diamond videos. He is not a cardiologist, but he explains the problem.
My heart disease is caused by a rare disease. I did improve my health dramatically by reversing my afib.
I'm 82 with afib, among other things.. In my case, there's absolutely no doubt that regular exercise keeps the afib at bay and makes life better in general. That said, it still requires constant diligence to maintain the active lifestyle. The best advice I ever heard on the topic is "When you take care of your animal, your animal takes care of you". That is so true, yet so hard to do.
My mom is 88 and has had it forever. I remember in the 70s when I was a teenager she had these palpitations but I think it was a fib. She also went through 25 years of a bad diet from 1994 until 2020 just eating so much garbage and gaining so much weight, I have been going through all of this with her with her heart doctor over the last three years and they’re putting her through so much stuff and she just she’s tired. She doesn’t want to do it should be 89 in July.
And you are vaccinated against COVID and have received all of the boosters. Right?
@VictorGeorgiou I think in my case the opposite was the case. I went overboard with endurance exercises and this doctor mentions it as one possible cause of AFib.
Everything in moderation, I guess.
@@user-kc7mu4jp4p Exactly. Moderation. Same thing with medication.
What's the difference between a medicine and a poison??
Answer: "The Dose."😉
I gave up all grains, all sugars, and all high carb fruits and vegetables. I walk 8,000 steps per day. I fast 23 hours a day. I eat protein, a little fat and low carb vegetables. My hypertension is normal now with 1/4 the meds as before, my blood glucose is now completely normal with no meds, and I haven’t had an a-fib episode in months. I take sodium and potassium supplements. My weight: 200->134.
Now Your on the same page as me . I dont want to take a pill for life . I want to change what I need to change in my life style.
Thank you for this supportive information.. I notice a huge difference … if I vegetarian and don't drink any alcohol, my arrhythmia is almost gone.
Same here! I go even further I skip almost all animal products ie vegan. Then I have no episodes. It's the best medicine.
Vegetarian has nothing to do with it
4 months on wagon...3 1/2 months ZERO afib...
I had afib, I am 60 years old. I increased my exercise and started taking magnesium and the afib is gone. He knows what he's talking about!
Did you ever go on blood thinners. I’m 52 and just diagnosed with afib. I’m very healthy and exercise. I went on blood thinner until I can see cardiovascular do. In a week. Thanks
@@dougcoleburn1579 No, the doctor asked me if I wanted to and I said no. He said because I was healthy, I was at a low risk for a stroke. My afib has been very infrequent and I can get it to stop within a minute so far.
Add Vitamin C
I had an afib attack 2 years ago and I figured that I need to lose weight and improve my diet and so I went on a plant based diet with no oil, sugar, meat, or flour and lost 100 pounds. I sleep better and I excerise daily and I am not taking any medications and I have not had any problems with my heart arythmia since and I am 70 years old.
dauntie kay how did you switch to vegan? I don’t care for all veggies. What do you eat?
Pm
dauntie kay Amen ❤️🙏❤️
That’s terrific! How did you do that?
Awesome
I am a 77 year old retired ER physician and I am a rabid advocate of the health benefits of cycling. It truly works miracles and as an example I can still do 4 minute 19 second on the USAA Cycling 5 minute TT (a 4% average upgrade at 6300 foot elevation in Colorado Springs). I weigh low 170 pounds. I can't believe how good I still feel thanks to cycling BUT one area doctors never discuss (and this is huge) is alcohol and the heart. Alcohol is a potent cardiomyotoxin (meaning it is toxic to the heart muscle and causes heart muscle inflammation) but this is dose related. When I was in training I had a 23 year old die from his excessive alcohol intake causing congestive heart failure. In the ER I would see young people come in with an arrhythmia over the holidays due to excessive alcohol (thus the title "Holiday Heart"). As one gets older the risk of Atrial Fibrillation goes up logarithmically and AF can be exercise induced. AF causation is multifactorial and these precipitators make it much more likely during a ride: dehydration, low potassium, hypothermia (even drinking a smoothie can bring it on!), lack of sleep, too much caffeine, thyroid excess, and others. But no one ever seems to bring up the subject of excessive alcohol prior and the risk of AF. I love a nice red wine and this leaves me conflicted but I have found that half a bottle 2-3 days a week seems to not precipitate AF so one does not need to totally do without. My take home message to all us geriatric cycling advocates is keep all those precipitators to a minimum including alcohol and you can continue to partake of the Fountain of Youth and not need what most doctors would recommend: blood thinners or cardiac ablation!
