Ectopics and heartburn after eating nuts

At about 2100 , after a day when the heart was completely calm, I ate two large handfuls of almonds. After about an hour I started to get ectopic beats and some mild pressure around the heart (which might or might not have been heartburn). The extopics and pressure continue at 0100 as I type this. I read that, as nuts are high in fat, they can cause heartburn, but have not experienced this before. I wondered if anyone had had similar symptoms after eating nuts?

[Cumbremar5]

Heartburn can cause afib due to the oesophagus running alongside the aorta almonds are packed with Magnesium could have affected electrical balance in your heart.

[Hidden in reply to Cumbremar5]

That’s interesting. It’s a possibility.

[KMRobbo in reply to Cumbremar5]

Not saying you are wrong, but magnesium supplements are often touted as a cure for Ectopics! Myself , i eat mixed nuts and raisins inc almonds 3 times a week and I do not notice any increased ectopic activity around that consumption, but I do get lots of ectopics but not consistently .

[Hidden]

Hi,Not symptoms as you describe but almonds and walnuts don't agree with me so I avoid them. Salted cashews and peanuts are fine.

Are you certain you don't have a nut allergy. Some years ago the bus service I drove served a primary school which had been declared a 'nut free school'. No nuts or even traces of nuts were permitted.

John

[secondtry]

A lot of nuts too late in the evening are probably a digestion issue which unsettles the heart via the Vagus Nerve.

[Hidden]

I’m fairly sure I don’t have a nut allergy as I’ve eaten lots of them since I had AF, but I suppose I could have developed one. I’ll try eating fewer nuts and a different type to see if that helps. This afternoon I have a 24 holter test (not related to the nut issue).

[Vron1 in reply to Hidden]

I often crave nuts but when I eat a lot of them I get very tight chested and asthmatic. So have them only occasionally. It doesn’t effect my atrial fibrillation though.

[MonarchsAB]

Almonds are notoriously difficult to digest. I often have palpitations after eating them.