What are etopics

[Janith]

I get these weird heartbeats occasionally after dinner ... it feels like afib could be starting ... but then within one two minutes it just goes away ... are these feelings etopics?

[Asdfvv]

I experience the same thing after heavy meals. So I avoid meat or whole wheat products. It might be related to digestion. Digestion uses a lot of the bodies resources, and draws blood away from other areas of the body. So it works the heart more. I went on a plant based diet and it helped a lot.

[Janith in reply to Asdfvv]

Thank you so much! I must revise my eating habits a bit ...

[secondtry]

Yes, my AF was caused by normal dinners incl meat after 8pm, so I now have very light evening meal as earlier as I can with no cold fizzies, alcohol or coffee. Not ideal socially but nor is disappearing to A & E!

[Janith in reply to secondtry]

Thank you so much secondtry. I’m trying the light evening meal ... early ... one g&t ... no dessert ... seems to be working ... lots of water with dinner ... l have only experienced two afib episodes in my entire lifetime ... l want no more!!

Jan

[Asdfvv in reply to Janith]

Try drinking apple cider vinegar before your meals. It helps with digestion.

[Janith in reply to Asdfvv]

Thank you! I will do so this evening.

[Hidden]

Impossible for us to say, without seeing a cardiac rhythm strip. A Kardia device would allow you to email some recordings to your cardio.

[Janith]

Thank you so much oyster. I will look into your suggestion.