Also, watch your heart monitor (Garmin or whatever) like a hawk and when your rate starts getting in the upper ranges just back off to keep it out of trouble. Very high rate from exertion can bring on AF.
Thank you doctor absolutely brilliant informative content, I don’t cycle but I swim a lot, always have done and doing breath stroke it fits in with this breathing problems I have which are still under investigation, I had a echocardiogram which was inconclusive, so I have recently had a MRI scan and I am awaiting results.
Doctor your information is invaluable to the layman so thank you and would you consider putting it on RUclips.
Can I ask a very personal question did you have the vaccines and if so which one and how many?
What is cardiac ablation please?
I don’t smoke never have, have a drink or two nothing to heavy I am over weight, but lost 4K 8.8 lbs of late.
Would just love to be able to play football like I did previously with my grandchildren and get back to playing my walking football again, love the football love the guys.
One of the guys is giving me a fit bit on Friday, as my high blood pressure as recently become low blood pressure.
Our NHS throughout have been fantastic, I would also love to get back to work a few days a week, in between daily children and grandchildren pick ups and drop offs etc.
Thanks doc, that was the main cause for me 2 years ago. In may I'll be sober 2 years
I have afib - started as a student. I now think the direct cause of the afib was excessive drinking. I was drinking far more than what is recommended nowadays (14 units a week or something like that; I was on about that much a day while at college - in the evenings).
@@arthurcrown3063 I have cut down, just a couple watching the football, mainly Liverpool games. How is your afib since you cut down?
@@brianevans2819 Still there. Didn't know I had it until (after a perforated ulcer op) it was recorded as 'fast' . It was there for years. I still get a drink or two, but no more excessive boozing!
excellent video.
Thank you Dr.McDougall for your help and concern
I got diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in 2012. Since then I was in hospital at least every six months because of it. In 2017 while in hospital for something else a nurse noticed that I kept my cell phone in a breast pocket and had done so since the advent of smart phones. She told me to stop because she thought it was the cause of the atrial fibrillation.
I listened to her and have never had a problem with it since.
Wow!!!
A great Dr caring about his patients and giving great advice. Thank you.
Dr John Mandrola thank you very much I appreciate your opinion, so wise. Please continue doing videos , how I would like to have a doctor like you.
I developed A fib a few years ago, age 69, cut back alcohol, energy drinks, coffee, continued to exercise. All good now.
After cutting alcohol, how long did it take before you were afib-free?
Very honest doctor, may God bless him!
Very honest and very well explained! Thank You Doctor! God Bless You!!!
Thank you, Doctor. Very informative.
Anxiety is the killer! And do not OVER exercise!
#truth
Mine commenced with anxiety. I know when.
Here's another perspective. I had raging AF over a year ago. A C-Reactive Protein test, measure of inflammation, was 11.67 where the "normal range" is 1 to 3 and healthy/optimal is below 1. I was labeled as at a "very high risk of a cardiovascular event" and in fact had an episode where I passed out completely without ANY warning. That's why I had the CRP test. I started doing "Time Restricted Eating" (DO NOT EAT BEYOND SUNDOWN is key because even eating healthy food in the PM causes inflammation) and Intermittent Fasting (a few 2-3 day water only fasts). I repeated the CRP test 8 months later and my CRP was 0.05 (NOT a typo. The doctor's office had never EVER seen such a low score or anything close to it. My AF for the most part went away completely for quite a while. I still have a few minor episodes when I get emotional or when I grossly over-eat during my limited eating window - which is now a window of 3 to 4 hours per day.
I have noticed a relationship between these few AF's and when I play golf. In 2008 I was diagnosed by a PHysical Therapist as having an unusually over-developed left side. She suspected I worked in a physically left-side demanding job. No. But I by then had played golf, sometimes competitively, for 50 years. She concluded that was the cause. Then I recently learned that physical things can cause AF such as over-eating which can extend the stomach further into the diaphram which can push on the heart.
I firmly believe that IF/TRE radically affected me to the positive in less than one month and wish I had re-taken the CRP test much earlier to prove it. I say this because within the first month, a sore I had for 15 years due to severe frost-bite healed for the first time in 15 years (not a typo). It was replaced with a blood-blister looking covering which was in less than 2 weeks replaced with beautiful new (baby-like) skin. A year and a half later, it is still healed.
Viewers look up IF, TRE and autophagy (a healing process triggered when one fasts long enough). It will require like this doctor recommends eating and lifestyle changes but they are not hard especially if one transitions over a number of months.
