Inflammation and Arrhythmias

[MeganMN]

So I have had Atrial Tachycardia with several unsuccessful ablation attempts. This last one caused Pericarditis and I subsequently had to take Colchicine. Oddly, since being on the Colchicine, my daily episodes of SVT have tapered off. I am super curious to see if the episodes ramp up again when I am off the Colchicine. I have done some research and there does appear to be a link with inflammation and heart rhythm disorders. Has anyone else explored this and what was the outcome? I am very curious...

[CDreamer]

Yes and I take an anti inflammatory diet and Reserveratrol supplement daily.

Many natural foods high in polyphenols contain naturally occurring anti inflammatory chemical in foods such as :- All dark green leafy vegetables, purple foods such as beets, blueberries etc, watermelon, pineapple, mushrooms and many of the spices - Tumeric and anything from the ginger family, hemp seeds etc.

Inflammatory Foods are:- Anything high in sugars, alcohol, refined flours, commercial baked goods, red meat, processed meats, deep fried foods, corn starch and many other including anything with emulsifiers in. Start reading labels and you will find that just about anything bought in a supermarket - especially if you buy ready made sandwiches- is full of all of these items.

I would give you links but I can’t be bothered to run them past Admin but do try looking at the Doctors’ Kitchen website/FB page/app - Dr Rupy’s first book has a lot of information about the various anti inflammatory chemicals in various types of foods and lots of delicious recipes. Dr Rupy developed AF as a young man during is foundation year as a doctor and went back to his Indian roots and cooking, which worked!

Unfortunately you live in US where it is much more difficult to avoid Ultra Processed Foods, many of which you may not even recognise as ultra processed, which are the cause of many of our illnesses in the first place. You may find reading Ultra Processed People by Dr Chris van Tulane - well known to UK TV health programme watchers - as one of identical twins who used themselves as guinea pigs to understand exactly why one was slim, active and healthy and the other not.

You could also look at Harvard Health site or look at Zoe Podcasts and the work of Prof Tim Spectre, there is SUCH a lot of evidence if you research to show how processed foods become addictive so we eat more of them and this is what makes us ill. It’s often not the gluten processed flour which people need to avoid but the processed flour.

Stick to a eating home prepared or natural foods without additives and do not snack in between meals, stay well hydrated with water only and you will see a huge difference in your health and well being.

Such a shame if you try buy a snack in a hospital all you will find is all of the foods which cause inflammation!

Hope that helps.

[MeganMN in reply to CDreamer]

Thank you SO much for this information loaded response! We live on a farm, raise our own meat and garden as much as possible, but unfortunately, as you pointed out, most of the food that I can buy in the store is super processed and probably contains things that should never be in food in the first place. I have taken Quercitin for a long time for mast cell issues and it didn't seem to help with the tachycardia, but it is so interesting to me that the colchicine controlled it almost as well as many of the antiarrhythmics. I would love it if I could reproduce it without he colchicine, which was prescribed for a post ablation attempt pericarditis. Thank you so much for the information!! Very very helpful.

[needlestone]

inflammatory foods definitely cause me heart rhythm trouble. Especially Franken wheat and artificial sweeteners. I avoid those like the plague and stay in rhythm.