Coffee :)

acc.org/latest-in-cardiolog...

Ooooh err, off to put the percolator on!

[BobD Volunteer]

No Doubt somebody will find an opposing paper showing how evil is coffee. I had to stop supporting Red Bull's F1 team thanks to arrhythmias.

[Hidden in reply to BobD]

It does say that energy drinks are still a no-no, but I can live with that...awful stuff

[BobD Volunteer in reply to Hidden]

Great when you are running on empty but I have slowed down a but since I passed 70. Learned my lesson eventually.

[Luludean]

I find instant coffee increases AF, not real coffee. And, the innocent Paracetemol packets with EXTRA , caffeine landed me in A & E. Beware.

[Hidden in reply to Luludean]

That's really interesting Luludean. I used to drink gallons of strong black filter coffee throughout the day at work, but in the last 6 years have just had 2 cups of filter coffee first thing in the morning. (All with no discernible effect). I had a very rare instant coffee a few days ago, and my heart went from quite settled, to very unsettled within half an hour or so, and stayed that way for several hours.

I'm actually going to test having a filter coffee now to see if it has the same effect as the instant, as I've been generally avoiding coffee of late (apart from the religious ones first thing).

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Have just read the article by The Times science correspondent. ..it seems that caffeine probably affects just a minority of people to trigger AF. I guess you just have to find out by trial and error if that person is you.

I don't find coffee a trigger although I don't drink it strong . I wouldn't touch the so called energy drinks. I used to partake of Proplus tabs in my youth...a definite no no now !

[Aprilbday in reply to Hidden]

I just drink decaf most of the time.

[Hidden]

Hello. I am not so qualified as to put a sticking plaster on anyone. Our bodies can cope with all manner of foodstuffs, drinks included, but it's volume & portions that are so often the missed issue. We are only partly in control of our bodily functions, most are in auto-pilot, still working when we are sleep. It's our bodies ability to cope with changes, our switching systems which if in good order, will cope with small to moderate portions of general food stuffs. Maybe it's what we put in our coffee that is a bigger issue.

Thank you for the topic.

[sdalen]

I remember a few studies a couple of years ago suggesting that both coffee and tea do not bring on Afibs......they may influence PACs...I don't know, but apparently not afibs. That said, interesting study and thank you for sharing. It is also 2018....I check dates.....so even more reliable and seems to support previous work.

[CDreamer]

Mmmm........not conclusive or even helpful really as so generic! My experience is that often it is the TYPE of caffeine in coffee - which is different dependant upon the bean AND the way of preparing it.

I also react to instant coffee and avoid and I stick strictly to Arabica beans which seem fine but only use the modern pressure type machines - NO to percolators, caffeterries and Cona - any coffee/tea beverage that has stewed. Nutrionalist advice - who is a great advocate of health benefits of coffee particularly!

And as to 6 cups a day! That may help your liver but no way could I take that -I limit to 1-2 cups daily - and take with milk or some sort of fat to digest effectively.

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I drink my 2 cups every morning without any known issue. I always laugh when I see pro coffee studies as my dear sweet mother drank 1-2 pots a day, if it wasnt coffee, it was pepsi. Dont remember her ever drinking water. She got a fib( persistent) at age 70 following a heart attack after my dad died. She lived a full life til she died at age 97. We always joked that she would bleed coffee, not blood.

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Hi Hoski. I am starting my 8th year of afib. Doing well, mostly compliant, no probs, stable. AND, ( don't get chest pain LOL) I have a nice cup of strong black cuban (espresso) coffee every morning. It is my treat. No probs. I'm otherwise careful with caffeine. I love my morning coffee. irina

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Yes, I would not want to give up morning coffee💜