I am literally a new person thanks to IF/TRE.
@littleo353 THANK YOU!!!! YOur testimony could be a LIFE-SAVER for any who read it and try it!!!💐
Thank you for your detailed post! I also practice IF and TRE. Nope, it hasn't helped my AFib much but it did clear a bad rash I'd had for over 4 Frigging Years! I have not done extended fasting however.
I do not drink or smoke and I am not overweight. However, I underwent aggressive chemotherapy treatments a few years ago. I'm sure it probably had an influence in my developing Afib.
Hopefully, continued IF with TRE will soon help with my AFib issues. But for now I must rely on medication.
You and me sound very similar brother. I’ve had AF for years but I’ve never been to a doctor about it. I learn to control it, basically through diet and exercise and I can’t emphasise what a powerful tool intermittent fasting is. Youre spot on about the overeating, guaranteed if I overeat I’ll get it. other trigger factors include alcohol, caffeine and stress as I have an anxiety disorder. It does also seem to be an electrolyte component to it because sometimes if I get it, I take an electrolyte powder which seems to makes it go away quickly.
I would never say don’t go and see a doctor to anyone. That was my choice and some people might say it was a stupid one, but I didn’t want end up on warfarin.
Doctors need to help provide the environment in which these things can be attained and balanced. Telling someone something doesn't overcome what got them to that point, and everyone needs support and encouragement.
We need more professionals like this gentleman.
Sure don't find anyone like him at the VA.
Wish my dad had a friend like you 30 yrs ago. He has all kinds of health problems, AFib did not go away after his bypass surgery. I always take him for walks and try to make sure he eats healthy as possible. Thanks Doc, great video!
@ssaini5028 God bless you for taking care of your dad. This is a very hard thing for an offspring to do, because they are generally at a stage in life when they will have a myriad problems in their family and professional lives. But we must ever remember how our parents took care of us and that will give us new strength. Because once our parent is gone, it will be regret to the end of our lives, and if we have done our best to take care of them while alive, at whatever cost or sacrifice, at least that would be a great comfort to us as we go down the path of our own old age.
I wish and wish, every single day, in vain, to have my parents alive, with me.
I have had AFIB for almost 4 years. I have been doing low carb for a little over a year and have lost 60 pounds. I limit drinking and exercise regularly. While I am in it most of the time I have almost no symptoms or discomfort. My condition seems to be getting better as time goes by so anecdotally speaking diet has worked to improve my life. Thanks for what you do Doctor
Seems to be working for me. I went on a low carb diet, reducing my blood sugar and insulin resistance. Insulin is very inflammatory, and inflammation has to distort the heart and cause irregular heart beats. I'm only doing it a few weeks but so far no AFIB, and I don't fee my heart fluttering like it's about to go into AFIB.
True! I was going through multiple cardiac tests, including implanted loop recorder when I read about the effects of zinc. Added to my diet the day the recorder was implanted. Not one event since then except on one occasion which adverse reaction to a prescribed medication.
Excellent information - thank you
It’s all about being happy ... 99% of illness is caused by unbalance between soul - spirit - mind - body. Medication is helping with symptoms but is not treating and healing the main roots of the cause. Everything is possible to heal. Loving yourself, feeling joy in everything, living life fully and fearfully, humbleness and love for everything because life is beautiful and is a lot to be thankful for ... ❤️
Be always positive and open your heart fully .... 🌞
You are wonderful. I think I knew it but not good to deal in that way yet.
I agree 😊! But that's easier said than done .Especially in my family!
Dr. Mandrola took care of my mother in the early 2000's. He put a pacemaker in, and has an excellent reputation. Take his advice because he's a great Doc.
Pacemakers are a joke. Keep away. I was advised to have a pacemaker years ago. They do nothing for irregular heartbeat no matter what the "experts" say. People I knew at the golf club had them and are now dead. I'm 82 with adfib , irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, two stents and one kidney, still play golf every week walking and am still fit. Moderation in all things whether it's food or exercise and keep away from doctors until absolutely necessary.
Thanks Dr. May God Bless You More. 🙏❤️🙏
Very helpful, thank you
this is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much! I'm hoping this will address my afib now.
Great advice to change lifestyle by adhering to an exericise regime etc. And on the dietary front, a Medeterranian diet with lots of extra virgin olive oil will greatly help to round things off: I have been taking 1 tablespoon 3 x daily of evoo for a long time now and am going really well. Afib disappeared quickly along my journey of dietary changes. I have to add that I have been on a Med diet for some 40 years, but when I commenced taking the 3 tablespoons of evoo daily on top of that, this really did the trick. Have not been on any pharma drugs since a few weeks after starting this process. I am now 80 years old, and exercising daily for 40 minutes and have been for 52 years. Thanks doc for being aware of, and and supporting exercise, lifestyle and diet as a way out of this problem, and away from nasty pharma drugs.
