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For all those who have vagal tone AF with episodes brought on by foods they eat.....here is a BBC programme that is quite informative and maybe of use to some of you....

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5y6c0

Not sure if link above will work but if not go to BBC I Player and look for The truth about carbs first.

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Thank you, yes, the link works for me.

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jeanjeannie50

Fascinating, thanks for sharing the link.

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canadiananna

Tried to watch this but it says it only works in the UK . I am in Canada.

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Naderz in reply to canadiananna

Same here!!! Was looking forward to watching it :s

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sportscoach in reply to Naderz

I have put up a new link that might work👍

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dedeottie

Very interesti.g. thanks

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sportscoach

Many apologises guys.....this link may work for those outside the UK

dietdoctor.com/outside-the-...

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jeanjeannie50

What a gorgeous looking doctor, I could listen to him for ages!

You link works - good stuff. Here is what food I found, after 9 years of my own research, triggers Afib:

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After 9 years of trying different foods and logging EVERYTHING I ate, I found sugar (and to a lesser degree, salt – i.e. dehydration) was triggering my Afib. Doctors don't want to hear this - there is no money in telling patients to eat less sugar. Each person has a different sugar threshold - and it changes as you get older, so you need to count every gram of sugar you eat every day (including natural sugars in fruits, etc.). My tolerance level was 190 grams of sugar per day 8 years ago, 85 grams a year and a half ago, and 60 grams today, so AFIB episodes are more frequent and last longer. If you keep your intake of sugar below your threshold level your AFIB will not happen again (easier said than done of course). It's not the food - it's the sugar (or salt - see below) IN the food that's causing your problems. Try it and you will see - should only take you 1 or 2 months of trial-and-error to find your threshold level. And for the record - ALL sugars are treated the same (honey, refined, agave, natural sugars in fruits, etc.). I successfully triggered AFIB by eating a bunch of plums and peaches one day just to test it out. In addition, I have noticed that moderate exercise (7-mile bike ride or 5-mile hike in the park) often puts my Afib heart back in to normal rhythm a couple hours later. Don’t know why – perhaps you burn off the excess sugars in your blood/muscles or sweat out excess salt??

Also, in addition to sugar, if you are dehydrated - this will trigger AFIB as well. It seems (but I have no proof of this) that a little uptick of salt in your blood is being treated the same as an uptick of sugar - both cause AFIB episodes. (I’m not a doctor – it may be the sugar in your muscles/organs and not in your blood, don’t know). In any case you have to keep hydrated, and not eat too much salt. The root problem is that our bodies are not processing sugar/salt properly and no doctor knows why, but the AFIB seems to be a symptom of this and not the primary problem, but medicine is not advanced enough to know the core reason that causes AFIB at this time. You can have a healthy heart and still have Afib – something inside us is triggering it when we eat too much sugar or get (even a little) dehydrated. Find out the core reason for this and you will be a millionaire and make the cover of Time Magazine! Good luck! - Rick Hyer

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Jafib

The link took me to a video called “The truth about carbs” - is that what was intended?

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