Aging triggers

[lanikaics]

Question- if a food or drink is a trigger for an afib attack how quickly after ingesting would an afib attack occur?

[BobD Volunteer]

How long is a piece of string!? Trigger searching is a waste of time I fear. If you are lucky enough to find one then great but as my EP told me. "that way madness lies" . With me. there was a time when alcohol was my devil's spawn . Even one sip would set me off, and that was long before I was diagnosed with AF! Eventually that stopped happening for a few years but came back again shortly after diagnosis. Psychosomatic ? Who knows.

[Spoiler in reply to BobD]

I have said, mine is a “curse” or the “devil” that is how it feels when it hits me because I know it is a trip to ER for DC cardioversion! It will not convert on its own....☹️

[RiderontheStorm]

Before my ablation - I had just taken a taste from a shot glass of bourbon and before I had even swallowed I felt my AF hit like a ton of bricks!! never happened before or after. I think it is a build up of stress or other items that facilitate the event now.

[CDreamer]

The main trigger for me is moving after eating - I learned the hard way - I now take the ‘rest and digest’ for one hour rule after eating which my father made me do as a childliterally and had very few episodes since doing this. I mean I do not move! I also note that although my HR still rises - it doesn’t rise as it used to which would often trigger AF.

Never eat ‘on the go’, never listen or watch the news when eating, take your time and eat a well balanced diet high in plants and low in red meats, sugar and alcohol and avoid all processed foods.

[Breezera]

lanikaics - In some people, (such as myself), particular foods and drink will trigger AF - for me it's a certainty. The culprit I believe is chiefly tyramine. Tyramine, a naturally produced amino acid compound found in certain foods and drink, can trigger migraine headaches and/or AF.

Consider researching tyramine to discover the foods and drink that contain this compound. Have a look at this thread at afibbers.org:

afibbers.org/forum/read.php...

It is unclear whether the tyramine compound influences the parasympathetic system (vagus nerve) via the digestive system OR if this compound affects blood vessel behaviour (think pulmonary veins) following digestion. Perhaps either (or both) of these 'mechanisms' can occur in an individual who has a predisposition to AF. How quickly an AF attack occurs following ingestion of certain (tyramine-containing) foods or drink would likely depend on which mechanism is actually at play in that individual.

Regards, Richard