Hello Mike, I want inquire further on evoo for further evidence beyond conditional feeling. Please know I am simply looking for more than a few testimonials.
2 years back I tried 1/2 tablespoons of Coconut Oil daily for mental improvement. It caused my Cholesterol to jump 40 points.
Returned normal after stopping. So if you can direct me to further studies I would appreciate it.
@@afmorris5939 Apart from the above that I have already outlined, to be specific, I have to say that I also do the Wim Hof method of breathing and cold showers. As I have already stated, I have had no afib problems at all. My resting pulse is usually around 70 with a nice even beat, and blood pressure 120s over the 80s.
@@afmorris5939 Coconut oil or powder is contained in all artificial creamers; big no no; glad you're getting back to normal.
@@mikederidisi5805 i just started! 5b days in, hope it will help- the heart!
@@lulielawry Definitely Lulie! Along with this I also do the Wim Hof method (breathing and cold shower therapy).
Thank you for such great information, you inspired me to get moving with my exercise.Keep up the good work you do. Winifred
I have Long QT Syndrome type 2 . Although not a lifestyle fault , since diagnosis I take good care with diet and exercise. And have a great doctor who has put me on medication.
I watch this video over and over, for peace and inspiration.
Due to extreme stress I was diagnosed with afib. A duel chamber pacemaker, ablation, and 7.5 years later, I manage everything through a mostly vegan diet.
I am not obese, but I do not have a thyroid. I went into AFib from stress from an auto accident. I discovered 2 tbsp ACV to 8 ounces of water. Then I started taking self package pills of Cayenne pepper with food. It stops AFib within minutes. Lastly, The only thing I take now is L-Arginine 500 mg daily. I haven't had an AFib episode in years!! I am also a regular user of Calm magnesium. Hope this helps someone. No, not a Dr. but I read a lot!
Excellent video & advise! - greetings from New Zealand ...
Thank You DOC !!!!
It seems to me that most doctors aren't concerned about causes but rather what pill to give for what symptom.
Check for dehydration and stress in your life. Vitamin E helps a lot, but check with your doctor first, as it is not recommended with blood thinners. Dehydration can also contribute to clots and blockages over time, just like a dirty stream that cannot carry debris and therefore gets deposited. A book called "Your Body's Many Cries for Water" by Dr. Batmanghelidj is priceless.
Plant based diet can reverse heart disease
Thank you so much for recommending the book.
Thanks Dr
This is very good thank you sir
Thank you, Dr. McDougall, I have observed this in my own self and considered whether a total make-over of my lifstyle would not help a ton. YOU have encouraged me to proceed down this path on my AFIB journey.
Ihave a fib and I had a heart attack needed 2stents . I recovered well after my hear attack and excercised every day .but then I was diagnosed with a fib but my doc told me not to excercise but this stressed me out and now I have put weight on and I feel uncomfortable. After listening to this doc and reading your comments, I think I will start exercising again , my doc is not very nice and very abrupt but I go along with it because I thought she new best ..
@@margaretdowney1390 Time for a new Doc.
I had 5 SA nodes in my heart. An electrophysiology Physician ,after many decades and many MDs and Dx., found the problem. He took out 2, the 3rd one was to close to a another so he left it. I have problems occasionally but it's so much better now. Thank you for the information.
Wow nice to hear that he quit Practicing medicine and is making a healthy difference in human life!!🙏🏻🙏🏻
He seems a nice man. Caring about people
Thank you for your health tips, very informative.
After 50years of SVT , with wrong diagnosis of anxiety, I had a 10 minute Ablation and was cured forever
May this true doctor and his near and dear be blessed with a long and happy life so that he can go on spreading this message of hope and consolation for those afflicted with AFib and a million other conditions and diseases. Of course, anybody would opt for surgery and drugs only when they think it's inevitable. Bar this one doctor, all others that I have seen on the internet have advised the toxic, invasive approach, simply because once AFib starts, there is high possibility of the pooling and clotting of blood inside the heart and that issue has to be dealt with at all cost.
So, I fervently hope that what Dr Mandrola and other conscientious surgeons with long experience believe they now know, is the truth.
I am already considering it a godsend and am fearfully hoping that it's not too late for me to pursue this natural route, even though I suspect that my AFib has gone undiagnosed for almost a decade.💐
🙌🏻👍🏻thank you to this doctor!
i gotta tell yall, for me, my doctor tried everything. and nothing worked. turned out, i had a mineral/electrolyte imbalance. and i lift weights 6 days a week so i sweat a lot (which excretes more electrolytes and salt). i also drank nearly a gallon of water a day, further “thinning out” my salt and electrolytes. so my cure was drinking less water and taking Himalayan mineral salt (i also use redmond ancient salt). i put the salt in my coffee, sports drinks and coconut water. not a single palpation since. and i can sleep again. prior to this i literally called 911 out to my house 3 times, thinking i was having a heart attack. maybe ask your docs about salt and electrolyte imbalances.
Take makes sense
Sleep apnea is a common risk factor in afib!
I got A-fib shortly after I turned 60. I was fit, exercised regularly, proper diet. Diltiazem controlled my afib no amount of exercise, diet would have changed my situation. Got atrial flutter at 63. Had to get cardioverted almost monthly. Because I had lone A-fib/A-flutter I was an excellent candidate to undergo a catheter ablation that resolved my irregular heartbeats. FYI. In retrospect I believe that placing my PC on my chest while I was in bed was the impetus to all of my heart issues.
@everett I think you have hit the nail on the head. PC, mobile, etc could be culprits in this!
You might be right about the PC.
Did the catheter ablation completely resolve your afib? If so, how long have you been "afib free"?
@@karlaelvis9815 Yes it did. I am AFIB free for almost 10 years. I still take diltiazem and metoprolol for HBP and insurance for any possible AFIB or FLUTTER return. Good luck.
Thank you so much for talking about this I think I have this I know I do believe I do I have the rapid heartbeat thank you so much for sharing
great information
When I was diagnosed I had a bmi of 18% , sleep 8 hours a night, ate a healthy organic diet with zero fast food, I dont smoke and do not drink alcohol. At the time I had an active life style, little stress. Since being on the meds to control my arrhythmia and heart rate nothing in my lifestyle and diet has changed, except I have gained weight and now have a bmi of 25%. I guess I am one the ones that has no known cause for my afib. but the meds have ruined my skinny former self. Hopefully to get of them very soon as I am 1 month post ablation.
I hope your ablation is successful. My ago. Started when I was in my mid forties. Healthy diet always, exercise, etc etc everything this good dr said. No difference. Finally had ablation in 2009 and 2012. That lasted 8 years. Then last year with all the bushfires here in Australia, then the covid thing, it was back. I had an ablation in August 2020, cardioversion in December, another ablation in December (cardioversion lasted 36 hours) then in May 2021….it was back. Another cardioversion….didn’t hold, another ablation, fixed! Then had the watchman implant. All good till October 2021….then out of the blue, just after vacuuming, there it was again, only flutter this time with SVT. Another ablation planned for next week. My electrophysiologist is probably the best in the country. He said what is happening is very unusual, and it seems my atrium is very prone to it. He is hoping this is a breakthrough from the mitral isthmus that he did last time, and it hasn’t found yet another new path. We are delaying a pacemaker for as long as possible. My sister and mother both had afib. It seems to be a genetic issue. So it’s not always diet lifestyle etc. I have tried everything. meditation, magnesium etc etc. seems my heart has a mind of its own. This will probably be the last try though, over it!
@@muffyk6356 I also have excellent lifestyle per recommendations in video. Yet I am also experiencing afib and Bradycardia. It would be great to compare notes.
GOod luck with the ablation- please post an update
I got AF, went to the cardiologist who described very expensive new medicines.
Discussed it with my house doctor, and decided not to take them.
But... I raised the dose of AD Zoloft one day before. Had a lot of heart instabilities, all kinds of rithm problems.
Lowered Zoloft: problems gone. But the doctors do not believe it has anything to do with it.
Zoloft caused my afib to get much worse too.
I had paroxistical AF, stop it with Propaphenone, pill in the pocket, 300 mg each two days. I had it just after eat, dinner, and start to sleep, only horizontal position. at rest. not working, at gym o walking...
Stress and anxiety has everything to do with it! .
@@jeaniparker227 big problem if you're a high level anxious person 🤔
God bless you docter 🙏
It must take a huge lot for a doctor to be so honest and go against the mainstream of his field. Dr John McDougall is another such badass and he has been doing it for decades, making enemies wherever he goes. He says his mother had AFib and lived with it for twenty years.
I’m 75 and had daily AFIB episodes for a couple of years, medicated hypertension, and what I thought was normal age-related aches and pains, even though I had been on a low-fat Mediterranean diet for a decades. My primary care MD, who is a holistic practitioner, suggested I might try a Ketogenic low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet because my labs indicated that even though I was eating lots of fruits, vegetables and no added sugars, I was consuming too many carbs. After a month on Keto, my AFIB episodes gradually but completely stopped, my blood pressure reduced, my inflammation was less, and my A1C and fasting glucose reduced dramatically. It’s now been a year and I have been able to stop any blood pressure meds, I’ve never had another AFIB episode, and my arthritic and tendinitis pain is almost gone. This combination of benefits is very common with those who have converted to a clean Keto lifestyle.
No such thing as "clean" keto. You live on dead animals and fat.
so you don’t take any meds?
I’ve been able to discontinue my two blood pressure meds and my allergy meds, but I’ve continued to take Eliquis , a blood thinner to reduce stroke risks.
@@davegarth do u still be in afib after ur ablation?
Congratulations. I did the same.
Was just diagnosed last month. My once normal thyroid was totally out of whack. Over 4 times the normal high
Hes 100% right.
Agree 100%! I've changed my entire diet, and even discovered ingredients in shampoos and other products that were aggravating my A Fib. Thank you for being one of the doctors out there sharing good information, for a better understanding across medical disciplines and for the lay person willing to learn how to be healthier.
Which ingredients?
Which shampoo triggers you and how did you figure out?
"ingredients in shampoos and other products that were aggravating my A Fib." You are an idiot.
Wow! Great presentation Doctor! Thank you for this important information. Doctors need to start educating the public about prevention ratherthan just diagnosing and treating illness. This pandemic in the US would be nothing if we had more active lifestyles, less fast food and junk food and sufficient sleep.
I am glad to see this validating video. I recently changed to a whole food plant based diet. It makes some effort to figure out what to eat. For example, the first day I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for dinner. : )
The RUclips video "Eating Our Way to Extinction" is science based and impactful. They offer inspiration, coaching and menus. There are other informative RUclips videos which demonstrate how to make yummy healthy food.
Eat lotsa potatoes for dinner! & have Italian night or Chinese night@
So much good sense spoken hear. Listen and learn.
One of the triggers is: anemia. I know when my iron levels are very low when the atrial fib shows up (not my only symptom but a clear one).
Had Afib for decades. Rx'd with everything including meds and ablations. Ended with a pacemaker.
Plant based diet
I found this video helpful. Thank you!!
The best video or Doctor this Is !!!!!!!!!!!
I have had afib off and on through the years. If it comes around now it will follow a rapid heartbeat, then it will get out of sync.
My solution is to get my heart rate up, take deep breaths, and hold my jugular vein while holding my breath. Don’t pass out tho!
Try this a couple times. Main thing is to getting it back in sync and getting the heart working. Go for a run or do heavy lifting, just get the heart working. Do this till it gets back in sync.
If all else fails, try a really hot bath. Get the water hot, real hot, hot as you can stand it. Get in the tub and add more hot water. Get a book and read, take your mind off the heart rate.
Finally, a doctor who is willing to look at something besides pills and surgeries!
I treated and eliminated my own Afib by dealing with my digestive issues, losing weight, exercising and getting off almost all beta blockers and calcium channel blockers.
Are you still on blood thinners?
@@dougcoleburn1579 Yes, Eliquis.
I have inappropriate sinus tachycardia for 2 years do I need catheter ablation ?
@@ferdousialam3744 I am not qualified to answer that. I only can speak to my experience and that of the many other people who know that their attacks of arrhythmia are triggered by trapped gas.
How did you treat your digestive issues?
Well said!
Dr. Mandrola, I have Atrial Fibrillation and an enlarged heart according to my Cardiologist and I am 72 years of age at 270 pounds. I went on a diet 20 days ago to lose weight. My trouble started with 2 rounds of Covid. My Digoxin and Metoprolol used to keep my heart rate down to 75 bpm, but not anymore and so it is generally 100 bpm at a resting mode now. I am after losing 70 pounds and I believe this will help a lot. I had an Oblation a couple of years ago, but it did not do a lot of good.
I cured myself of a severe heart attack that came within seconds of suffocating me to death. I also had 6 years of atrial fibrillation. 1988-1993. And again in 1999 because I had too many raisins. I did it with Macrobiotics and ginger compresses on my intestines. It’s 2021 and I’m now days away from 66 years old and am riding my bicycle 100 miles a week.
Plant based diet
@@jamberry1135 yes
My hat's off to Dr. Mandrola who could be making millions by doing cardiac procedures alone, but honors his Hippocratic Oath enough to stand by what really helps people, reserving the application of cardiac procedures for truly appropriate applications. Thank you!
Thank You!!
THANK YOU!!!
for staying true to your calling!
So so true!
Thanks Doc! :)
Finally! Thank you. Yes, diet and lifestyle. Reduce stress. In an otherwise healthy heart, specifically, afib is not a disease of the heart. It is an autonomic nervous system problem that affects the heart. One would not treat Parkinson's as a hand problem when the hands tremble, right? No. Would they do hand surgery in a Parkinson's patient to stop the hands from trembling? No. But this is what they do in regular Cardiology with ablation and even pacemaker insertion. They treat healthy heart Afib by working on the heart. Wrong. That’s barbaric, misconceived, usually not very effective according to research, and can seriously shorten the lifespan of the patient. That makes zero sense. Moreover, in the for-profit medical system in the United States, being branded with a heart problem is to render a person uninsurable or highly expensive to insure. Doctors and medical billing and coders brand you with heart disease if you have Afib. That’s tantamount to an injustice. Nervous system specialists are starting to focus on Afib as originating in the hypothalamus in the brain, part of the command center for the ANS. Because we are starting to discover the complexity of communication between the heart, organs and brain, especially by way of the vagus nerve, locating the origin of the afib may be very complex. DLC; Albuquerque, NM; 18 January, 2019.
tyanite1 YOU are a breath of fresh air and soo many folks MISS this important info you share. Thanx!
Changing your diet and lifestyle is definitely a preferable solution, but it doesn't help with everyone. It would only help temporarily for me and the afib would always end up creeping back worse than before. I'm having a cryoablation done in the next couple weeks and the statistics are showing it to be extremely effective right now. Nowhere near as risky as the burning option, which is known to be less effective as well. I'm in the UK and it's all being covered by the NHS, so it's not like I'm being pushed into this procedure for profit. They've got an extremely high success rate and I'm pretty hopeful. I wish diet and lifestyle was enough!
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@@homedogoli How did the cryoablation go? Are you rid of the Afib now?
@@ellenmcquilkin I ended up having to have a regular ablation due to the difficult location of the anomaly (something about it being too close to the node). It worked perfectly for around 2 months but then I started having tachycardia again after exercise, so it must have healed better than it was supposed to! (The scarring is supposed to block off that electrical route). I was scheduled to have another ablation last month but it was disrupted by the coronavirus measures, so who knows when I'm getting it done now!
I was on an aspirin regiment for a year after being diagnosed with aFib. The periodic testing iNR while using warfarin scared me into the doctor suggesting that treatment. One year later, I had a severe ischemic stroke. Went onto warfarin and discovered my fears were not not supported by reality. I now take warfarin daily and have learned how to control my INR readings. I near fully recovered from my stroke and wish I had taken warfarin from the beginning.
I did modify many of my lifestyle issues, albeit still have sleep apnea treated with a CPAP.
Why did your MD not suggest Eliquis?
Did you have an a fib episode that caused the stroke ?
@@jeaniparker227
How safe is it?
I had afib when I went to the Ann Wigmore Institute in Puerto Rico, and the Living Foods Lifestyle they taught did put me back in regular rhythm, but it was too labor intensive for me to maintain it back home, so it returned. Ended up getting a heart transplant. That was 20 years ago.
Late one night I ate a lot of rice with black eyed peas & the next morning I was in afib. I am almost certain that put me over the edge. I had to go to the hospital where they shocked my heart back into sync. so I have cut way back on caffeine & sugar, taking magnesium coq10, omega 3's. Trying to loose some weight & get more exercise. I am on blood thinners & asprin as well as a beta blocker & another b/p med.
I have AFIB & have found how to control it INSTANTLY & easily!
All I need do is take a Rapid intake of breath thru my MOUTH & it instantly becomes Normal!
Good Luck!
baja joes
That s what I have been doing , yes that works however just yesterday, it worked for me (the breathing) but it came again 5min later and stronger so I drove to the ER. My heart rate was 200 beats a min. The Drs had to stop my heart and let restart @ it’s regular pace. It was a very scary situation.
I’m going to see a cardiologist today.
The breathing does work. But in the end there is a serious issue we have going on that needs medical attention. Go get checked PLEASE
ALKAREEM I have the same thing and I’m 34 years old. May I ask how old are you?
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Hey bro.
I’m 47 ....
That’s what I have done also.. the deeper the breath the better.. hold it to 15 secs count.. repeat until the attack leaves
Worked for me when I was in my 30's but afib came back. All meds and 3 ablations helped but at age 74 had a pacemaker.
As soon as AFIB presented, I went on an IF program, and changing my diet. I still am on .25 of Metropolol, hoping that can be removed eventually. I was in the ER Wednesday May 4th with a bad episode. I made a SEVERE mistake in drinking a large glass of iced tea. UGH......I am now on blood thinners. Praying this goes away.
But hydration is good, no? Was it the caffeine?
Caffeine is a big Afib trigger for me. And dehydration. I cut out sugar because I noticed that can trigger them too.
I drink that Dr Berg electrolyte water if I have an episode and it clears it up by 15-20 minutes. Keep it by my bed and just constantly replenish my electrolytes and keeps the Afib in check.
You are very good
Wise advice
Thank you so much for this video, it had helped me a lot and given me hope. I have started a few months ago just having plant based. Food with fish twice a week and about three eggs a week. I have lost about 14 pounds. My BMI is down to 24. I have paroxysmal AFib about once a month. I am on beta blockers but not blood thinners yet. My blood pressure could be better, it’s usually 130/60. ( with meds). Anyway I walk at least an hour everyday and will keep trying to get better. Many thanks really helped my metal health.
Eggs are full of cholesterol fish too plant based is best
I wish I'd have said STOP before my cardiac ablation two weeks ago. I was told that "next" is a more serious ablation requiring a pacemaker. I am 61 years old, Type 1 diabetic for 37 years and two years ago I had a quintuple bypass. First time I went into AFib, meds corrected it. Second time I had a cardioversion. Third time, I was in for a an ablation before I knew hit me. I had been admitted to the hospital the day before and the next day the doctor had an opening in his schedule and I was taken away without researching, which I would have normally done. Not saying I couldn't have said NO, I could have for sure. I should have opted for another cardioversion and even a few days to study my situation. Unless you're on deaths door, research first.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO!
A HEART SURGEON SAID: "Irregular heart beat is caused by the lack of "CALCIUM MAGNESIUM AND VITAMIN D "!
Those nutrients "MUST BE TAKEN TOGETHER!"
I followed that DOCTORS advice!
"CURED IN 1 DAY!"
I'm 74 now & I am thankful for that TRUTH!
I am happy for you.
Could you please tell me what type of Calcium, Magnesium and Vitamin D you were taking and the strength?❤
@@amenahossain3464
It doesn't take a huge amount!
It's a BALANCE of nutrients!
They MUST be TAKEN TOGETHER!
Brand? Any reputable company!
Thank you doc
I supposedly had afib but my cardiologist was an ass... she wanted to thread me up with a cardiac ablation, burn out part of my heart (which thought filled me with horror) but I got her to compromise with putting a device in my chest to monitor my heart rhythms, which I left in there for a couple of years until I had it pulled out (during the pandemic- ugh) dumping her too like a bad habit; the device never recorded a single incidence of afib in 2+ years. It only found supraventricular tachycardia, which I live with by lowering my heart rate myself, using acupressure. I cannot tell you how many doctors have screwed me up; the line would stretch around the block. If you can, stay away from them. I try never to see them; I take no drugs for anything (Aleve every now and again for migraines). No metabolic disease; I don't drink, I'm gluten free, no fried foods or coffee. I'm almost 71 & do qigong every day & lift weights; I'm never sick, praise God. STAY AWAY FROM SAWBONES is my motto. PS- Most people have no idea what they're on about (doctors most certainly), but that probably includes me; embrace humility (it's probably well earned).
I love that "Eat Your Medicine" by Mark Hyman MD. . .
Excellent video! Well said, doctor.
I have afib when I first started treatments of different types one thing I really needed was dietary information I tried several different diets and and made mistakes but I keep trying to come up with a good healthy plan it's hard when you have to do the research yourself
I wish all doctors were like you!
Nearly 2 years and i couldn't get diagnosis so far. Right now I'm wearing a portable ECG for 5 days. I'm scared to think of what treatment im going to have. I already became a beta blocker dependent. Infact this is how i began to have arrhythmias and heart rush.
Before taking beta blockers i had only blood pressure which led to fast rate.
After 2 years my overall health didn't get better and got worse.
For reference I'm from the UK
You can put yourself on a plant based no oil no refined food diet yourself, and you'll feel the difference.